wired.com - 6/30/2009
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Just a week after the release of Apple’s new iPhone, a few users have complained about the handset’s high temperatures, which in some cases are high enough to start browning the white plastic on the back of the phone.
Only a small number of iPhone 3GS customers have reported ...
pcworld.com - 6/28/2009
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pcworld.com —
Is the Apple iPhone 3GS having overheating issues?
I've seen some reports circulating on the Web today...
that indicate some handsets might indeed be affected. And I have my own tale to add to fray. The story began at French site Nowhereelse.com , with ...
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Apple iPhone 3GS Overheating Reports
apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com - 6/28/2009
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The iPhone availability widget is back — new
and improved — and it’s showing spot shortages of...
selected iPhones at Apple ( AAPL ) stores across the United States. The availability tool, which appears on Apple’s website in ...
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Apple runs short of iPhones
pcworld.com - 6/29/2009
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pcworld.com —
I have a confession: I recently woke up
with a hot iPhone . In fact, it happened...
twice. And that was just during the first week I owned my new iPhone 3GS . This is, apparently, a reasonably common phenomenon--the hot phone, if not waking up with one. ...
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Will Overheating Prompt an iPhone 3GS Recall? - Business ...
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Apple iPhone 3GS battery Issues may cause overheating
PR News: —
... As reported from Wired, the cause of the overheating is likely to be battery related. It’s even worse for owners of the white 3GS as it has been reported that the overheating causes the white case to turn brown on some parts of the plastic. ...
Battery Issues Likely Cause of iPhone 3GS Overheating
Futurelawyer —
... Battery Issues Likely Cause of iPhone 3GS Overheating | Gadget Lab | Wired.com. ...
Linkpost | 6.30.2009
TechBlog —
... • Battery Issues Likely Cause of iPhone 3GS Overheating - In a handful of cases, the white iPhones turn a light brown, apparently from high temperatures. • ...
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Betanews —
... The last seven days • Just because people buy a marshmallow-colored iPhone doesn't mean they want it toasted, but that's apparently happening with some of the new 3G S units. Brian Chen at Wired says faulty battery cells may be the problem, and speaks to one expert who predicts a recall of us to hundreds of thousands of units. Erika Morphy at MacNewsWorld, ...
iPhone 3GS getting really, really burny and hot
CrunchGear —
The Wired Gang has an investigation into the hot and burny iPhones 3GS that are coming out, finding that many are getting so hot as to be uncomfortable. Once these reach a certain point they become a toasty brown and could completely fail.
“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 ...
"Small number" of iPhone 3GS users complain of overheating handsets
Yahoo! Tech Advisors —
... with a white iPhone 3GS "encountered the [overheating] problem independently," and confirmed some "discoloration" on the back. Wired's Gadget Lab talked to Aaron Vronko of Rapid Repair, who thinks "faulty battery cells" are the problem and that a recall might be necessary. "If you have a problem in the design of a series of batteries, it's probably going to be spread to tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, and maybe more," Vronko told Wired. OK, but how widespread is the problem, really? Hard to say. For its part, Wired pegs the figure at a "small number." I have ...
iPhoneWorld.ca: iPhone 3GS overheating caused by faulty batteries?
iPhoneWorld.ca iPhone News Headlines —
iPhoneWorld.ca writes: Just yesterday we wrote about some iPhone 3GS units overheating to death or to discoloration.
Today Wired quotes Aaron Vronko of Rapid Repair (they were the ones that first dissected the iPhone 3GS) as saying that the overheating problem is more than likely the result of faulty batteries which could eventually lead to a massive iPhone 3GS recall. ...
Reports Of 3GS Overheating Issues Spread, Faulty Batteries To Blame?
iPhone Alley - RSS —
... of the plastic back case of the device. Wired later reported that the issue may be tied to faulty battery cells in the device, and may lead to a large-scale recall by Apple. ...
Overheating Issues Continue To Plague iPhone 3GS.
I4U News —
... entry on iPhone overheating to include the 3GS, but that's as close as they've come to dealing with the actual problem. Apple states that overheating phones will show a warning screen and lock down for all non-emergency calls. This doesn't address the primary current issue; the fact that overheating iPhones are discoloring. It's possible that the issue is due to a faulty battery cell in the iPhone itself. Wired has done an in-depth report on the subject and believes that the broken part might necessitate an iPhone recall. This would be a huge blow to Apple's already marred ...
Apple May Treat Overheated iPhones Like Waterlogged iPhones: You’re SOL
Cult of Mac —
... Some have speculated that the defect is related to the iPhone 3G S’s new high capacity battery or its 600 MHz processor. Some have blamed the ...
Want to BBQ with the iPhone? You don't even need an app
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
... My iPhone does get hot, but not so hot I can't pick it up -- usually when I'm running 3D for a longer stretch of time or when the phone is doing some serious calculating like audio or photo editing, I start to feel the heat coming off the back. Batteries are to blame for some of the more extreme problems, however, and that's not a huge surprise, given that ...
iPhone 3GS Too Hot Temperature?
Elliott C. Back —
... that Apple’s new iPhone 3GS had problems with overheating, followup articles point to the batteries being the source of the problems: ...
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White iPhone 3GS Overheats to the Point of Discoloration? [IPhone]
gizmodo.com 6/27/2009 — We don't know how many people have hit this problem (the Apple support forums talk about only overheating here and here , as a sample), but at least one user claims that his white iPhone 3GS has become PINK with heat. Not that there's much to take ...
IPhone 3GS Handsets Overheat, Turn Brown
wired.com 6/29/2009 —
The iPhone 3G may, at least for some users, have an additional, undocumented feature: It can be used to toast bread.
Reports are coming in that the new, million-selling iPhone is suffering from overheating issues. The handsets are getting so ...
iPhone 3GS Overheating Problem and Issues
kokeytechnology.com 6/29/2009 — Apparently, some owners of iPhone 3GS have reported overheating incidents. iPhone 3GS overheating problem is one of the first issues buyers have encountered after getting the new handset celebrated by millions worldwide. After the iPhone 3GS release, the excitement built up almost ...
News: iPhone 3GS units overheating, causing discoloration?
ilounge.com 6/29/2009 — A number of iPhone 3GS owners have complained that the handset becomes overly hot, with at least one user reporting a discoloration of the white plastic back. Photos posted to the French site Nowhere Else (Translated Link) show a 16GB white iPhone 3GS ...
Overheating problems plague iPhone 3GS
macnn.com 6/29/2009 — Some owners of the iPhone 3GS are finding their devices overheating, MacNN can confirm. Public accounts of problems originated in France, where one 16GB 3GS user has noted that his phone ran unusually hot during recent testing. The owner later ...
Apple warns on iPhone 3GS overheating risk
guardian.co.uk 7/2/2009 — Apple's new iPhone 3GS gets hot during usage, according to anecdotal reports that have begun to emerge on the web in the fortnight since the device was released - which seems to have prompted the company to issue a warning against leaving it inside ...
Check iPhone 3GS Availability in the US via the Apple Store
kokeytechnology.com 7/2/2009 — If you are from the US and would love to buy an iPhone 3GS (which was recently reported by some users to be overheating), head on to the Apple retail store and check if iPhone 3GS is available in your area. You can place your order/s online right from the website also. You can likewise check [...]
Apple Issues Heat Advisory for iPhone 3G, 3GS
gearlog.com 7/2/2009 — Whether or not anecdotal reports of iPhones overheating are true or not, Apple has taken them seriously enough to reveal the presence of a temperature warning screen for the iPhone 3G and 3GS. Here's the deal: an unknown but probably very ...
Apple warning could address iPhone 3G and 3GS overheating issues
obsessable.com 7/2/2009 — Gearlog: http://bit.ly/Kg4MQ An Apple-written heat advisory document has been uncovered . It warns users not to use the iPhone 3G or 3GS where temperatures exceed 113 degrees, or to run graphics or CPU -intensive programs in direct sunlight or where temperatures are greater than 95 degrees. ...
3GS Battery Issues Due to iPhone 3.0? —
I4U News
Yesterday we reported on the numerous battery complaints plaguing the iPhone 3GS. Customers have noted that the 3GS often fails to get through a workday without a charge, and even die-hard Apple fans have had to admit that something is up. Initially we tho...
Customers Complain About 3GS Battery Life. —
I4U News
Nobody's perfect, not even the iPhone 3GS. While it may have a faster processor, more features, and a bigger app store than most other smartphones on the market, it still has one big weakness: battery life. Issues with battery life are pretty much inherent...
Apple Officially Warns of iPhone 3G and 3GS Overheating [Apple] —
Gizmodo
Here is the screen that you might see (or have seen) on your iPhone 3G or 3GS. And now Apple has released an official document on "Keeping iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS within acceptable operating temperatures." The warnings are all simple and reasonable. Apple reminds users that safe operational ...
Some Overheating 3GS iPhones Glow Pink —
Slashdot
Hugh Pickens writes "The Telegraph reports that dozens of users of the recently released iPhone 3GS have reported overheating issues, with some iPhone owners unable to pick up the device because the handset gets so hot to the touch, while others say the casing turns pink with the heat. 'I am ...
Some Overheating 3GS iPhones Glow Pink —
Slashdot: Apple
Hugh Pickens writes "The Telegraph reports that dozens of users of the recently released iPhone 3GS have reported overheating issues, with some iPhone owners unable to pick up the device because the handset gets so hot to the touch, while others say the casing turns pink with the heat. 'I am ...
iPhone 3GS overheating linked to battery —
The Apple Core
iPhone 3GS owners have been reporting problems with some units overheating and becoming too hot to touch. The handsets are getting so warm that the white plastic cases are discoloring to a brownish/pink as seen in the picture above from Ben on the French site Le Journal du Geek.
The Inquirer is ...
Do you have overheating problems on iPhone 3GS? Send us photos —
Phones Review
We have reported a few times about the overheating problem on the all new Apple iPhone 3GS which you can read about here and here , we want to hear about it from you.
We have NOT had any real hard evidence as of yet of overheating issues and that is why we are asking you to let us know about ...
Is your iPhone 3GS overheating? —
PR News:
The reports of the Apple iPhone 3GS overheating have not gone away, and we have had a few users tip us about this very problem. At first we thought it was only the iPhone 3GS overheating, but some users have said since updating to the iPhone 3.0 software is also made their iPhone hotter .
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iPhone 3GS White has overheating problem —
Phones Review
In the past there have been reports of iPhone handset overheating, and the problem doesn’t seem to have been fixed with the new iPhone 3GS.
An article on nowhereelse states white iPhone 3GS owners are now reporting overheating during a period of using GPS and 3G which results in ...
iPhone 3GS overheating, discoloring white devices —
Mobilewhack.com
The iPhone 3G had a problem with their back cracking [1] with seemingly no reason and now the iPhone 3GS has run into a similar problem, this time with discoloration.
It seems that one user discovered his iPhone 3GS [2] was overheating, a lot, due to him using the phone's GPS nad 3G ...
White iPhone 3GS turn Brown on Overheating?! —
The Iphone Spot
There seems to be some new issues with the iPhone 3GS , besides the sound issues reported before. Instead of cracking like the iPhone 3G, the iPhone 3GS turns brown if overheated!
A user claims discoloration of his iPhone due to overheating, possibly because of excessive 3G and ...
Apple are aware of battery issues with 3.0 —
The iPhone User Guide
Apple will make the iPhone Battery Logging-profile available for its customers who complain about the battery life of their device, according to information on the website of HardMac.
The user installs the profile and after that all usage of the iPhone will be monitored over a specific ...
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