Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), which launched its new range of smart phones iPhone 6 and 6 Plus last Friday with record weekend sales of 10 million, has met a setback when its users complaint about disconnection of cellular services and fingerprint-reading touch ID malfunctioning. As a result, the company came out with detailed guidelines on how to uninstall the new iOS 8.0.1 and requested users to shift back to iOS 8. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) promised its useres that all the issues will be resolved in the next few days with the release of iOS 8.0.2.

Some of the latest iPhones users have even complained about its poor battery life and sluggish Wi-Fi performance. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) star product is already in the line of fire for “Bendgate” or bendability issue. Latest iPhone users on social media and on line forums have commented that these phones bend when kept in pockets of tight jeans or even suit jackets. Some Analysts believe that it is because of the lightweight design of phones’ aluminum casing, which is quite malleable. These issues have started to create a negative impact on Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s share value which slid down by 4 percent and were trading at a value of $97.72 in Thursday’s early trading session.

As an effort to handle Operating System bugs, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has already issued comprehensive guidelines for its users on how to install back iOS 8 using the latest version of iTunes. Moreover, the company has also informed that Health Applications on latest iPhone 6 and 6 Plus will not be running after the reinstallation but has confirmed full functionalities when iOS 8.0.2 will be released.

In the wake of cut throat competition in the smartphone market, rival companies like BlackBerry and Samsung have already started taking advantage of this situation. In its efforts to win back business customers through the launch of latest square-screened Passport phone, BlackBerry Ltd. (BBRY) CEO, John Chen said: “I would challenge you guys to bend our Passport.” On the other hand Samsung, in their latest advertisement have started displaying a bent phone against their Galaxy S5. Hence the next few weeks are vital and will tell how Apple will live up to its reputation.

It seems every step that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) takes gets overshadowed by technical glitches or controversies. The latest iPhone launch that was supposed to give the tech giant’s stock a boost in the market has become a reason for its downfall. First surfaced the bend issue and now the iOS 8 compatibility issues, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) just can’t seem to get a break.

iPhone 6 is not the only gadget that is facing issues due to the new iOS 8, it seems that a few problems are being faced by iPad users as well. The operating system needs a fixing and needs it fast.

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock opened up today at a value of $100.51 but just 4 hours into the morning session dipped down by -2.99% to land at $98.71.

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