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Iphone 4 making medal taste in mouth?!?

UK4Life said:
I know this sounds like I weird title, but please give me a chance to explain. I have recently received my iphone 4 and love it, but there is a slight problem. I have a crown over one of my tooth's and for some reason when I touch the metal part of the phone (antenna), either holding in my hand, or gripping the side I get a awful taste in my mouth and my head hurts. I know your thinking this is stupid, but I wouldn't make this up.
Would a rubber case stop this from happening?

thanks
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UK4Life said:
Well I'm not English! I attended the University of Kentucky for undergrad and now medical school and a huge UK basketball fan!
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I'm not usually the grammar police, but good lord, you admitted you had a college degree and that you were working towards a doctorate???

have recently = everyone just recently received their iPhone 4 . . . it's new!
Tooth's = teeth is the plural of tooth
your thinking . . . = you are is the correct usage


Personally I would have told everyone I was from the UK, and not the University.

Now, on to your question. What you are speaking of is a very real possibility. Did this happen with all phones you have owned? Or just the iPhone? I would suggest trying out other phones.
 
JayLenochiniMac said:
Med students don't get that much training in the basic sciences. It's usually a Ph.D. that teaches those courses in their first year.
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No, just 2 years of chemistry and 1 year of physics :rolleyes: (minimum requirements to get into medical school)

If the guy's in medical school, I'd be surprised. And disappointed.
 
mwchris said:
I'm not usually the grammar police, but good lord, you admitted you had a college degree and that you were working towards a doctorate???

have recently = everyone just recently received their iPhone 4 . . . it's new!
Tooth's = teeth is the plural of tooth
your thinking . . . = you are is the correct usage


Personally I would have told everyone I was from the UK, and not the University.

Now, on to your question. What you are speaking of is a very real possibility. Did this happen with all phones you have owned? Or just the iPhone? I would suggest trying out other phones.
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Thank you for pointing out my flaws. I typed it fast and didn't proof read and I'm sorry, but english wasn't my favorite subject in school. I bet none of you all have ever misspelled a word before.
Well, this has only happened with the use of the Iphone 4.
Thank you
 
Hmac said:
No, just 2 years of chemistry and 1 year of physics :rolleyes: (minimum requirements to get into medical school)

If the guy's in medical school, I'd be surprised. And disappointed.
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Very true and thanks, but I don't think we talked about this situation in those classes.
 
JayLenochiniMac said:
Sure, the iPhone 4 will auto-correct to tooth's :rolleyes:

Come on, stop making excuses.
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I see what you did there!

I think he was saying that the iPhone is the only phone that causes the pain in his tooth's! :D

OP: If it is discomforting to use, I would do as you suggested and try a case. Or try another phone. There is no point of being uncomfortable using the phone.
 
mwchris said:
I see what you did there!

I think he was saying that the iPhone is the only phone that causes the pain in his tooth's! :D
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schulzmc said:
I think he meant the medal (sic) taste has only happened on the iPhone 4, not the poor spelling. I'm assuming that has happened on his earlier phones as well.:rolleyes:
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I stand corrected. I've heard others blame their misspellings on the iPhone though.
 
Come on folks. Just because someone is ATTENDING med school, does not make them a medical and scientific wiz. Heck, even after graduating, a Dr. still does not know everything, noneless someone in their first year.

Unfortunate that the OP had some many grammar issues though and the original, and valid question got lost.
 
Well, he didn't say he was putting the phone in his mouth! So, there's no issue of galvanic action.

Fillings have been known to act as a diode, and rectify radio signals. (Really, a broken filling where the metal is corroded at the fracture, and acting as a semi-conductor.) This is normally only a problem when you live very close to an AM radio signal.

Visit a dentist, and have your loose crown fixed. Perhaps the joint between the crown and the post is acting in a similar way.

(0 years of medical school, but went to school in the 60s/70s, when the Cold War forced a lot of science on us...)
 
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Dr. Cox doubts your Med-School cred.
 
I'm suprised iPhone was even allowed to put the antenna on the outside. With people complaining about phones giving cancer and what not, I'm sure holding the live antenna will have many side effects....
 
UK4Life said:
I know this sounds like I weird title, but please give me a chance to explain. I have recently received my iphone 4 and love it, but there is a slight problem. I have a crown over one of my tooth's and for some reason when I touch the metal part of the phone (antenna), either holding in my hand, or gripping the side I get a awful taste in my mouth and my head hurts. I know your thinking this is stupid, but I wouldn't make this up.
Would a rubber case stop this from happening?

thanks
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Just don't hold it next to your mouth.

Steve

Sent from my iPhone
 
You've got "medical student syndrome"
You just read about dysgeusia, didn't you? ;)

You can get a galvanic reaction in your mouth with amalgam fillings and another metal in the mouth (e.g. aluminum foil). However, an electromagnetic effect...doubtful (but if you finish medical school and practice medicine a few years you will learn to never discount anything, even if you've never heard of it happening). Now get your iPhone outta your mouth!
 
All jokes and grammar issues aside and more on point with the subject of the OP's point...

...I TOTALLY have this experience. The first few minutes I used my iP4 (no case) my finger was tingling (left hand) and my mouth tasted funny.

It's not present at all when using a rubber case.

The rubber Bumper should be IN THE BOX and included from Apple. If you ask me, a case is virtually a requirement to use this phone.

Feel lucky that you don't literally get the tingles and a bad taste in your mouth like some of us do.

It's beyond annoying that Steve is trying to pretend like all is normal here. I think they genuinely missed/under estimated the antenna issues due to so much testing being done with the test unit disguised in a case of some kind.

This morning they are having some "oh *****" meetings.
 
uberamd said:
Then don't answer. I highly doubt a situation like this is on the MCAT. And who cares if it is? I could probably go to my doctor and ask him about my cell phone causing metal tastes in my mouth and he wouldn't have a good answer for me either. Everyone needs help from other people every now and then, not everyone knows everything like you apparently do.
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Agreed.

People should learn to stay away from "Post Reply" if they have nothing helpful to offer. Goes for the grammar-bashing as well!!
 
mattkowalski said:
Agreed.

People should learn to stay away from "Post Reply" if they have nothing helpful to offer. Goes for the grammar-bashing as well!!
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I dismay more and more each day with the rude unwarranted flames round here...its such an unfriendly place to get advice/chat :mad:

I suppose its amusing that these peoples lives are so **** they have to anonymously tear people new ones online lol
 
mwchris said:
I'm not usually the grammar police, but good lord, you admitted you had a college degree and that you were working towards a doctorate???

have recently = everyone just recently received their iPhone 4 . . . it's new!
Tooth's = teeth is the plural of tooth
your thinking . . . = you are is the correct usage


Personally I would have told everyone I was from the UK, and not the University.

Now, on to your question. What you are speaking of is a very real possibility. Did this happen with all phones you have owned? Or just the iPhone? I would suggest trying out other phones.
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Actually it made instant sense to me being a Duke fan and all. :D

Sorry but I had to it was just to tempting.
 
Hmac said:
No, just 2 years of chemistry and 1 year of physics :rolleyes: (minimum requirements to get into medical school)

If the guy's in medical school, I'd be surprised. And disappointed.
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Settle down cowboy, it *is* the University of Kentucky. I kid, I kid!
 
Apple-NoEscape said:
I'm suprised iPhone was even allowed to put the antenna on the outside. With people complaining about phones giving cancer and what not, I'm sure holding the live antenna will have many side effects....
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Because having the antenna on the inside makes a difference? You do realize that the radio signal still penetrates the plastic and gives you the same dose of radiation?
 
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