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An amount of iPhone 3GS owners have complained that their handset becomes overheating, with at least one user exposure a staining of the white plastic back. Photos posted to the French site Nowhere Else (Translated Link) show a 16GB white iPhone 3GS unit with reddish/pink discolorations running vertically down the back on either side of the Apple logo; the user claims these appeared after the phone got “very hot” while testing out a variety of location-aware apps over 3G.

At least one iLounge editor has seen related performance from his unit after linking it to a detailed battery pack for charging, and a thread on Apple’s support discussions site suggests others are also noticing their iPhones getting unusually warm. It is undecided whether the issue is software--or hardware--based and if the warmth and discoloration problems are well-known.

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