White iPhone 3GS Discoloration Due to Third-Party Cases, Not Overheating?

[budidi]

Ladies and gentlemen . . . THIS is how FUD spreads. Future trolls, take notes!

There is no discolouring, except for a single alleged case and Lord knows how much user-induced imperfections.

There is no evidence of any kind of damaging overheating.

Has the best battery life of all devices in its class

I'm with Rogers and I've got MMS (works great) and tethering (already included in my data plan.) The manufacturer of the device and the carrier with which it is used are two different things.

And for all you Nokia fans that for some reason have invaded MR over the last few days:

http://gizmodo.com/5308440/nokia-n97-review-nokia-is-doomed

So true.

It's a completely different playing field and Nokia is still hanging on to that Symbian garbage. They seem to be a lot like Microsoft: coasting on their market share and relying on wide licensing to move product, instead of actually coming up with something truly compelling.

Nokia, as with Microsoft, is stuck in the world of producing phones to the bottom feeders ... price hunters. They sell phones, and fail at selling mobile computers. They are saddled with Symbian OS like a ball and chain. They are living in the '90s, with '90s marketing, a '90s OS, and a '90s approach to doing business.

so true x2
the best review ever for the Nokia N97
now seriously, n97 cpu is at iphone 1st gen cpu level...but it opens FLASH ehehehe..who cares?! its a matter of time in the iphone

 

[doctor-don]

Who isn't going to use a case? Hell who isn't going to buy a Mac without getting a shell for it?

Scratch, fingerprint, and dent city. I need to get some Novus Polish for my MacBook.

My Mac Pro doesn't have a shell!

The color on them comes from RED skins, of course!

 

[cliffjumper68]

LOL, so true.

Actually it was a pc mag reviewer who posted about excessive heat. This does not answer the heat issue only the marks on the case.

 

[cliffjumper68]

So, same pictures and a contradictory report from a French website. I wonder how much revenue they have made from gullible tech websites and in turn their visitors from these reports?

First the one and only documented case of apparent discoloration with photographic evidence and now same photos but its the fault of a case not overheating.

Then you get the retarded trolls who don't read full posts and think that Apple is responding to the overheating with a guide on how to avoid overheating. In reality the guide has been in existence for months and there have been support notes for the iPhones getting hot since the release of the first iPhone which would get very hot during charging.

No wonder companies and even governments have to publish documents stating the obvious as there are so many retarded sheep out there. Don't submerge the iPhone in water, do not leave in direct sunlight cos it will get hot etc etc. Then you have Governments stating 'ooh, its going to be sunny, remember to drink plenty water and slap on the sun-cream'.

There will soon be new warnings on cigarette packets which will state. WARNING: Once lit the burning end will become hot. Do not touch. I can see a future when we have huge billboards stating: Remember to breathe, followed with an animation of someone breathing.

...and no where in your rambling do you address that the heating issue was reported by reviewers who were not using cases and had hot iphone 3gs. Please research a bit before you mindlessly defend apple. I love my apple stuff too, but I do expect that the heating issue will be explained if only that there were a few defective units that happened to go to the PC mag staff.

 

[Jamie 360]

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U my friend are suffering from some serious OCD because no one can see the little bitty scratches on the chrome except you. Seriously get over it already. Its just a phone and so what if it gets scratched. People around u don't care or even notice it.

Why would you even respond to a post if you didn't read it? Where did I even imply that I give a crap about what other people think regarding scratches on my phone!!?? I just dropped $335 and a two year contract for a device....if saying I think a feature on the device is ugly means I have serious OCD, then so be it.

My point was--since the chrome front piece has been notorious for getting instantly hacked up since the 2G, why advertise/promote a scratch-free, finger-print device while putting the same, separate chrome piece on the front of the phone which, in my opinion, is ugly and tacky looking to begin with. Look up OCD in a medical dictionary. According to your definition everyone who posts on this board should be diagnosed.

 

[Jamie 360]

People will never understand that cases makes the iPhone a more resistant (solid) and high-quality phone.



You will be sorry the day you drop the phone.

At least my case is waterproof, dustproof, dirtproof, sandproof, crushproof, drop-proof.

I don't see what case on the market could prevent the glass screen from cracking if it takes a really bad fall. I had my 2G in a griffin wave case and when I dropped it in an empty bath tub (fell out of a front sweatshirt pocket while I was reaching to grab something off the shelf) the screen cracked from corner to corner, making the touch screen totally non-functional. The griffin wave case was shattered into small bits and pieces. The phone had no other damage other than the screen.

 

[*LTD*]

The problem with plastic/acrylic cases is that although they might protect the iPhone, they get scratched up themselves. Not very nice to get a clear case for the purpose of not only protecting your iPhone but allowing its beauty to be seen when the back of the case gets scratched up in no time. You drop it and the case breaks or cracks. You can only hope your iPhone is still safe and sound underneath. I avoid plastic/acrylic.

I can't seem to find very thin, completely clear silicone or an otherwise rubbery case that has the same kind of clarity as plastic. Something like what Nextware makes, but completely clear. All the really clear ones are plastic or acrylic. Perhaps the only suitable material for a rubbery case can't be made that clear.

 

[m1stake]

that's a lot of incredibly stupid customers. hardly surprising.

 

[Pika]

I don't see what case on the market could prevent the glass screen from cracking if it takes a really bad fall. I had my 2G in a griffin wave case and when I dropped it in an empty bath tub (fell out of a front sweatshirt pocket while I was reaching to grab something off the shelf) the screen cracked from corner to corner, making the touch screen totally non-functional. The griffin wave case was shattered into small bits and pieces. The phone had no other damage other than the screen.

That's why i have OtterBox:

It's plexiglass.

 

[BongoBanger]

This is one of the reasons why I went for the Nokia 5800 - I think mobile phones with cases look utterly ridiculous and the Nokia is cheap enough and sturdy enough that I don't care if I drop it now and again. It's also a very good phone as well, mind.

Cases. Ugh.

 

[Pika]

This is one of the reasons why I went for the Nokia 5800 - I think mobile phones with cases look utterly ridiculous and the Nokia is cheap enough and sturdy enough that I don't care if I drop it now and again. It's also a very good phone as well, mind.

Cases. Ugh.

Not sturdy enough to get scratched and all beaten up / watered up.

Of course you don't care... it's a cheap ass phone compared to the iPhone.

 

[BongoBanger]

Not sturdy enough to get scratched and all beaten up / watered up.

Of course you don't care... it's a cheap ass phone compared to the iPhone.

And better for my needs too (I did have a laugh at the comments about Nokia - the 5800 still outsells the iPhone in every market outwith the US where Nokia have no presence. The N97 though is a bit of a 'so what' product though and I certainly wouldn't buy one having tried it although, in fairness, neither would I buy an iPhone).

Phone cases look stupid. End of.

 

[PCMacUser]

And better for my needs too (I did have a laugh at the comments about Nokia - the 5800 still outsells the iPhone in every market outwith the US where Nokia have no presence. The N97 though is a bit of a 'so what' product though and I certainly wouldn't buy one having tried it although, in fairness, neither would I buy an iPhone).

Phone cases look stupid. End of.

I had a play with the N97 at a phone shop the other day - and was surprised by how small it was. My two current phones are Nokias, and as you pointed out, they can get beaten up, dropped, and damaged - but they're so cheap and plasticky that it really doesn't matter. That's a feature in itself IMHO.

 

[seedster2]

Another thing I don't understand is how everyone poo-poo'd the original Fox News report of the discolorization, saying it probably wasn't true and it was from an illegit news source. However, now, some obscure French blog says otherwise and now everyone is all relieved? I'm certainly not wishing ill-will towards people's purchases, but let's use some common sense and just see how this plays out. The translation said he got this info from the Apple tech line. Of course, they were going to blame it on something else.

I noticed that as long as the source backs up their position, apple at fault or case manufacturers at fault, no one questions the source's legitimacy.

Just take a look at any performance reports posted here. You will see the usual defenders undermine the source but if it states otherwise never even concern themselves with who said it.

But don't bother bring this objective approach to light, they will ignore it anyhow. Just sit back and enjoy the relief party