Not so far. I assume Apple will throttle the processor during heat which is fine with me. I have AppleCare+. I was going to buy more phones and will hold off for now.
This reminds me of bend gate. I was on pins and needles all year back then.
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This reminds me of bend gate. I was on pins and needles all year back then.
I’ve not seen one complain from anyone that owns an iPhone 15 or iPhone 15 plus are these phones seemingly not affected?
I started this thread and have been following and observing all the threads and other platforms.
Yesterday, I received another iPhone 15 Pro Max 512GB in natural titanium, and I must say, there is no issue. The phone only became warm, not hot, when it was loading my 290GB of data.
Moreover, the phone is not overheating during calls, which was a significant problem with my previous 256GB blue titanium unit.
I don't know what the issue was, but these were the newer imported units!
Yesterday, I received another iPhone 15 Pro Max 512GB in natural titanium, and I must say, there is no issue. The phone only became warm, not hot, when it was loading my 290GB of data.
Moreover, the phone is not overheating during calls, which was a significant problem with my previous 256GB blue titanium unit.
I don't know what the issue was, but these were the newer imported units!
Our 15PM got an overheating error in the car a few times while it was charging (wired). No maps or apps running, phone wasnt in direct sunlight and AC was on. Happened with the Apple silicone case on and off.
Whats weird is I went to Apple today at around 1030 and most of the phones were at 40-70% charge. The ones with a low/mid charge were really hot while the ones that were closer to 80% were just warm. (The regular 15's were normal temp).
Whats weird is I went to Apple today at around 1030 and most of the phones were at 40-70% charge. The ones with a low/mid charge were really hot while the ones that were closer to 80% were just warm. (The regular 15's were normal temp).
Replied using the same one.
Suggestion: If Apple does not come up with a solution, get the phone replaced!
Some people have speculated that the problem is related to "low yields from the 3nm process forcing Apple to accept chips that would ordinarily be tossed" or something like that... so, presumably, this is resulting in some iPhones being fine (with what would ordinarily be the accepted chips), while others contain chips that would have otherwise been rejected.
I'm no expert in this stuff, but couldn't these manufacturing variations be the explanation as to why some phones are fine while others are heating up excessively?
I have no heat issue on the 15PM either.
Many people would rather question the device than their apps and their settings.
There are people who complain their macOS feels slow and they say they have 30 browser tabs open. You ask them why are they using the system so inefficiently and they get upset. They would rather complain and spit insults at you instead of modifying the way they use a system.
Running several inefficient apps with background processing enabled gobbles up CPU time. Social media apps are the biggest culprit. Disable the background tasks, disable unessential notifications, open only the apps that you are currently really using. Then there's no heat issues outside what should be expected.
Mine got a little warring setup and when I was filming some 4k but never overheat hot. And when I was doing the filming it was in a place with a pool and they were pumping heat in so the kids wouldn’t be cold out of the pool.
After running iOS 17.1 beta for the rest of today, I haven’t had any reoccurrences to note on my 15 Pro. I wonder if people who updated to iOS 17.0.2 during the Quick Start procedure (like I did) were more likely to have thermal issues vs those that logged into the phone to update and then reset it or did the update through iTunes. Wonder if the update through the quick start menu messed something up.
My local apple stores have been getting returns without people even opening the boxes because of this. The team that helped me even said that their stock tracker has only been tracking those because they've only gotten actual new stock for the Max's.
Which is why it has been so hard for me to get a regular pro. lamooo. They said to check Tuesday afternoon and all day Wednesday though.
Which is why it has been so hard for me to get a regular pro. lamooo. They said to check Tuesday afternoon and all day Wednesday though.