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TOP 5 IPHONE HOAXES Apple’s iPhone 7 is packed full of new features: a 12 MP wide-angle camera, 3D touch, and a slicker design as well as possessing iOS 10 - Apple’s most advanced operating system yet. It features “raise to wake”, which allows the user to see their notifications as soon as their phone is lifted off a surface, and so much more. However some noted ‘features’ and ‘updates’ fooled even the biggest of iPhone fans as hoaxes began to circulate the Internet once more. Having read through them, here are some of the most absurd and creative pranks people had to offer:
5. Blast from the past:
resulted in a few bruised egos.
This seemingly innocent yet very devious prank promised users an ‘Easter Egg’ style treat if they changed the
3. Waterproof OS:
date on their Apple device to January 1st 1970 and re-
While the iPhone 7 is indeed water-resistant, it is still not
booted it. Instead of restarting the phone to a theme of
waterproof, and the operating system alone will certainly
bright, old age, Mac-style graphics, the device would be
not provide this functionality. With the iPhone’s open
unable to start up at all, with many users reporting that
and exposed ports, the current design doesn’t offer a
the problem couldn’t even be fixed through iTunes. It
hardware solution to potential run-ins with water, so it’s
seems a bug or glitch in the OS software prevented the
probably still best to keep your phone away from any
device from registering the entered date, and therefore
swimming pools, showers or spilt drinks.
becoming unable to begin the boot up cycle as it was interrupted and looped over and over without a way out.
2. Microwave charging: This was another reminder about software changes
4. Smell and taste OS:
versus hardware changes, alongside a science lesson, as
This one made for some pretty hilarious videos! The
a large number of unfortunate social media users quickly
prank convinced users that the new chemicals used
found out when they put metal in a microwave; as they
on the surface of Apple devices would change as you
ignored all caution and proceeded to microwave their
launched different apps and would allow you to smell
iPhones! This prank did include a realistic looking image
and taste the apps as they ran. For example, beer and
- supposedly from Apple’s own website explaining how
popcorn apps now promised the user a non-caloric but
the new operating system update would “detect micro-
indulgent experience through the device screen. This of
wave frequencies and sync them to the phone’s radio
course turned out to be completely false, and resulted in
signals”... Not so convincing when you read it a second
a few bruised egos.
time and have a melted iPhone in your hand!
This of course turned out to be completely false, and
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1. The hidden earphone jack: As this countdown comes to a close, we have to finish
simply need revealed. But the iPhone 7 does not have
off with the prank that topped all others and truly ex-
the jack in place, meaning other components are tucked
celled in both creativity and mischief. Following rumours
away where the plug would have been and therefore by
that the iPhone 7 would not have an earphone jack, the
drilling the hole you are indeed connecting up to the
official announcement confirmed everyone’s fears, and
insides of the phone, but you’re certainly not connecting
pranksters quickly came up with a genius way to ruin
to a panel for playing music: you are drilling through the
everyone’s new phones. This trick came with a video
re-arranged motherboard of your phone! As with any ar-
and real-time demonstration where we see the narrator
ticle that discusses pranks, it must be stressed that you
drill a 3.5mm hole in the bottom left of the iPhone 7 -
do not attempt to recreate any of these at home. Don’t
where the earphone jack usually is on older models - and
let curiosity kill the iPhone!
proceed to plug in standard earphones and play music, suggesting that the components are all still there and
Mila Georgieva
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