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what's up Brian Tong here and welcome to the Apple bite for everything good and bad inside the world of Apple now we aren't seen any record sales numbers for the iPhone seven people are still in line and the response has been positive overall but as time goes on the iPhone 7 is still having more issues of its own now first up users are reporting that some iPhone 7 and even some 6s s are having their activation locked with the wrong Apple ID email linked to the phone that means they can't sign in they can't unlock it and they can set up the phone and then they have to wait for an expedited replacement phone that sounds fun now there's also the story of the exploding iPhone 7c Samsung and Apple do really like to cop each other I kid but it's a single case and it's not a widespread issue for Apple just yet but it happened to a customer says he received an iPhone 7 that had exploded in transit to him and he has no idea how or why it happened but then we also have an exploding iPhone 6s that was just in the users back pocket when it exploded resulting in second-degree burns now Apple has not addressed the claims other than replacing the defective units also we heard about Google's pixel pixel XL phones sure they look pretty similar in design on the front side to the iPhone and if you haven't checked out what they're doing with artificial intelligence it really blows away anything Apple has right now but the iPhone 7 can still brag when it comes to benchmarks after initial Geekbench tests show that the iPhone 7 significantly outperforms the pixel now the pixel has a multi-core score around 4100 and a single core score of 1580 in multiple tests while the iPhone 7 scores around a 5600 for multi-core performance and around 34 34 it's single core the pixel is touted as having the best mobile camera ever according to DxO marks rating system with an 89 beating out the iPhone 7 which scored an 86 we also know the rumors for the next 10th anniversary iPhone in 2017 with its edge-to-edge glass and the long-standing rumor that the fingerprint sensor will be embedded into the glass that idea just became more of a reality after patently Apple found a new patent granted to Apple that describes technology that allows a fingerprint to be recognized anywhere on the screen and not just at a fixed location on the screen now we know not every patent happens but come on you know this one is happening and a new report from a co2 car supports earlier rumors that we'll see three different sized iPads for its next refresh in 2017 they claim will see an updated twelve point nine inch iPad pro with a true tone display a new 10.1 inch sized iPad pro and instead of the current nine point seven inch they are reporting will see an updated 7.9 inch iPad Mini with an apple smart connector for speakers and true tone display as well the other interesting thing to note here Mac gotta car says all three new iPads will still keep the 3.5 millimeter headphone jack but you know it's Apple so we will wait and see now alleged 8nx benchmarks have been surface from tech tastic and appear to blow the current a10 processor out of the water with a single core score of 40 to 36 and a multi-core score of 65 88 this processor if it is the a 10x is destined to be packed inside of the next iPad pros plus recent iPad patents also show that Apple could be using magnets in a whole different way to give future iPads more capabilities patently Apple shows off what they are thinking with a new magnetic array system that would finally allow the Apple pencil to securely attach to an iPad pro with magnets something the surface pro has done for a long time but that's not the only thing they're thinking of when it comes to magnets another patent shows how magnets on the corners of an iPad could work in conjunction with a protective case for the iPad and if the iPad detects that it's falling the magnets would temporarily pull the iPad away from the impact point and shift it inside the case while it's falling to avoid direct contact but there's still one more use case and it makes a lot of sense functionally how about using magnets on the edges of two iPads to connect them together and create dun-dun-dun the maxi pad hey Apple call me you know if you end up using that name again these are all ideas and they may not end up in final products but it's what Apple is thinking about now we know Steve Jobs is one of if not the greatest thinkers and innovators in consumer electronics so we wanted to take a moment to remember him this week it's been five years since he passed away at the age of 56 Tim Cook took to Twitter and wrote a quote from SJ most important have the courage to follow your heart and intuition remembering Steve and the many ways he changed our world you know Apple is a much different company now and even if you don't see them as being the same innovator they once were they are still the world's most valuable brand despite their first ever drop in iPhone sales they have now held the top spot in inner brands annual rankings for the fourth year in a row with Google at number two and coca-cola at number three but we'd also like to take a moment to remember the third generation Apple TV after Apple has decided to discontinue it and remove it completely from the apple online store and we finished things with the best thing I saw this week we all know what that new Mack scent smells like when you crack open the packaging and you break that seal for some people it's a way of life well now you can have it in the form of a scented candle for twenty four bucks thanks to the people at 12 South it's called the new matte candle it's a hundred percent soy wax hand poured in Charleston South Carolina and it smells like a brand new Mac it's so popular that it sold out so I'm just gonna wait for the restock you know to UM set the mood for that special moment all right that's gonna do it for this week's show you can email us at the Apple bite at cnet.com or tweet me at brian songs thanks so much for watching we'll catch you all next time for another bite of the Apple