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Yeah, this side looks done...Flip it over.
The new iPhone 3GS sure is one hot item. Really hot. Overheating, in fact. Many users are reporting overheating in their iPhones to point that they are being discolored. Many shiny new white iPhones are turning pink and brown due to overheating and users report not being able to even hold the phone up to their ear to talk (for the users that remember that the thing also serves as a cellular telephone).
Why is this happening? Despite Apple's new green appeal of offering laptops which are made from recycled aluminum (that prevent me from microwaving them for fear of damaging the microwave), Their phones don't manage power very well, and neither do their users. When the 3G first came out, users were quick to complain that even though the iPhone 3G had a battery with more storage, keeping the 3G on and using all the features the new phone was designed for would kill the battery even faster.
And now, one year later, with an even greater emphasis on applications and network and system speed, the iPhone's processor is overtaxed by users updating their Twitters, texting, surfing the web, blasting music, shooting video, and using apps, all while on the 3G network.
My solution to an overheating iPhone is to throw it in a pool. This guy did. Granted, most believe the video to be a hoax, but if you want to test the iPhone's inherent waterproofing (or lack thereof), feel free to send me a video of you doing it. (Note: I am NOT responsible for any damages your phone receives. I will however, post the video if it breaks.)
But the real answer to this is for Apple's users to be a little more conscious of what resources they're using, or to perhaps release an app that turns off 3G when users aren't using it and closes programs when not in use for a certain amount of time. There should be "an app for that" (There may be already be one. I can't find it through Apple's site.).
Of course, Apple could just start offering scented phones in shades of "Burnt" and "Golden Black" and scents of "Wood Stove" and "Ozone".
Tony Bownes is an Electrical Engineering Major at Christian Brothers University who warned you from the start that he doesn't like Apple.
For more info: Le Journal du Geek has the original story
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