I was in the land of 3G for the first time and in the process of being on 3G and running the maps application trying to figure out where I was, my phone began to get extremely hot. I’ve never noticed this before with in an Edge network running the maps application. However, I’m thinking it probably would have gotten a lot hotter if I kept the maps application running.

iPhones have always had a tendency to get a little on the warm side when they’re working hard or trying to get a signal, but can they actually hurt you?

According to one iPhone 3G owner on the MacRumors forums, yes it can. He says that he fell asleep with his 3G in his pocket, and woke up to a sharp pain on his leg. When he pulled his iPhone 3G out of his pocket, it was burning hot, and had burned his leg. It had even melted the back plastic, and had even damaged the dock connector port!

Fortunately he called Apple support and they will be replacing it for him. I have never heard of this problem before but I know, from my own experience that my iPhone 3G gets really hot at times. If you are experiencing less than comfortable heating experiences with you phone, I suggest you call Apple Support ASAP.

To via more pictures and read about his experience, take a look here.