Apple ‘aware and looking into’ iPhone 8 battery-swelling issue

A man looks at Apple's new iPhone 8 (L) and his iPhone 7 at the Apple Store in Tokyo's Omotesando shopping district, Japan, September 22, 2017. REUTERS/Issei Kato

It has been the largest elephant in the room for Apple aficionados, but on Oct 6, it finally was acknowledged: Apple's new iPhone 8 may be having problems with its battery. 

For the past few weeks, about six photos and videos of swollen iPhone 8 and 8 Plus phones – some of which were split in the backside and exposed internal parts – have been shared widely on social media.