rockhillmanor
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Don't know if anyone else has experienced this yet, but I'm here to tell you, don't sit at your picnic table and leave your IPhone out
I went out to talk to a fellow camper and put my Iphone on the table. Wasn't out there but 10, 15 minutes and when I picked up my phone to use it the screen was black. Thinking it needed charging I hooked it up and splashed on the screen was a big yellow danger sign saying my phone had overheated and could not be used.
Heck I used to throw my old flip phone on the dash of my boat for 10 12 HOURS and still be able to use it.
Are we sure we are moving 'forward' with technology? 
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rockhillmanor wrote:
Are we sure we are moving 'forward' with technology? Yes, by leaps & bounds.
I consider phone calls as incidental to my Iphone 4s in light of the fact that it does so much more as a personal assistant.
Listing all its capabilities would take too long but suffice to say I learn new ones almost daily.
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I had the same thing happen to me. Forgot mine on the dash while I went in the store. Scared me pretty good. Held it in front of the AC vent until it cooled off.
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The iPhone's operating temperature range is from 32º-95º F. It probably wouldn't take long for the phone to absorb enough sunlight to get beyond 95º as you have experienced especially if you have the black iphone.
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I have overheated my iPhone more times than I can count. Must have happened to mine and the wife's at least a dozen times each on our trip through the south west last month.
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There is a reason they call them smart phones. Built in protection. Think of how light these have become. Amazing devices.
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Interesting to hear this. I have had two generations of Motorola Droids. The first generation from just over 2 years ago used to got HOT when I used it as a GPS in the windshield mount. Way way over 95 degrees. It never stopped running. My new droid from Motorola does not get hot when used as a gps, but I have got it much hotter than 95 in the sun. I purposely get motorola phones as I use the professional heavy duty radios all the time and they are very tough and nearly unbreakable. I was hoping that their cell phones were tough in the same way. So far yes.
I know my wife has her thoughts towards an Iphone 5 when available this fall. I have to tell her about the heat issue.
To the poster that pooh poohed using smartphones as phones. Well, in my opinion that is the most important thing a phone does. Make calls. Sure it does many other things, but if it is not a good-great phone it is not worth having. Both of the Motorolas have been very good phones. The phone before the first Droid was another big brand that I don't care to own again as it was a poor phone.
I am surprised that Apple the World's best maker of many high tech products would have a phone that would not work all summer in Houston.
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I did the opposite, bent over to pick up a bucket of ice water and my iPhone fell out of my shirt pocket right into the bucket.
I hurried so fast to pull it out that I fumbled and dropped it back in again.
Pulled it out quickly again and although it was erratic for a bit, it survived and is still working 18 months later.
Seems they can take all kinds of extremes.
Tough little things those iPhones!
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The reason your flip never overheated is because it was stupid and had no idea the temp was into the danger zone. Just don't leave it in the sun
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RFCN2 wrote:Interesting to hear this. I have had two generations of Motorola Droids. The first generation from just over 2 years ago used to got HOT when I used it as a GPS in the windshield mount. Way way over 95 degrees. It never stopped running. My new droid from Motorola does not get hot when used as a gps, but I have got it much hotter than 95 in the sun. I purposely get motorola phones as I use the professional heavy duty radios all the time and they are very tough and nearly unbreakable. I was hoping that their cell phones were tough in the same way. So far yes.
I know my wife has her thoughts towards an Iphone 5 when available this fall. I have to tell her about the heat issue.
To the poster that pooh poohed using smartphones as phones. Well, in my opinion that is the most important thing a phone does. Make calls. Sure it does many other things, but if it is not a good-great phone it is not worth having. Both of the Motorolas have been very good phones. The phone before the first Droid was another big brand that I don't care to own again as it was a poor phone.
I am surprised that Apple the World's best maker of many high tech products would have a phone that would not work all summer in Houston.
I had a droid also. It would overheat and give you the warning on the screen too if you left it in a hot vehicle.
We aren't talking about getting hot from use. There is no heat "issue" as you call it. We are talking about leaving the phone in direct sunlight in a closed vehicle. The phone is too hot to even put to your ear. The actual warning doesn't happen until internal CPU temperatures reach over 113 degrees.
We are not talking ambient temperatures here. I have used my phone in temperatures well over 100 in the desert. The statement that "Apple the World's best maker of many high tech products would have a phone that would not work all summer in Houston" is just silly.
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