Is it bad for the iPhone to get hot?

[zooby]

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[Lucille Carter]

Your phone has sensors in it to shut it down if the temp get too hot. Must be doing a number on your battery if it is getting really hot.

Games are CPU intensive and heat is a by product of same.

 

[Apple fanboy]

The CPU things and your hot hands as you play! The GPS may be because it's in your car and the sun is coming through the windscreen.
Just take a break every now and then, and instead of putting your phone in your pocket, just leave it on the desk to cool.

 

[roken]

I'd only be concerned if it gets hot doing normal tasks like wifi browsing, email, twitter, pages etc.

I just had a 5s replaced that heated up while doing non cpu-intensive tasks, new one is much improved.

 

[supermassive]

In the long run its bad for the battery.

 

[redlinux]

How hot is "HOT"? As a long time Quad Core android user, I imagined a dual core 1.3GHz won't get that much hot. I still haven't used it though so I can't tell.