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 discovered pink-tinged marks on the white backing of his device, roughly surrounding the location of the battery.
A MacNN staffer has meanwhile encountered the problem independently, with discoloration noticeable on the back of a white 32GB unit. A PC World author, Melissa Perenson, claims to have experienced a more serious incident while playing The Oregon Trail. Though her 16GB black phone's backing did not change color, the device as a whole is said to have heated up dramatically, to the extent that placing it against her face would have been painful. The phone was plugged into a wall socket during use.
Overheating phones should otherwise remain functional. Apple has not so far acknowledged the problem, though people may theoretically be able to secure an exchange at retail. The French iPhone user notes that when he attempted to contact Apple, the company only offered to hold his phone for five days of testing.
Mine does this too, although I've only noticed it whilst tracking my location by GPS inside Google Maps. That's not to say it won't happen under other circumstances, I've just not been aware of it anywhere else.
My 3GS is not plugged in at the time of the overheating.
I don't think by anyone's definition would a few cases be considered anything close to a plaque...come on, stop the sensationalization of every little thing that happens. This has become way too common on your site...I'm done with you guys.
And by the way, discoloration of plastic doesn't mean something is overheating. It could just as easily mean the plastic itself is not meeting it's specification...think before you report.
A plague is a widespread affliction. How do we go from "plague" in the title to "some users" in the first sentence of the article?
I wonder if one day we'll see a trend back to print news when there were actual editors that reviewed stories. I think I preferred the days when I got my weekly MacWeek magazine in the mail with researched articles.
I think I preferred the days when I got my weekly MacWeek magazine in the mail with researched articles.
-Me too! Those were the days- when news was gently debated on the internet, but the delivery form was paper....MacWeek, NeXTweek,...
I hate the way news is reported now...everywhere! this is not the way it was supposed to play out...
While I agree that the news articles on this site are written and plagiarized by obvious amateurs sometimes, I have to ask... why do you people come to this site in the first place if you hate the way it's edited? MacNN is not the only Mac news site out there.
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