So… checked everything… did everything… phone stayed cool with one exception: Instagram… my 15pro heated up noticeably when using this app for about 10 minutes. Looks like there is something wrong with Metas coding.
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iPhone 15 Pro Max Thermalgate (yup, it's happening): Pics of how you're coping
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But to be fair, each step up is significantly higher quality video, with much more processing happening. Not really an Apples-to-Apples (heh) comparison.
What is default settings? I've changed mine so I can't remember. I've got a 14PM and a 15PM with me. I'll test for you.
It is very normal for modern phones to heat up significantly while shooting video. It is nothing to panic about.
That's a bit of a stretch. I feel like we're at the stage now where people are repeating opinions of others like they're the objective truth, and that's often not the case in situations like this. We're just a week in with the new devices, and I think we should probably give it a little more time before saying the device is one to avoid.
Even in the many threads on the thermal topic, it seems to me like the majority of people are saying that they don't really have an issue. Yes, there are people saying their iPhones got hot when setting them up (my work iPhone 12 Pro had multiple temperature warnings when setting up fresh on iOS 17 last week whereas my personal iPhone 15 Pro was fine), and there are people saying their iPhones get hot when making calls or using Instagram, but I wouldn't exactly say that the device has so many issues that it should be avoided. Let's be fair to the people who don't follow this stuff as much as we do, and are interested in getting a new device.
I upgraded from an iPhone 14 Pro to an iPhone 15 Pro, and I couldn't be happier with the upgrade. Also, for what it's worth, my iPhone 14 Pro got really hot when setting it up this time last year, and since then I've used a MagSafe charger almost every night, yet the battery capacity still only dropped down to 99% about a month ago.
15PM 512gb recording 5 mins video 4k at 30, no change in temp.
Sounds like yours is one of the defective ones. Mine gets barely warm. Return it
I just tested it at my 15 PM barely got warm after 5-10 minutes of video capture at whatever settings it uses for default.
That's just
I feel like what you are saying also then is that every year as chip and processing technology increase, it is fair for us to expect a progressively poorer thermal design from Apple......
They charging more money than anyone in the world for their phones, we should expect the opposite, since we are paying a premium.
My wife and I got the 15PM on release day. She said her phone has not got warm or hot one time since she has had it. My phone does get hot when on a calls sometimes when using CarPlay , which seems strange to me. I may make an appt at Apple to see if I can get a replacement. I will keep you all updated.
Right, the anecdotal evidence here is in no way sufficient to know whether it's people freaking out over expected behaviour, a couple of devices randomly malfunctioning or being duds, some people's configuration leading to hot phones, not letting enough time pass for the operating system to "settle down", a general software issue that can be fixed by Apple and/or the hardware just being plain crappy, but let's just get a new phone anyhow and hope for the best.
Poorer thermal design .... or higher power draw, because that's what happens when performance is increased. Compare the power supply rating and the number of fans in a gaming PC from 25 years ago to one from today. Even the new Raspberry Pi needs active cooling!
Except that's not what's happening. The 15 Pro gets no hotter than the 14 Pro does when doing the same tasks, so what exactly are you talking about?
WOW!!!! Very interesting!!!!!
I just updated to public beta of iOS 17.1, took a 10 minute video with my phone again in the same environment--phone is not hot at all now..... Normal temperature...... totally different behavior from iOS 17.0.2! Fascinating!
Based on the experience I had today, I'd say that they are working this out......
I just updated to public beta of iOS 17.1, took a 10 minute video with my phone again in the same environment--phone is not hot at all now..... Normal temperature...... totally different behavior from iOS 17.0.2! Fascinating!
Based on the experience I had today, I'd say that they are working this out......
Looks like they might be throttling down units with lower quality chips and fixing the problem that way. Probably the units which are not throttling down on 17.0.2 are going to have higher performance in general (not that this will be easily recognizable anyway)
I’ve seen & read several of these threads where the iPhone is getting hot. When I updated my 14 Pro max to iOS 17 and started taking photos with it, it started to get hot faster than it usually does so I think it’s an iOS issue. My 14 Pro Max never did get hot like that just with general use. So, I’m sure there’s a fix around the corner.
Just speculation based on the wildly different reports we are getting. If it were software it would be the same for every 15 Pro out there, or at least way more diffused
Seems like more random claims based on nothing. The issue is impacting the iPhone 15 as well as the 15 Pro - I was in the Apple store today and checked out some of the phones on display and one of the base 15s that has the A16 chip was running extremely hot, just sitting there doing nothing. Does that sound like an iOS bug to you or are you still going to claim it's the A17 Pro somehow?
You can run benchmark stress tests on the 15 Pro and the 14 Pro side by side and neither heats up more than the other. How do you explain that?
What I want to know is once an iOS update fixes this random heating up issue, and none of the A17 Pro chips have been downclocked, are any of the people spreading these baseless claims and jumping to wild conclusions going to admit they were wrong?
I see many more reports about the A17 Pro. But of course you might be right, there might be some weird software glitches and nothing hardware. As for speculations, we are all going wild here (even news outlets) and I see some people which are almost "happy" that their phone is behaving erratically to whine about Apple, so there's that.
I’m not freaking out. But thanks for your concern. I have never had any iPhone that got hot and after a week and it’s still doing it while 2 other peopl in my house have a pro and pro max and theirs do not do it, well that seems like an issue to me. It doesn’t hurt at all to take to Apple , maybe I could have received a phone with issues. I’m just trying to figure it out and try all options available. Thank you