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Does your Apple iPhone 3GS have overheating problems?
Phones Review —
... T-Mobile G1. The iPhone 3GS becomes very very hot, not only on the back but the whole of the front face as well. The phone was to hot to put against the face or any other part of the body, but surprisingly no discolouration was to be seen on the phone although this was a black handset.
The phone at the time of over heating (or getting very hot) was browsing the internet and using a game. Is this a one off isolated issue, or is it a sign of something bigger.
source - PC World ...
IPhone 3GS Handsets Overheat, Turn Brown
Wired: Gadget Lab —
... It’s not just anonymous forum posters, either. Melissa J. Perenson of PC World has a toasty 3GS, too: ...
Hot Stuff: Apple iPhone 3G S Overheating
ChannelWeb Complete Feed —
... site indicates that a host of users' iPhones are overheating. One user said a friend's Apple iPhone 3G S "got extremely hot. He almost put it into the fridge." The early blame seems to fall on games and GPS, resource-intensive applications that are pumping up the battery until it gets too hot to handle and eventually overheats. Even over on PC World , Melissa J. Perenson wrote that her Apple iPhone 3G S "became very hot. Very, very hot -- not just on the back, but the entire length of the front face, too." At the time, she was using a game and then the Web browser over a ...
Uh-Oh: Apple's New iPhone 3G S Has An Overheating Problem
Silicon Alley Insider —
... Reports are coming in that the new, million-selling iPhone is suffering from overheating issues. The handsets are getting so warm, in fact, that the plastic cases of the white models are discoloring to pink. The picture above is from Ben on the French site Le Journal du Geek . It s not just anonymous forum posters, either. Melissa J. Perenson of PC World has a toasty 3GS, too: And at some point, I became aware the handset had become very hot. Very, very hot not just on the back, but the entire length of the front face, too. I was using a game, and then later the Web ...
iPhone 3GS Overheating?
Mac|Life all RSS Feed —
... independently tested a white 32GB unit and found the same problems. A PC World writer reported while playing "The Oregon Trail," her black 16GB phone to stayed the same color while plugged into the wall charger, but did dramatically change in temperature--so hot that if held against her face that it would be "painful."Apple’s manufacture warranty, which can be extended for another year, is supposed to take care of the problem. However, the French iPhone user claimed Apple would only hold his phone for a five-day test. If you have experienced anything similar to the stories ...
Battery Issues Likely Causing iPhone 3GS Overheating
Wired: Gadget Lab —
... “At some point, I became aware the handset had become very hot,” wrote Melissa Perinson, senior editor of PC World, who felt high temperatures while gaming and browsing the web on her iPhone 3GS. “Very, very hot — not just on the back, but the entire length of the front face, too…. Toasty doesn’t even describe how surprisingly hot it got. It was too hot to even put the phone against my face.” ...
"Small number" of iPhone 3GS users complain of overheating handsets
Yahoo! Tech Advisors —
... , with a few owners of the white iPhone 3GS noticing that their handsets were running a bit too hot—so hot, in fact, that brownish patches (scorch marks?) were starting to appear on the glossy white backs of their phones. Then a few tech editors began feeling the heat. Melissa J. Perenson of PC World wrote that her black iPhone 3GS got "very, very hot" if she used it while it was plugged into its AC charger—indeed, "toasty doesn't even describe hot surprisingly hot it got … it was too hot to even put the phone against my face." Next, cranky ...
Is Apple iPhone 3G S Overheating Overblown?
The Channel Wire —
... whose iPhone 3G S turned pinkish after it became hot to the touch. Several bloggers and reporters, however, are already calling for an iPhone 3G S recall. Really? It appears that we in the media are the ones making a mountain out of a molehill that may or may not be a little warmer than its supposed to be. Actually, it is the media that's perpetuating the story and advancing it (I get the irony that I'm doing the same thing here, but humor me). Tech editors like PC World's Melissa J. Perenson and ...
Is Apple iPhone 3G S Overheating Overblown?
ChannelWeb Complete Feed —
... whose iPhone 3G S turned pinkish after it became hot to the touch. Several bloggers and reporters, however, are already calling for an iPhone 3G S recall. Really? It appears that we in the media are the ones making a mountain out of a molehill that may or may not be a little warmer than its supposed to be. Actually, it is the media that's perpetuating the story and advancing it (I get the irony that I'm doing the same thing here, but humor me). Tech editors like PC World's Melissa J. Perenson and ...
Apple warns on iPhone 3GS overheating risk
Technology: Technology blog | guardian.co.uk —
... Even so, a number of users have said that the phone gets significantly hotter than the 3G model that was released in 2008. Melissa Perenson, a reporter for PC World, said that she noticed that when it was plugged into the wall to recharge that it became "Very, very hot -- not just on the back, but the entire length of the front face, too. I was using a game, and then later the Web browser for reading the news about Michael Jackson, all over a Wi-Fi connection while plugged in. And in those circumstances, well...toasty doesn't even describe how surprisingly hot it got. It was too ...
Apple May Treat Overheated iPhones Like Waterlogged iPhones: You’re SOL
Cult of Mac —
... Over the course of the last week complaints have surfaced about Apple’s new iPhone 3G S’s propensity to overheat. Although there is little doubt that some sort of defect is afoot, most reports have done little more than repeat the same story: iPhones overheating and, in some cases, turning brown. ...
