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Bad Apple: Bending iPhones, disastrous iOS 8 update

Apple pulls iOS 8.0.1 due to a major software glitch, and users get out of shape over accidentally bending the iPhone 6 Plus. Meanwhile, BlackBerry continues to fight on with the square Passport phone.

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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

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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