Week 39 in review: iPhone 6 Plus bending, Galaxy Note 4 launch

The Week In Review is our series meant to recap all the major news of the week, which you might have missed. In Week 39 the spotlights were primarily on Apple again with the iPhone 6 Plus experiencing nasty bending issues. Many rival companies went on to mock Apple with #bendgate becoming quite popular. Meanwhile Apple didn't help its cause as it messed up the iOS 8.0.1 update badly, but at least it fixed things up quicky.

In response to Apple's success with initial sales of the iPhone 6 duet, Samsung pushed sales of the Galaxy Note 4 earlier than expected. The phone is expected to come out a week earlier than initially planned and will launch in more than 140 countries by October. Continuing with Android, alleged Nexus 6 photo appeared next to the LG G3 and Oppo confirms the N3 will come in both stainless steel and alluminum-lithium alloy versions.

Apple iPhone 6 Plus appears prone to accidental bending

It appears that the Apple iPhone 6 Plus is prone to bending under typically benign circumstances. A number of reports around the web suggest that Cupertino’s first phablet has bent its chassis while sitting in a user’s front pocket. With the issue gathering increasing amount of attention throughout the day...

Samsung Galaxy Note 4 and Galaxy Note Edge benchmarked

We saw it with previous generations of Galaxy flagships – equalized scores despite very different chipsets. This year the Galaxy Note 4 and Galaxy Note Edge will come with either a Snapdragon 805 or an Exynos 5433 SoC and their AnTuTu scores are practically equal. The Samsung N915L, aka Galaxy Note Edge with Exynos, scored...

Apple officially responds to the iPhone 6 bending controversy

Apple finally broke its silence about the iPhone 6 Plus bending controversy that took over the tech world over the past couple of days. The Cupertino giant told Re/code that the problem is "extremely rare." Despite all the noise surrounding the issue, Apple has so far received a total of nine complaints from customers with bent iPhone 6 devices...

Samsung acts on Apple threat, launches Galaxy Note 4 earlier

Apple has sold more than 10 million iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus smartphones in their opening weekend and Samsung isn't too pleased about the news. As a result, the company is moving the launch date for the Galaxy Note 4 forward. The phablet will launch in South Korea on September 26 instead of early October for all three...

Alleged Motorola Nexus 6 appears in a live photo next to the LG G3

The Motorola Shamu, believed to be the upcoming Nexus 6 smarptohne, is starring in a live photo with the LG G3. The phone looks substantially larger than the G3, which carries a 5.5" display. This lends further credence to rumors that the Shamu is...

Oppo confirms N3's lightweight aluminum-lithium frame

Oppo is continuing its Oppo N3 teaser campaign that thus far focuses on its unique aluminum-alloy body. The aluminum-lithium body will reportedly have one-third the density of stainless steel, making it very lightweight. The teaser image drives that point home by showing the aluminum frame being lifted by helium balloons...

Apple released and quickly pulled out iOS 8.0.1 firmware update

Apple released and quickly pulled out iOS 8.0.1 firmware update. The reasons for the sudden halt of the update process were iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus reception and Touch ID issues, caused by the latest OS build. Apple iOS 8.0.1 was originally intended to bring a number of changes and bug fixes...

HTC's action camera looks like a toy periscope

HTC has sent out invites for October 8 and we were hoping for a Nexus 9 tablet or maybe a water-proof selfie phone but it seems that all the company will unveil is an action camera like GoPro, Sony Action Cam, Contour and others. Unlike them, however, the HTC cam dubbed RECamera will look like a toy periscope...