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Iphone 3GS (white) owners - are you having discoloration issues?

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Old 11-07-2009, 2:25 AM   #1
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Iphone 3GS (white) owners - are you having discoloration issues?

I want to buy a iphone 3gs, preferably a white one - the only thing holding me back is the reports of the white coloured one going brown due to overheating etc.

Is this happening to many owners of the 3gs white?

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Old 11-07-2009, 10:51 AM   #2
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Re: Iphone 3GS (white) owners - are you having discoloration issues?

No problems at all.
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Old 11-07-2009, 10:55 AM   #3
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Re: Iphone 3GS (white) owners - are you having discoloration issues?

Not in the slightest. Still shiny and white
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Old 11-07-2009, 11:25 AM   #4
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Re: Iphone 3GS (white) owners - are you having discoloration issues?

No problems yet!
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Old 11-07-2009, 2:26 PM   #5
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Re: Iphone 3GS (white) owners - are you having discoloration issues?

Mine is still white after 8 days
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Old 11-07-2009, 3:04 PM   #6
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Re: Iphone 3GS (white) owners - are you having discoloration issues?

Thanks for the replies
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Old 11-07-2009, 3:20 PM   #7
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Re: Iphone 3GS (white) owners - are you having discoloration issues?

Same here, mine's still whiter than white

There were some reports that it may not be down to overheating, that it was to do with certain cases instead

White iPhone 3GS Discoloration Due to Third-Party Cases, Not Overheating? - Mac Rumors
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Old 11-07-2009, 4:13 PM   #8
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Re: Iphone 3GS (white) owners - are you having discoloration issues?

micheal barrymore just said his is all white.
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Old 11-07-2009, 4:24 PM   #9
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Re: Iphone 3GS (white) owners - are you having discoloration issues?

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micheal barrymore just said his is all white.
Yeah, all white at the back.
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Old 11-07-2009, 6:55 PM   #10
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Re: Iphone 3GS (white) owners - are you having discoloration issues?

Mine has the orange/brown line running down the back :-(
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Old 11-07-2009, 7:11 PM   #11
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Re: Iphone 3GS (white) owners - are you having discoloration issues?

zoidy do u have it in a case and if so which one?
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Old 11-07-2009, 10:04 PM   #12
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Re: Iphone 3GS (white) owners - are you having discoloration issues?

I wish i'd bought the white one now, black is so common
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Old 12-07-2009, 1:41 PM   #13
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Re: Iphone 3GS (white) owners - are you having discoloration issues?

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zoidy do u have it in a case and if so which one?
I didn't have it in a case before the mark showed. It's in a Feather now.
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Old 12-07-2009, 3:39 PM   #14
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Re: Iphone 3GS (white) owners - are you having discoloration issues?

hmmm still in two minds about getting the white one - i do not want to be having to remove it from its case (will be Incase frame) just to check if it has changed colour

Maybe i should go for the black just to be safe -
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