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1. 

   rob-nz
   Member

   Reports of overheating 3Gs, and some unconfirmed reports of v3 upgraded older models warming up as well..

   http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/06/iphone-3gs-handsets-overheat-turn-brown/

   Posted 8 months ago #
2. 

   Ben
   Big Kahuna

   Eww. And ouch. That photo looks horrible.

   Are there any comparable handhelds out there using the same or similar 3D chipset? Maybe the combination of tight space and the heat from the 3D chip and battery are to blame, but you'd think that would be the same for any handheld of similar specs.

   And you'd think that Apple would have run these things at full clatter for hours at a time to test the heat output.

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   Posted 8 months ago #
3. 

   rob-nz
   Member

   Yeah, but they probably stopped short of killing a major pop star and filling up the twittersphere. :-)

   Only so many use cases you can practically test! ;-)

   Posted 8 months ago #
4. 

   rob-nz
   Member

   More info:

   http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/06/overheating-iphones/

   Posted 8 months ago #
5. 

   rob-nz
   Member

   Hmmm!
   Semi-official, almost acknowledgement, that there might perhaps be a problem?

   http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2101

   Don't you go listening to music in the sunlight on that thing!

   (I didn't see the 'Vampire optimised' label anywhere!)

   Posted 8 months ago #
6. 

   benedict_x
   Member

   Hasn't this happen before with the 3G?

   http://digitalkiwi.blogspot.com/

   Posted 8 months ago #
7. 

   rob-nz
   Member

   No idea.

   Could be a run of bad batteries from a supplier.

   May only affect certain batches.

   We'll have to wait and see...

   Posted 8 months ago #
8. 

   benedict_x
   Member

   The 3GS unlock and jailbreak has just been released by Dev Team! Whoo hoo! http://blog.iphone-dev.org/

   Posted 8 months ago #

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