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Apple investigating inaccurate battery percentage bug in iPhone 6S

(credit: Andrew Cunningham)

Apple is investigating a bug in the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus that may cause the battery percentage level to be displayed incorrectly. More specifically, the percentage level on affected phones "won't update," which could lead users to assume their batteries are more charged than they actually are.

Apple's support document says the bug...

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Report: Next-generation iPhone design will ditch the 3.5mm headphone jack

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The "iPhone 7" rumor mill kicked into overdrive this week when Fast Company reported that the design may ditch the standard 3.5mm headphone jack to make the phone thinner. The report echoes a similar, shakier report from Japanese website Mac Okatara back in November, but Fast Company and 9to5Mac both have anonymous sources who lend extra weight...

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Reuters: Apple will source OLED iPhone displays from Samsung and LG

Enlarge / Future iPhones could switch from LED LCDs to OLEDs. (credit: Andrew Cunningham)

According to a report from Reuters, Apple will be buying OLED display panels for future iPhones from both Samsung and LG. The companies are apparently "close to a final agreement," though the screens might not actually make it into a shipping...

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San Francisco politician’s iPhone snatched away, but he negotiates for it back

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Turns out, if your phone gets stolen, you might be able to negotiate with your mugger. At least that’s a strategy that worked for San Francisco Supervisor Scott Wiener last Friday night as dusk was falling around 5:30 pm.

The local politician told Ars that he was walking down 16th St. from...

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GeekWire Deals: Always keep your iPhone within view with this neat charging cable
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I probably get hundreds of notifications on my smartphone every day; there’s the emails and text messages, the social network notifications, the Slack blips. That means that I’m constantly taking my phone out of my pocket to check if something important just happened. With today’s GeekWire Deals offer, you can keep your phone in view at all...
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