The online pranksters have put together an official-looking product page that describes Apple Wave, a revolutionary quick-charge process that comes as part of the iOS 8 upgrade. “Wave is our latest and greatest addition to iOS 8,” says the faked page. “Wave-charge your device by placing it within a household microwave for a minute and a half.”
The advert has been doing the rounds on social media and may have caught one or two people unawares; though we haven’t heard of anyone actually frying their hardware yet. Consider this fair warning that this brand new iOS 8 feature is in fact completely made up. If you want to know about the genuine upgrades in the new mobile operating system, check out our full review.
“iOS 8 contains new drivers that interface with your device’s radio-baseband allowing it to synchronize with microwave frequencies and use them to recharge your battery,” runs the advert. It concludes with a warning not to “wave-charge” for longer than 300 seconds, but if you’ve got that far then you’ll probably have already realized your mistake.
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