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Apple Has Released 104 New Emojis Today

Apple Has Released 104 New Emojis Today

It includes a possible tribute to Harambe.

James Dawson

James Dawson

Today Apple released a developer preview of iOS 10.2 and it showed that we can look forward to 104 new emojis as part of the upcoming release.

The additional emojis include a shark, gorilla, whiskey glass, facepalm, selfie, mechanic, water polo, fingers crossed, duck, butterfly, paella, scooter, clown, judge, astronaut, pilot, avocado, shrug, fox, and sick face.

Wait a sec, did someone say gorilla?


Credit: Unicode

Harambe, is that you?

According to Unicode, the emoji is 'just a gorilla', but plenty of people are feeling like it could be time to get their #DicksOut.

But that's not the only emoji that's sending people gorillas. Check out this bad boy...


Credit: Unicode

Yes, friend, that's right, too rashers of god's greatest and most delicious creation - bacon.

Can you imagine it covered in brown sauce in a butty? I can. I'm calling it right now, that should become the universal symbol of 'do you want to go for a fry-up?' - the ultimate emoji for a Sunday morning.

If you're of a more middle-class culinary persuasion then there is now the following emoji...

Credit: Unicode

Although, lets face, like riding bikes and drinking IPA, avocados aren't all that people crack them up to be. They're only worth tucking into when they're smashed into guacamole and smothered over nachos and cheese.

Nachos, now there's an emoji I could go for, sadly it's yet to make an appearance. There is, however, a tribute to David Bowie...

Credit: Unicode

The 'singer' has Ziggy Stardust's trademark lighting-bolt make-up, which is very cool indeed.

You can check out the following video to see all 104...

Looks like there are going to be some pretty sweet emojis we'll be using very soon.

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Topics: Apple