White iPhone 3GS reportedly overheats, turns a browner shade of white
By Laura June 
posted Jun 26th 2009 4:55PM
posted Jun 26th 2009 4:55PM
posted Jun 26th 2009 4:55PM
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hmmm.... sucks
oh yeah that was first and second
Crummy? That's the sickest pink spray job I've ever seen. I'm going to go put mine in the oven right now...
You bet it is!!! I'm wondering which temperature make it blue?
um... anybody else notice the apple logo being reversed in that picture or is it just me?
I think he took the picture with the iPhone looking into a mirror, reversing the image.
Ya'll See? J U N K! As we've already known for years.
That's why it's on top huh? Haha, no point in arguing with the retarded.
You must be Learning impaired if you actually Believe that One Phone can be on Top, especially one of such Low Quality and Non-Functional Nature.
AHAHahahaaa
Good luck with that now! ; D
Open your eyes little boy, it's very clear. Now get to bed before mommy can see your on the internet past your bedtime.
its probably because he took a picture of the phone in the mirror
How long does it have to be in the oven to turn green?
I've got the white and mine is still beautifully pure. Havent noticed any over heating either.
No overheating here on my white one. No discoloration either.
Not surprising, iCrap is trash anyway. Scrap it!!
Yaaa ok fanboy! you mean besides the Pre's crappy build quality, sharp edges on the sliders, light leak on the screens, and overall poor screen quality defects already in the Pre's? go back to your dying company who cant keep a customer and sold 1/4 the phones in the first weekend.
Learn the real facts before you bash
Yeah, it must be difficult deciding which app to run on the Pre. I mean you can enjoy some Pandora, and then check where you are on a map or even check the weather. And then you can... well... you could listen to Pandora some more, I guess. BUT, at least you can multi-task between that long list of apps. Because you wouldn't want to have to re-open an app on the Pre. You might not have the extra 2 minutes to wait for it to load up. ;)
I have a version 1 of a phone, apple is now releasing things you should have had in version 1.. Cant wait for that mms, and maybe a fart app or 2. SDK is now in the wild, PRE is coming. Be afraid, very afraid!!
The Palm Pre is definitely better than the iphone. It's almost as good as the samsung instinct LOL, which is twice as better than the iphone
[ChYEaaaaaH RiiIiiiiiiiiTe}
I put my black one in the freezer and it turned white
PRE>Iphone
pointless subjective post
I can say that my 3gs gets a lot hotter than my 3g ever did. Noticeable warm on the back.
Got a white one love it's perfect . Prob some thing done to that unit
Looks like where the rails would be on a slider like case to me.
It does seem a little suspect. I haven't seen the dissected version of the phone, but assuming a specific component overheated, wouldn't the discoloration be more focused?
I have a G1 and when the processor gets taxed the bottom part of the phone gets hot in one specific place (behind the chin), not all over the phone.
Would this type of damage make sense with the internal layout of the phone?
Actually if you look at the exploded view here (http://www.isuppli.com/Asset/Apple%20iPhone%203%20GS%20Exploded%20View.jpg), then you can see those marks are along the sides of the battery. Which sort of makes sense since most likely the battery has some protection behind it where the sides do not, and the heat could radiate out. If he was taxing his phone with 3G and GPS, the battery could have been working quite hard.
If the sides of the battery got hot enough to discolor the outside of the case, major components inside the phone would be destroyed as well. Isn't it a little curious that he is taking a pic of his "burnt up" phone with his "burnt up" phone?
This is pretty obviously BS. If you look at the tear-down pics of the 3GS, there isn't anything that runs down the phone in those two lines that could overheat like that. Besides the fact that the "brown" discoloration is actually pink in all the pics. Not to mention the fact that a component that was hot enough to discolor the back of the phone would cause major problems to the screen, and there isn't ONE pic of the screen. More than a little suspicious.
The more likely cause is a cheap red plastic or rubber case was put on there, and it rubbed off on the phone. Not exactly a great headline though, right? More people click on a story with the headline "iPhone 3GS Overheating" than would click on "Moron puts crappy case on iPhone; it becomes discolored".
I think I agree with this post 100%!!!
Glad I bought a black iPhone.
its pretty funny how all these apple fanboys defend the defects of their phone, but if its a pre they bash it saying its a pos, sorry it took your 3rd gen phone to still not have many features a first gen phone has cough cough mms cough, but i forgot you have a compass, you win
I've worked with several phones throughout the last few years. I've seen battery heat discolor phone backs before. The Motorola K1M was really bad about this, and the phones would still be functional with the discoloration. As for the color that is showing up on the white, several pigments of plastic are mixed to obtain a white finish. The fact that one pigment may have a lower discoloration point than the others is possible.
After about a week I noticed a black spot show up right next to the apple logo. I have had an invisible shield on since minute 1 of owning the phone so i know its not dirt or something on the phone itself. My only thought was heat discoloration because my GF and mine 3gs get very hot! I mean hotter than my G1 ever did. Anyway I am terribly dissapointed with AT&T so im returning the iphone anyway and going back to T-Mobile.
So far so good. No overheat. Yes, it got warm after a few hrs but not so hot you can't touch or hold it.
I love my 3G S
Blackberry storm for the win!!.....NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Judging by the comments on this thread (flame war not withstanding), overheating on the 3GS doesn't seem to be an issue for folks. Pics can also be deceiving; my Pre hasn't had any issue with white spots after heavy use like an earlier post suggested.
I find it hard to believe something like this would slip through quality control if it were a pervasive problem. Prolly just an isolated incident.
You would think by now either 2 things would happen. 1, Apple would start selling their products that are white to have have coloring issues. Or 2, people who buy an Apple product would learn not to buy white because they pretty much all seem to have issues with the color changing for one reason or another.
Let's not forget the white iPhone 3G had problems of showing cracks now the 3GS version sucks 2, I'm so glad I have the Black backing!
Plus we all know the Pre's a cute phone but, when your ready to step up 2 the big leagues buy an iPhone or Blackberry!
BTW, so pumped for next Summers iPhone HD version 4 of the iPhone will be an Android and Pre Killer!!! That is as long as AT&T don't limit it!
how is the iPhone the big leagues. It is what all the moms and kids use. Its just an iPod with a phone. It is not a business phone, so doesn't seem very big league to me. All in all its really just a designer phone with a great music player and a great web browser, though that is being challeneged now too!
The iPhone has multiple business uses it kills the Pre and any RIM product so... if you hate iPhones so much you jealous little boys why do you read about them? If you don't care..then howbout you just don't google the iPhone to find it's flaws.
I still want the white one, it reminds me to stay clean and pure.