Overheating iPhone 3GS handsets worry users

Telegraph UK ^ | 01 Jul 2009 | Claudine Beaumont

[Wooly]

The problem appears to particularly affect the white handsets of Apple's new turbo-charged device, which is twice as fast as its predecessor, the iPhone 3G, and boasts an improved camera and the ability to record video.

Dozens of users have reported overheating issues, with some iPhone owners unable to pick up the device because the handset gets so hot. Owners of the white iPhone 3GS say the casing turns pink with the heat. Some users have said the device has been too hot to put to their ear while making a phone call. The overheating seems to occur when owners are using the iPhone's mapping software, which uses the handset's built-in GPS technology to pinpoint their location and provide directions.

On Apple's support forums, iPhone owners have been complaining about the problems. "My iPhone 3GS back get somewhat warm when playing a few mins of games. Is this normal?," asks one user, Dreamcast DC. "I am having the same issue," reports Ron Lift

[Wooly]

Of course it is the battery, as this has been the weak link in most mobile electronics, and along that line the cost of the battery in the manufacturing is high compared to the other components. This in turn has led to a lot of undersized battery problems (Heat Fire, ect) over the past few years. It also happened to the Macbooks which were using the same battery run as Sony a few years back.
I really just like torquing the little snobs that I call Applebores, they have no problem insinuating that I am a moron who knows nothing since I use a PC. But hit them in one of their tender little nerves and they post threads about trolls and how they are being picked on because they like Apple.
These people do not realize how much they get screwed over by Apple. If the problem with the iPhone turns out to be a bad battery run, then this will require a full recall of all the iphones, since to maximize profits the battery in the phone is not user replaceable. All other manufactures would be able to send you a replacement battery, but Apple wanted to make sure that they make money off of parts replacement labor. As such they will put out crap like do not operate the phone in direct sun or above 94 degrees F.

[AFreeBird]

Actually, given the iphone’s form factor, I can understand the built in batt. Design. Have you seen the breakdown of the phone on cnet or gizmodo? Limiting seams keeps a lot of I’m wanted crap or of the electronics bay.

BTW: I’m posting this from my iPhone