Published: Friday 3rd July, 2009 | Author: Parm Mann
Products: iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS
Companies: Apple (All Apple content)
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email to a friendDespite a few claims of overheating iPhone 3GS handsets surfacing on the web, Apple hasn't officially acknowledged the problem - if, indeed, there actually is one.
What it has done is issue a support document detailing how to keep an iPhone 3G or iPhone 3GS within acceptable operating temperatures.
According to the document, both the iPhone or iPhone 3G could temporarily stop working if the device exceeds normal operating temperatures, and users could be presented with a dim display, a weak mobile signal, the inability to charge, or the dreaded temperature warning screen:
Apple states that the warning screen appears on iPhone handsets that have become too hot. It recommends turning the device off and moving it to a cooler environment before resuming use.
In the weeks following the launch of the iPhone 3GS, a number of users have reported overheating issues - with some claiming that high temperatures have led to discolouration of the handset's white plastic shell.
Have you experienced heat-related problems with an iPhone handset? Let us know in the HEXUS.community forums, and please refer to Apple's support document for further information.
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I wonder if the new Toshiba will have a cool down period
http://www.engadget.com/tag/tg01/
1ghz of Qualcomm goodness.
No because it isnt an iphone.Quote
How do all the users of these phones in hotter climates deal with this issue?
Are we going to see a flood of aftermarket cooling cases for the iphone.
When O2 said it's going to be this years hottest handset, they weren't kidding :mrgreen:Quote
Software that isn't complete, but released.
Hardware that will crash because its poorly designed.
Honestly their must be some consumer law that prohibits this kind of stuff. If it doesn't work 100% on day of release and will continue to work 100% for the duration of its warrenty then it should either be 100% recalled or the company fined and all consumers have the right to a full refund within the warrenty if their product fails....
Imagine that, Microsoft and Apple would do bust...Quote
"iPhone needs to cool down before you can use it"
iPhone is so awesome iPhone can refer to iPhone's self in the third person.
I have a standard 3G and, after a long afternoon of sitting in the sun in a pub garden the other day, I can safely say that it has been waaaay over 35c and still works fine. I never got this warning message either. Guess it's a bit of a lottery then as to whether you get a heat-a-phobic one or not. Or should that be thermophobic? Either way...Quote
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