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My brother is on his third iphone too. This was after losing 2 LGs, washing a Samsung, and dropping a Nokia. Some people are just not responsible phone owners.

As for everyone else with the "crippled" comments - is it as crippled as anything Verizon offers? Ever try using "optimized browsing"? It's a piece of shit.

We have ISPs for that silly!

+ 1000.

@BuddyGuyMontag: Zing

@JulesNoctambule: Nokias were crazy reliable, I remember mine surviving all the nicks and dents and itentional throws throughout high school. Hell the thing even survived a full dive into the pool.

But the consumer KNOWS that buying the product. They've made a choice to purchase a product, that in some people's opinion, is crippled. It's completely different than a company that goes out of its way to mislead or deceive consumers. If I order a $40 a month plan from Comcast with no setup fees, and then get billed $50 a month plus a set up fee and they claim they never told me otherwise, THAT's worthy of WCIA.

Now, if Apple were to try to lobby for regulation forcing OTHER cell phone manufacturers to do the same, that's a different story.

@Thain: Apple isn't emulating the Zune, they're copying the Spaceheater 360. Next weeks headlines are going to be about the iPhone "Red ring of death."

@Shadowfire: I have a poop brown zune. it's pretty special.

This is nothing new. A few years back, Apple's white Macbooks had problems with discoloring as well.

Maybe white isn't the best color to use for a device that's held in the hand or in the pocket most of the time.

I'd check the Apple Support pages and Gizmodo to see if anyone else has had that issue.

I've had quite a few Nokias in my life as well (6340i, 3595, 3360) and can attest to their strength. I used the 3595 during a demonstration in college and threw it against a brick wall - survived with no issues.

However, a Nokia and an iPhone are apples and oranges. Glad you're happy with you're Nokia - but I'm impressed by my 1st generation iPhone and wouldn't trade it in for any other phone.

Did I miss some more stories about this? It seems like the only corroborating stories are about the phone getting hot, but being reported like all white iphones are going brown.

I guess this problem is only striking the white iPhone users so the rest of us are safe... hopefully

And no, I'm not being sarcastic.

In health care:
"CODE YELLOW" = pee pee accident
"CODE BROWN" = ... so it looks like apple has a code brown going on.

The "S" stands for "sucker".

Yes. poo=brown

I've done this, except the phone is secured between my thigh and the seat and I get out of the car and forget it's there.... nosedive onto the pavement. I did this with my old 2G iPhone, and it resulted in a massive dent to one corner and plenty of small nicks. Phone still worked perfectly. I did it once with my 3G, and it got a scratch on the silver bezel and the plastic back just laughed at the pavement. Aside from the hairline scratches from normal use, you can't even tell it was dropped.

Unfortunately, the iPhone is so shiny and pretty that people fail to realize that Apple is treating their customers like a sack of shit...everyone would be up in arms if Apple or Microsoft wanted to tell everyone what they can and cannot do with their PC! And this is coming from a once-loyal Mac user who certainly isn't getting an iPhone, and may or may not get another Mac.

I am still using my first-generation iPhone (bought it on 6/29/07 after 12.5 hours in line) and ALWAYS have it face-down on my lap if I'm in the car or have it reversed in the clip if it's in my pocket. I imagine if I hadn't taken precautions, I would be one of those people who have had repeated issues with their iPhone (or any phone, really).

I have, however, slammed it in a car door twice. Now THIS was the result of forgetting it was on my lap (protecting it from the sun) and then getting out of the car. Never a scratch on it.

I was ticked a year ago when my first iPhone had overheating problems. Apple replaced it with in a day, the second one didn't have the problem. I have a few replacement phones, but Apple/ATT always seems to replace them with in a day, unlike the last phones I had from another carrier.

I would love to see more pictures of people's white iPhones that have discolored.

I think you both misunderstood him. I believe he is referring to that fact that if your iPhone 3GS turns brown it is now officially a piece of shit.

My girlfriend once told me "Fashion Hurts". I see it also burns.

@Jakuub:
And with all of apples "blunders" with overheating and fires over the years, they havent won yet and doubt they ever will.

Besides their support is way too good to earn them that award.