iPhone 7 and 7 Plus handsets are making a mysterious hissing sound

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Apple iPhone 7 and 7 Plus owners have reported a strange hissing sound emanating from their new devices.
The sound, which is similar to the noise you hear when a speaker is poorly connected, could be caused by the new chip in the devices, which is designed to make the phones faster with improved battery efficiency. 
American podcaster Stephen Hackett first noted the noise, discovering a sibilant sound coming from the back of the iPhone under heavy usage.
Hackett posted a video to YouTube with a recording of the noise, which was soon confirmed by other iPhone 7 owners.  
Darrell Etherington, a former Apple PR, and now journalist, tweeted that the sound occurred on his iPhone 7 Plus during setup.

Why is the iPhone 7 hissing? Is it broken?

It is understood that the new A10 Fusion processor is the cause of the issue, as the hissing only takes place when the iPhone is processing large files or programmes and emanates from where the chip is hosted.
The A10 makes the iPhone 40 per cent more powerful than the 6s and twice as powerful as the 6. The chip also has “efficiency cores”, which are low-powered, saving battery life for less intensive tasks such as sending text messages. 
Although the device does not have a fan, people have reported that the noise is similar to when a laptop fan whirs, usually from overheating.
Marco Arment, an iOS developer, said: “It’s the phone equivalent of hearing the fans spin up loudly whenever your Mac’s CPU gets used to its actual potential.”
It is unclear whether the problem affects all iPhone 7 handsets or just a select few, but AppleCare’s response to Hackett suggests that it is a defect.

What to do if your new iPhone is making the noise

The company's customer support team advised Hackett to go an Apple Store and have the device replaced, despite a worldwide stock shortage of the new devices.
If your new iPhone 7 or 7 Plus is making a similar noise, the best thing to do is to take it to an Apple Store. 
This is not the first time new Apple iPhones have encountered issues. In 2014, shortly after the iPhone 6 Plus went on sale, it was found to bend easily in trouser pockets.
In 2010, the iPhone 4’s antenna was wrapped around the outside of the phone which meant that, when held in a certain position, signal would be completely cut off - a palaver dubbed Antennagate.

The iPhone 7 survived a seven-foot drop, key scratches, and fire

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People couldn’t wait to get their hands on the iPhone 7 just to scratch it, drop it, and attempt to bend it. Sounds like the perfect thing to do with a new phone! On the channelJerryRigEverything, the team tested the new iPhone for scratch and bend resistance. The back of the phone, the screen, the home button, and camera lens resisted scratches from both coins and keys. Great!
But the phone did scratch from a razor blade, even though Apple says its home button and camera are coated with sapphire crystal.

Sapphire is supposed to be resistant to scratches up to nine on the Mohs Scale, which is a hardness test that measures scratch resistance. Both the camera and home button scratched below that level. JerryRigEverything also found that the screen rebounded from fire being put to it and wouldn’t bend under pressure. Bending did unstick the water-resistant adhesive, though, so maybe don’t sit on your new phone.
Okay, so drop tests! TabTimes dropped the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus from over seven feet and they survived. There were a few scuffs and scratches, but the screens didn’t crack, even when dropped directly on their face. I guess this means you all can go take keys to your phones and drop it from above your heads with no fear. Get to it.

LeEco mocks iPhone 7 Plus, teases big battery for Le 3 Pro

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Apple may have packed bigger batteries into the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, but one Chinese company says it can do better. LeEco released a teaser for its upcoming Le 3 Pro on Wednesday, promising better battery life and taking a direct shot at Apple.

The image appears to show a big battery literally squashing an apple. The image mocks the iPhone 7 for packing a “mini” battery that only offers one extra hour of use per charge. Near the bottom of the teaser, the company hypes its own device, which is set to launch in seven days on September 21.
LeEco doesn’t actually reveal what kind of hardware its new phone will offer, but we may already know thanks to recent leaks. The Le Pro 3 is expected to come in two main variants, with the cheaper allegedly packing a 4070mAh battery, a 5.5-inch 1080p display, a 16-megapixel rear camera, an 8-megapixel front-facing camera, a Snapdragon 821 chip, 6GB of RAM and 64GB of storage. The higher-end model could boast a 5000mAh battery, a 5.7-inch 2K display, 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage.
That should add up to a pretty powerful smartphone. It certainly puts the iPhone to shame spec-for-spec, but Apple may still have the edge thanks to its tight hardware-software integration. If battery life is extremely important to you the Le Pro 3 may be the way to go, though we still don’t know if this device will ever make its way to the U.S.

Tim Cook shares stunning iPhone 7 Plus photos taken by pro photo

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Just how good are the iPhone 7 Plus' dual rear cameras? Good enough for Sports Illustratedand ESPN photographers to shoot with and proudly publish online.


On Sunday, Apple CEO Tim Cook tweeted out a link to Sports Illustrated with photos of the Titans vs. Vikings NFL game taken by the publication's photographer David. E. Klutho. 
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Then on Monday, Cook tweeted out another link to ESPN with photos of the U.S. Open shot by the publication's photographer Landon Nordeman.
It doesn't take a professional photographer to decode what Cook is saying: The iPhone 7 Plus' cameras rock and can shoot sports, one of the more challenging types of action to capture, what with all the moving athletes and tiny little balls flying through the air.
The iPhone 7 Plus is the first iPhone with dual 12-megapixel rear cameras. One camera is a standard wide-angle lens and the second camera is a telephoto lens that allows for up to 2x optical zoom. It's also capable of up to 10x digital zoom.
With a new image signal processor that's capable of calculating over 100 billion operations in 25 milliseconds and improved lenses that let in more light, the iPhone 7 is reportedly capable of performing better in low light situations and producing photos with more accurate colors.
A software update that will be made available by the end of the year will also enable "Portrait" mode, which blurs out the background to render bokeh (the out of focus background that's the result of a large aperture — that's a low f-stop number — and shallower depth of field).
Don't believe it? Feast your eyes on some of these stunning photos:
Minnesota Vikings vs. Tennessee Titans at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee.

Minnesota Vikings vs. Tennessee Titans at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee.

Minnesota Vikings vs Tennessee Titans at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee.

Minnesota Vikings vs Tennessee Titans at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee.
And here are some from the U.S. Open:


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