Want to BBQ with the iPhone? You don't even need an app
Posted Jul 3rd 2009 10:00AM by Mike Schramm
My iPhone does get hot, but not so hot I can't pick it up -- usually when I'm running 3D for a longer stretch of time or when the phone is doing some serious calculating like audio or photo editing, I start to feel the heat coming off the back. Batteries are to blame for some of the more extreme problems, however, and that's not a huge surprise, given that batteries in any mobile device have their issues. The good news in that case, however, is that the phone is unlikely to actually explode -- the repair guy Wired talks to says that "a little bit of smoke eventually is probably the best bet." Not that a smoking iPhone is a good situation at all, but you can at least be sure that your iPhone is not quite as hot as the fire under your burgers this weekend.
[* Note that the Apple KB article referenced here about temperature warnings/"don't leave the iPhone in the glove compartment" for the iPhone 3G and 3GS is not a new post, nor is the temperature alert screen unique to the 3GS; the KB was simply updated to include the newer device. Jim Dalrymple at The Loop has a solid rundown. FoxNews incorrectly reported that the support article was specific to the 3GS, but then did cite PC World's Melissa Perenson and David Coursey with personal stories of wicked-hot 3GS units. If your 3GS is overheating, check in with Apple support or your local AT&T store. -Ed.]
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Howie Isaacks said 10:36AM on 7-03-2009
Meh. Old news. I'm sure Apple will fix this since it's obviously a safety issue. We're all Apple customers here. We know that Apple fixes its mistakes -- even if they don't do it as quickly as we want them to. I don't see the need to continue recycling this story over and over again.
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Jordan said 12:09PM on 7-03-2009
Typical response from a blind Apple fanboi. Apple messes up, makes a bad product and the fanboi makes an excuse for it and wants to stop hearing about it.
Michael Rose said 12:33PM on 7-03-2009
For what it's worth, Howie, the fact that a PC Magazine reporter had her white 16GB 3GS get so hot that she was unable to hold it in her hand, and saw the case start to turn brown from heat, strikes me as more than "old news." Just saying.
Randy said 12:07PM on 7-03-2009
I guess i'm lucky. My new 3GS does not get anywhere as hot as my old 1st Gen EDGE iphone did.. I've had the 3GS for a few weeks now and i have never even noticed it get warm, much-less 'hot'..
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Dinkus said 1:08PM on 7-03-2009
3d dude. Seriously?
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KarlW said 12:22PM on 7-03-2009
There you go - it's not a bug, it's a feature!
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Frank Ponchatrain said 12:33PM on 7-03-2009
You can get real barbeque information right on the iPhone or iPod Touch at http://bbq.webappuniverse.com. Not kidding, it's a real site formatted for the iPhone!
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huth.sebastian said 12:55PM on 7-03-2009
I was in the park this week because it was really hot and sunny and I checked some emails while laying in the sun… I swear, had I put an egg on there it would have been cooked within minutes.
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Mitch said 1:16PM on 7-03-2009
BBQ-ing =! Grilling
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hStack said 1:39PM on 7-03-2009
The artist did not mention if he used an iphone app to make the sketch, and if not, he also FAIL.
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Izzy said 3:26PM on 7-06-2009
That should be called "grilling with your iPhone", not BBQ. BBQ is slow smoked over many hours. So you would need smoldering iPhones for BBQ.
Just saying.
It might be misconstrued as BBQ in New York City, Chicago, Boston, or LALAland, but that don't make it right!
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