BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — It's that time of year again; temperatures are picking up and not only are people overheating, but so are their phones.
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Kenny Oh, the master technician at Mobile Heroes in Bakersfield, says phones generally run hot as is.
“The main thing that usually gets damaged when it constantly overheats is gonna be your display. And usually what happens is it just blacks out. Typically when you cool it down, it comes back. But… if you leave it out in the sun too long, it might just completely kill the display,” said Oh. “... there’s a lot of things that affect overheating on the phones like you have apps running in the background, definitely the heat doesn’t help but the GPS is definitely the biggest culprit.”
According to Apple , their device