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Discolorations appearing on the white iPhone 3GS blamed on overheating

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Remember this image? Wired.com had shared this photo of an affected white iPhone 3GS last week:

white iphone3gs Discolorations appearing on the white iPhone 3GS blamed on overheating

According to Wired’s Gadget Lab some white iPhones are getting so warm that their plastic cases are discoloring to pink or brown. The article continues with other examples and suggests that the issue could be related to faulty power-management software in iPhone OS 3.0.

Melissa J. Perenson of PC World had a toasty 3GS, too:

And at some point, I became aware the handset had become very hot. Very, very hot — not just on the back, but the entire length of the front face, too. I was using a game, and then later the Web browser for reading the news about Michael Jackson, all over a Wi-Fi connection while plugged in. And in those circumstances, well…toasty doesn’t even describe how surprisingly hot it got. It was too hot to even put the phone against my face. No discoloration to report, though; I have the black handset, and didn’t see any effects.

You can also find the a discussion thread on the topic on Apple discussion forums.

[via - CNET & Gadget Lab]

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