iPhone OS 3G is hot—in more ways than one
Posted by Dennis Sellers 
Jul 5, 2009 at 3:00am
There have been numerous complaints in Apple’s forums and elsewhere that the best-selling iPhone 3GS suffers from overheating, discoloration and shorter-than-promised battery life. Apple says the weather is partly to blame.
In an online note, Apple had this to say: “Operate iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS in a place where the temperature is between 0º and 35º C (32º to 95º F). Low- or high-temperature conditions might temporarily shorten battery life or cause the device to temporarily stop working properly.
“Store iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS in a place where the temperature is between -20º and 45º C (-4º to 113º F). Don’t leave the device in your car, because temperatures in parked cars can exceed this range.
“If the interior temperature of the device exceeds normal operating temperatures, you may experience the following as it attempts to regulate its temperature: The device stops charging. Display dims. Weak cellular signal. Temperature warning screen appears with the message ‘iPhone needs to cool down before you can use it’.”
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Dennis has been a newspaper editor/reporter (seven years) and teacher (seven years). He has over 10,000 magazine, newspaper and online articles to his credit. He has also covered the Mac and tech industries for over a decade for such online publications as MacCentral, MacMinute and now MacsimumNews.
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