HT201678: Keeping iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch within acceptable operating temperatures

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Alvin Kimball

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Q: How can the safe recommended operating temperature be only up to 95F when it is designed to fit into a pocket next to the body and the body can be at 98.6F or higher?

How can the safe recommended operating temperature be only up to 95F when it is designed to fit into a pocket next to the body and the body can be at 98.6F or higher?

Posted on Mar 4, 2015 9:20 AM

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by Meg St._Clair,

Meg St._Clair Mar 4, 2015 9:55 AM in response to Alvin Kimball
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Mar 4, 2015 9:55 AM in response to Alvin Kimball

98.6F is the approximate average internal temperature of the human body. It is not the external temperature. Do not insert your phone into any bodily orifice or carry it for long periods of time in your armpit and you'll be fine.
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by Rudegar,

Rudegar Mar 4, 2015 10:01 AM in response to Alvin Kimball
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Mar 4, 2015 10:01 AM in response to Alvin Kimball

operate mean active use it with it being turned on and operated only very few of us manage to play games or make calls and navigates while the device is in the pocket
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HT201678: Keeping iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch within acceptable operating temperatures

Q: How can the safe recommended operating temperature be only up to 95F when it is designed to fit into a pocket next to the body and the body can be at 98.6F or higher?

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