Even though it has received rave reviews since its launch a few Fridays ago, there are now numerous reports of overheating issues with the new Apple iPhone 3GS smartphone.
iPhone 3GS owners are unsure of what is to blame for overheating, but some people are blaming GPS while others say gaming or listening to music is to blame. It seems some type of resource-intensive application would make sense, and iPhone 3GS users on Twitter are reminding one another to try and pay attention to when the phone begins to overheat.
Several French news sites have posted images of reported iPhone 3GS units that suffer from discoloring and overheating issues.
There are now several threads on the Apple forums that note overheating problems, with users discussing what they think they were doing before the phone started to overheat.
PC World writer Melissa Perenson noted how her iPhone 3GS "became very hot. 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."
Apple hasn’t responded to owner complaints yet, but some owners are screaming for replacement phones and a possible recall.
Have you noticed your iPhone 3GS possibly overheating?
In addition to the iPhone 3GS, some users are complaining of overheating iPod Touch MP3 players after they’ve been updated to the latest iPhone/iPod Touch software — v3.0. All this talk of overheating devices has caused concern over possible exploding batteries, but that kind of talk seems rather premature at the moment.
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I don't get it ... they fix up the camera to 3 megapixel (which is still crap by most standards) and add a program (which is available for iphone 3G) to record video, and it's a big thing?
And now they claim it's (upto) 2x faster, with longer lasting battery life ... so you have more opportunity for your iphone to overheat & burst into flame.
What's the big deal?
Apple's real slogan ..... a dollar spent on marketting is better than $1 spent on R&D
ANY SUGGESTIONS APPLE????
$85 per month is NUTS, and maybe a brain tumor too?????
HELP!!!!
the aino has got me on the remote play for my ps3, but have found that the software in general for sony ericsson's are kind of boring and was the reason i went for the N95 8GB!
the N96 had caught my attention until i noticed the tv tuner only works in france,germany etc, not UK, the N97's slide out keyboard put me off of that! if i wanted a keyboard, i would be as well taking my laptop everywhere plus even though there is a keyboard with this phone, the N95 8GB has put me off of nokias due to poor battery life!
oh, the camera on the iphone is not an issue, because if i wanted to take quality photo's then i would take out my lumix/nikon DSLR!
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