iPhone 8 Plus Pops, Samsung Phone Explodes, and Amazon vs Flipkart Sales: Your 360 Daily 5o4sv

The Apple is investigating cases reported in Japan and Taiwan. China's ThePaper.cn cited an iPhone 8 Plus buyer saying that his new device had popped open at arrival but there was no sign of scorching or an explosion. The device was purchased through online marketplace JD.com and Liu said that he did not charge the device and returned it to the seller. Picture clicked by Liu show the iPhone 8 Plus with the display popping out of the body. An Apple spokesperson said the company is looking into the matter and declined to comment further. 1w522d

 

Samsung phone explodes in man's pocket on video, company blames third-party battery
Samsung is in the news again for explosive reasons and it isn't the Samsung said, "We sincerely wish for our customer's swift recovery, and strongly recommend all our consumers to use Samsung's genuine or approved batteries that have been specifically designed for use in Samsung products."

Amazon sale offers on mobiles; Best Flipkart deals still available
It is the third day of the ongoing Honor 8 Pro also gets a price cut retailing at Rs. 25,999 while the original price was Rs. 29,999.

Flipkart isn't planning to let Amazon have the limelight. The e-commerce company is continuing to offer deals on electronics. Flipkart's offer on the iPhone 8 is similar to Amazon and you can buy it at Rs. 59,999. It is also offering a buy-back offer on the iPhone which you should check out if you are interested in buying. The Mi Air Purifier 2 is currently on offer for Rs. 8,499 while the original price stands at 12,990. 

Apple unveils new emoji due to arrive with iOS 11.1
Apple revealed that the new emoji will be making their way to iOS 11.1. While there is no fixed date for the update release, Apple says that the new emojis will debut in the developer and public beta previews. The new emojis include "more emotive smiley faces, gender-neutral characters, clothing options, food types, animals, mythical creatures, and more", Apple said, adding that emojis have been designed to "reveal every detail and adapted from approved characters in Unicode 10." 

BlackBerry 'Krypton' motion full-touch Android smartphone leaked
The Blackberry boys may have a new smartphone to look forward as its BlackBerry logo on top and a fingerprint scanner underneath. The BlackBerry Krypton is rumoured to be powered by a Snapdragon 625SoC, a full-HD display and 4GB of RAM, it is also said to pack in a 4000mAh battery.

'Ok Google, What's this song?' feature coming soon to Google Assistant
Using music recognition apps might soon be a thing of the past for Android s. Instead, a simple command, 'Ok Google, What's this song?' will be required to fetch information as the Pixel 2 XL. Android Police reports that it has confirmed that this new feature will make its way to other devices when an updated version of the Google Assistant rolls out to them. We will still have to wait for Google's confirmation on whether the feature will be widely rolled out or will be specific to certain countries. 

macOS High Sierra supplemental update addresses Disk Utility, Keychain vulnerabilities
Apple is rolling out a supplemental update to its macOS High Sierra 10.13 to fix a software vulnerability. The update fixes the vulnerability in its Disk Utility tool that was revealing s of encrypted Apple File System (APFS) volumes in plain text and other vulnerability in Keychain's security mechanism. Matheus Mariano, a Brazil-based software developer discovered the bug in Disk Utility tool that exposed the s of encrypted volumes. In a separate document, Apple said that it has also fixed a vulnerability that let hackers by Keychain's security mechanism. 

Huawei Mate 10 Pro spotted in the wild, 4000mAh battery confirmed
Huawei's  Mate 10 Pro has been Mate 10 Pro.

HP too is done making Windows Phone handsets
HP, the last manufacturer to offer a Windows Phone in its lineup is Windows 10 Mobile, Lazaridis was quoted as saying. 

BSNL partners Lava, Micromax to bundle offers with low-cost handsets
Indian telecom operator BSNL has partnered with Lava and Micromax to offer handsets at low cost. "BSNL has tied up with Micromax and Lava to provide instruments to BSNL customers at low cost. We are coming out with bundled offers on the handsets manufactured by Micromax and Lava with BSNL SIMs...the cost details are being worked out," BSNL's Hyderabad Telecom District (HTD) Principal General Manager K Ramchand told reporters in Hyderabad.