It’s been more than a week now since the new iPhone launched and we’ve heard a couple reports of trouble with the new hardware. For a launch, though, the phone seems fairly bug free, along with the Palm Pre and even Nokia’s N97. Here’s what we’ve heard:
Activation
Enough people experienced extended activation times (as long as 96 hours) to warrant a response from Apple. The 3GS manufacturer is sending out $30 iTunes gift cards to say I’m sorry to affected customers, giving up $30 of apps to tend to their understandable frustration.
TetheringWhile tethering is still unsupported by AT&T it is possible to enable the feature via a quick hack. Some users have seen errors reminding them that the feature is unsupported. Uninstalling and reinstalling the hack seems to fix this problem.
GSM NoiseBoy Genius Report was the first to put out the GSM Noise…report. Apparently some sounds on the iPhone trigger a high-frequency “whistle,” typical to GSM phones running near magnets (hello, compass/speaker).
White Burns PinkThe latest trouble comes from french site nowhereelse.fr, where a tipster sent pics of his white 3GS that had apparently been “burned” when it got to hot while running GPS on a 3G connection. The burn looks like a light pink ring around the perimeter of the phone. This is the first and only report we’ve seen of this problem.
Had any trouble with your phone? Leave us the info in the comments.
