iPhone users target of 'Wave' microwave-charging hoax

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iPhone users target of 'Wave' microwave-charging hoax
Topic Started: Sep 24 2014, 02:50 PM (77 Views)
Dana	Sep 24 2014, 02:50 PM Post #1
WWS Hummingbird Guru & Wildlife photographer extrordinaire Posts: 13,054 Group: Member Member #830 Joined: March 23, 2011	A new hoax every day. This one, expensive but not the first. http://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/sci-tech/iphone-users-target-of-wave-microwave-charging-hoax-1.2020158 Quote: A fake Apple ad making the rounds online claims that iPhone users can charge their devices wirelessly in the microwave. The ad, which shares many design characteristics with official Apple advertising, describes a new 'Wave' feature in iOS 8, the latest mobile operating system released for Apple's mobile device users. "You can now Wave-charge your device by placing it within a household microwave for a minute and a half," reads the post. "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 our batter." If that sounds too good to be true, that's because it is. Putting your phone in the microwave could ruin both the phone and the oven within seconds.



Trotsky	Sep 25 2014, 02:14 AM Post #2
Big City Boy Posts: 38,319 Group: Member Member #79 Joined: September 8, 2005	Quote: "You can now Wave-charge your device by placing it within a household microwave for a minute and a half," But Apple recommends a conventional oven for better taste. :jig:



wildie	Sep 25 2014, 03:37 AM Post #3
Veteran Member Posts: 12,173 Group: Member Member #442 Joined: October 11, 2006	Trotsky Sep 25 2014, 02:14 AM Quote: "You can now Wave-charge your device by placing it within a household microwave for a minute and a half," But Apple recommends a conventional oven for better taste. :jig: With dollop of ice cream on top it could be thought of as APPLE strudel.



campy	Sep 25 2014, 06:05 AM Post #4
Handyman Extraordinaire Posts: 28,720 Group: no politics Member #204 Joined: February 2, 2006	I can't believe anyone would be stupid enough to try this. It's a bit of leg pulling I think. You can't even put tin foil in a microwave.



Trotsky	Sep 25 2014, 01:01 PM Post #5
Big City Boy Posts: 38,319 Group: Member Member #79 Joined: September 8, 2005	wildie Sep 25 2014, 03:37 AM Trotsky Sep 25 2014, 02:14 AM Quoting limited to 2 levels deep With dollop of ice cream on top it could be thought of as APPLE strudel. Or better yet, an Apple CRISP? Edited by Trotsky, Sep 25 2014, 01:33 PM.



wildie	Sep 25 2014, 03:37 PM Post #6
Veteran Member Posts: 12,173 Group: Member Member #442 Joined: October 11, 2006	Trotsky Sep 25 2014, 01:01 PM wildie Sep 25 2014, 03:37 AM Quoting limited to 2 levels deep Or better yet, an Apple CRISP? You would have to wait until the plastic cooled before it will crisp! :snowflake:



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