Aug 10
Filed under: Apple
Not to say we really doubted it before, but what little uncertainty we had as to the validity of claims that white iPhone 3Gs were cracking has at this time vanished, seeing how it just happened to us. This darned thing has been handled with kid gloves, hasn’t gone through any temperature extremes, and has just generally lived the kind of luxurious, pampered life your average workhorse smartphone can only dream of, so we’ve got to chalk it up to poor design, poor materials, poor manufacturing, or a combination of the three. So, readers — check the backs of your iPhone 3Gs recently?
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Aug 10
Filed under: Apple
Not to say we really doubted it before, but what little uncertainty we had as to the validity of claims that white iPhone 3Gs were cracking has at this time vanished, seeing how it just happened to us. This darned thing has been handled with kid gloves, hasn’t gone through any temperature extremes, and has just generally lived the kind of luxurious, pampered life your average workhorse smartphone can only dream of, so we’ve got to chalk it up to poor design, poor materials, poor manufacturing, or a combination of the three. So, readers — check the backs of your iPhone 3Gs recently?
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Tags: 3g, 3gs, Apple, Cracking, iphone, Kid Gloves, Nbsp, Poor Materials, Temperature Extremes, Uncertainty, Validity, Workhorse
Aug 10
Filed under: Apple, Accessories
Perhaps the only part of iPhone 3G ownership more maddening than the non-removable battery is the fact that there’s no hope of an internal extended pack ever materializing (at least, nothing even remotely official). That’s where accessory maker mophie comes into play, declaring a new version of its Juice Pack that slides on back and alleges an additional 6 hours of Dat. usage attached to a 3G network. It features an on-board charge indicator in the form of four LEDs and can pass a USB connection through to the iPhone 3G within, simultaneously charging Bot. the Juice Pack and the handset. Like the headphone jack extenders for the first-gen phones, this product seems like a necessary evil (albeit a well-designed one) for a good number of owners — particularly considering how difficult it can be to get through an average day without the 3G model passing out from malnutrition. It’ll be available this fall for a hundred bucks.
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Tags: 3g Network, Apple Accessories, Charge Indicator, Handset, Headphone Jack, iphone, Leds, Malnutrition, Mophie, Nbsp, Necessary Evil, Shortcomings, Slides, Usb Connection
