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Apple Cites Possible iPhone 3GS Discoloration as Possibly Case-Related, Other Issues Emerging with Handset

With random horror stories about the iPhone 3GS’s heat factor and potential discoloration circulating across the Internet, the frenchiphone.com web site dug up something interesting. Per a call placed to an an Apple level 3 support technician (who’s an engineer), the discoloration could be due to the iPhone getting warm and then coming into contact […]

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Several Original iPhone Owners Report Difficulty Maintaining Wireless Connections Under iPhone OS 3.0

As nifty as iPhone OS 3.0 may be, a number of original iPhone owner have reported that their handsets are having difficulty remaining connected to wireless networks. According to MacFixIt, complaints similar to the following description have been left over on the site’s discussion board: MacFixIt reader Mark M. reports: “I’ve been having persistent problems […]

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Apple Changes Newest iPhone Model Name to “iPhone 3GS”

In a move that may seem both a little odd but actually makes sense, Apple has quietly changed the way it is spelling the new iPhone 3GS, which now appears without a space all of Apple’s press materials. According the Macworld UK, Apple’s website is still using the “iPhone 3G S” term. The general understanding […]

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AT&T States Data Pricing to Hold Steady, Faces More Competitive Marketplace

Data pricing plans look to hold steady for the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3G S handsets in the near future per an article in the Wall Street Journal. “We’ve been very happy with our pricing,” said AT&T spokesman Mark Segal, who went on to mention the average monthly bill for an iPhone user was within US$90 to US$100. The article went on to suggest that AT&T could charge an additional US$10 to US$40 per month for MMS and tethering featured on the new iPhone 3G S. AT&T is currently facing pressure to offer lower priced data plans by both consumers facing the financial crunch and competitors setting aggressive data pricing.

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iPhone 3G S Earns FCC Approval

With Apple’s announcement of the iPhone 3G S handset yesterday, the FCC has released the full approval of the handheld, including hundreds of pages of specific absorption rate plots for GSM, UMTS / HSDPA, WiFi, and Bluetooth in both 16 and 32GB flavors of the iPhone 3G S. The story comes via Engadget and though […]