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on Sep 24, 2014 | 0 comments

By Iona St Joseph

iOS 8 ‘WAVE’ convinces people to microwave their phones

Despite the fact that a number of people ended up breaking their brand new iPhone 5s’s last year when a spoof ad appeared online saying that the handsets were waterproof, the same thing has happened with the iPhone 6.

A hoax has surfaced which is convincing people that they can now wirelessly charge their new phone in the microwave using a new iOS 8 feature called ‘Wave’.

The prank was started (according to Reddit) by those pesky internet funsters over at 4Chan. ‘Wave’ will apparently ‘interface with your device’s radio-baseband, allowing it to synchronize Read full story ›

Source: The Drum