Want to BBQ with the iPhone? You don’t even need an app
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Hardware, Humor, Odds and ends, iPhone
Not really — if you really are planning to grill up some meat (or mushrooms and pineapples, they’re good too) today or this weekend, you’ll need a little more heat than your iPhone will give. But it’s true, Apple’s little handheld can get nice and toasty when it’s really working*, and illustrator Chad Covino made a little Fourth of July BBQ-themed sketch about that very subject. We love it — very nice work!
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.]
Want to BBQ with the iPhone? You don’t even need an app originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Want to BBQ with the iPhone? You don’t even need an app originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.