Comments on: iPhone Monitors Temperature: Might Save Overheating, Won’t Help Global Warming

By: Bodydetoxguy

Bodydetoxguy — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 10:45:44 +0000

the effect of Global Warming these days is even worst. i think every government should pass stricter laws on Carbon Emissions. we should also concentrate more on renewable energy sources and avoid fossil fuels.

By: Jake

Jake — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:41:29 +0000

Official Temperature guidlines from Apples site:

iPhone Temperate Zone. Your iPhone works best from 32° to 95° F. You should store it in environments of -4° to 113° F. That’s 0° to 35° C and -20° to 45° C for the metrically inclined. Keeping your iPhone as near room temperature as possible (72° F or 22° C) is ideal.

By: AndyT

AndyT — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:19:35 +0000

Nice to see man-made global warming is real after all. It may be time for Apple to break out the new iPhone 3Ga the aluminum edition laser cut from a single block of aluminum, but this was done not for rigidity but for heat, it is cut as one giant heat sink. This would be one cool phone.

By: James Kendrick

James Kendrick — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:23:59 +0000

It’s been 100+ here for over a week. I better put the iPhone 3G away until fall.

By: Jake

Jake — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:21:41 +0000

It’s possible that the overheating that caused the discolouration occurred in a pocket or car while the owner wasn’t watching his phone. Does that temperature warning go away automatically once the phone returns to a safe temperature?

I suspect that kb article has been around for a while because I’ve seen the same screenshot in threads about the iPhone 3G before. I guess we’ll hear more about this if it really is an issue (perhaps a combination of a bug in the new software combined with the new processor to produce a little too much heat???) but it’s probably more likely to be a one off.

BTW, I’m no fan (get it?) of the iPhone but I think that heat warning is a good idea.