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what's happening Brian song here for your weekly dose of everything good and bad inside the world of Apple the iPhone 7 hasn't even been released and we're already hearing rumors for a digit times report that says Apple is building an iPhone beyond its current 5.5 inch screen and is moving into a 5.8 inch screen with an OLED display that could launch in 2017 or 18 now Samsung and LG would be supplying the displays for this new device rumor reports have already stated the 2017-18 time frame is when Apple is finally expected to go to an OLED display and it's about time even Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg touted how Samsung's OLED screens were the only ones the gear VR supports because LCD screens like the iPhones aren't up to standard for VR content now again you might be rolling your eyes about this 5.8 inch screen thinking that's too much Apple but patents from 2011 show how Apple's been thinking and it could make sense if it was part of their wraparound designs with flexible OLED displays they also have another patent for virtual buttons switches or informational displays that can run on the edges of the phone it includes a touch sensitive layer and would allow you to do things like adjust your volume or take pictures without any physical buttons and apples March 21st event has been officially confirmed with Apple's invitation that says let us loop you in where we expect to see the nine point seven inch iPad pro the iPhone se and all new Apple watch wristbands that we've been talking about on this show but let's talk about the actual iPhone 7 that we are expecting to come out this year probably a good idea now images of a purported iPhone 7 case from Steve Hammer stopper which you can choose to believe or not feature a design that has no headphone jack a single lightning port and stereo speakers at the bottom of the case and don't worry you can be sure Apple will make that lightning headphone jack adapter somewhere you know in the affordable ballpark of 50 dollars now these images showcase rumored features of the next iPhone with a body that is similar enough to the iPhone 6s and even early case leaks have been pretty accurate in the past so as usual we'll just wait and see we also told you how Zuckerberg threw some shade apples way recently but he's not the only one during an interview with Shaq News oculus VR founder Palmer Luckey was asked if the company plans to support the Mac for the oculus rift virtual reality headset his response it's up to Apple and the company needs to prioritize hire and GPUs if Apple builds a machine that can handle the hardware oculus VR would love to support the Mac that's real talk but oh that's what I call an out sheet and it's not a coincidence that all of a sudden Apple is looking at OLED screens with their newfound interest in virtual reality also this past week in the first instance of ransomware for the Mac was found in a malicious update to the BitTorrent client transmission ransomware is a type of malware that encrypts a user's hard drive and files and then demands money to decrypt it it's nasty and this version of transmission was downloaded over 6,500 times the good thing transmission has since released and updates removed the malware from computers affected also Apple's iOS 9.3 betas are showing off their nightshift feature that changes the color temperature of the screen from the normal cooler blues to warmer tones in an effort to help people sleep better at night a new app called Flex bright on the App Store did just that it was approved by Apple a few days ago until Apple realized hey we're doing this feature in our upcoming iOS 9.3 which we also stole from another app called efflux by the way so now we're pooling flex bright from the App Store no explanation has been given for its removal and you all know what that is that's a bad apple seeing just what you thought we'd get through a show without throwing one out alright let's announce our winners for the full copy of Mortal Kombat XL from last week's show my favorite fighting game franchise of all time I asked you your favorite characters and why so congrats go out to Daniel is so cool whose favorite is scorpion because he is fire like my hairstyle damn Daniel you a winner and mr. Jer who likes tremor because he rocks + ant the gamer and DC Fox went the extra mile with my Mortal Kombat homemade costume tutorial I put up on periscope follow me because you know it'll be worth it so congrats to all of you alright that's going to do for this week you can always email me at the Apple byte at cnn.com or tweet me at Brian Tong thank so much for watching we'll catch y'all next time for another bite of the Apple