It’s not a good week for the new iPhones. Record-breaking sales were overshadowed by reports of the iPhone 6 Plus bending easily in pants pockets. Apple also had to pull an iOS 8.0.1 update that caused some iPhone 6 owners
to lose cell service and TouchID. Things are so bad for Apple that even BlackBerry is poking fun to promote its strange Passport :
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