India, Oct. 16 -- iPhones Floating in Strait of Hormuz: The waters of the Strait of Hormuz have become the focus of an unusual scene after footage circulated online showing what appear to be iPhone boxes, luxury perfume bottles and other goods floating beside shipping containers.

The images emerged after the Singapore-flagged cargo ship GFS Pride sank following a fire in the strategically important waterway, where attacks on commercial vessels have intensified during the Iran-US conflict.

Although reports linked the floating cargo to the sunken ship, the video has not been independently verified, and claims that the boxes contain Apple's latest iPhone 18 models remain unconfirmed. All 21 crew members aboard GFS Pride were safely evacuat...