Apparently thermal gate is contagious because it happened on my 14 pro after iOS 17 dropped.
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iPhone 15 Pro Max Thermalgate (yup, it's happening): Pics of how you're coping
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Sounds good to me! It means it is not an hardware problem of the iPhone 15 Pro.
I’m not experiencing excessive heat on my 15 Pro. While it got warm when setting it up, after that nothing really out of the ordinary in my opinion. It can get a little warm when downloading large files and unzipping them or some other more intensive tasks, but mine is certainly less warm than my iPhone 12 mini. With regular use like browsing or using other apps it is quite cool actually. 🤷
My iPhone 15 Pro got fairly warm when setting it up (as a new device), but since then it's been totally fine. If I wouldn't have seen all the articles about this, I wouldn't have known there's potentially an issue. I really wouldn't be surprised if this topic is completely dead after a few small updates to iOS and select third-party apps.
I saw somebody in another thread saying they've cancelled their pre-order because of how Apple have implemented cooling in the iPhone 15. This is the perfect example of how these things just get out of hand. The thread was full of people saying they have no problems. They hadn't even tried the phone yet, but an attention-grabbing headline was enough to make them cancel.
For what it's worth, I recently set up an iPhone 12 Pro (on iOS 17) as a temporary device while I was waiting for my iPhone 15 Pro to be delivered. During the first hour, I noticed the temperature warning multiple times. I also remember my iPhone 14 Pro getting pretty hot this time last year when I set that up fresh, too. The iPhone 12 Pro was the only one I've ever seen a warning on.
I saw somebody in another thread saying they've cancelled their pre-order because of how Apple have implemented cooling in the iPhone 15. This is the perfect example of how these things just get out of hand. The thread was full of people saying they have no problems. They hadn't even tried the phone yet, but an attention-grabbing headline was enough to make them cancel.
For what it's worth, I recently set up an iPhone 12 Pro (on iOS 17) as a temporary device while I was waiting for my iPhone 15 Pro to be delivered. During the first hour, I noticed the temperature warning multiple times. I also remember my iPhone 14 Pro getting pretty hot this time last year when I set that up fresh, too. The iPhone 12 Pro was the only one I've ever seen a warning on.
If this video is anything to go off of, then I’m pretty confident in what I said. It’s not bad, and certainly for a phone it’s really impressive, but it’s not steam deck level performance. And I expect the AAA games that are coming will be a similar story.
Even my iPad Mini 6 has been running hotter than normal since iPadOS 17, it isn’t running crazy hot but neither is my 15 PM either. Both are just mildly warm when doing things like installing loads of app updates but that was unusual for my iPad Mini before.
Every year. Every year people find something to complain about.
What are you doing using your big school words? Not all of us have our PFD!
You know, for a thread about "Pics of how you're coping/cooling down the phone", I'm noticing a severe lack of pictures.
I mean, really? Someone decides to have a lighthearted play on the heatgate situation and everyone uses it as yet another venue for hollering their socks off about whether it even exists or not.
Do you want to debate the existence of this issue? Then go here: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/15-pro-pro-max-heat-gate.2404215/. That thread has existed for days before this one. We don't need two scream-spaces.
Otherwise, stay here, and for fun, stay relevant to what the thread is about!!! >:(
I mean, really? Someone decides to have a lighthearted play on the heatgate situation and everyone uses it as yet another venue for hollering their socks off about whether it even exists or not.
Do you want to debate the existence of this issue? Then go here: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/15-pro-pro-max-heat-gate.2404215/. That thread has existed for days before this one. We don't need two scream-spaces.
Otherwise, stay here, and for fun, stay relevant to what the thread is about!!! >:(
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Just lump sum them all into "Applegate" and call it a day.
Here ya go.
Power it over the iPhone 15's USB-C port and you'll have and endless loop of heat production caused by powering the device for reducing said heat.
Power it over the iPhone 15's USB-C port and you'll have and endless loop of heat production caused by powering the device for reducing said heat.
The iPhone saved my life over the weekend. My car broke down in an area with no reception on the way back from buying my iP15 Pro. At night, the temperature started dropping rapidly. All I could think about was how I would never get to enjoy the Titanium feel of the new phone.
I remembered what I had read on MacRumors, tore open the box of my new iPhone and powered it up.
I don’t need to say more. I built a ring of rocks, put the phone in the middle and not only was I able to keep warm but I also roasted a wild boar over the A17 embers.
I wish I had a photo to share but alas my phone was too hot to touch.
I remembered what I had read on MacRumors, tore open the box of my new iPhone and powered it up.
I don’t need to say more. I built a ring of rocks, put the phone in the middle and not only was I able to keep warm but I also roasted a wild boar over the A17 embers.
I wish I had a photo to share but alas my phone was too hot to touch.
This is a widespread issue, so I'm not sure of all the hostility in here.
3000 others agree:
discussions.apple.com
discussions.apple.com
Today, I did a test call with my wife. On a 35 minute call, my battery percentage dropped 22%. Phone was very hot.
3000 others agree:
iPhone 15 Pro Max Heating & Battery Drain… - Apple Community
iPhone 15 overheating - Apple Community
Today, I did a test call with my wife. On a 35 minute call, my battery percentage dropped 22%. Phone was very hot.
No, they NEED to complain. Their lives aren't complete or enjoyable unless they're raging against...anything.
As I said, the fact some people are claiming to have 'overheating' phones during setup is not indicative of the gaming performance of the phone in any way, shape, or form. It is likely a software/firmware issue or at the very worst a quality control issue with some units.
I didn't see any apples to apples comparisons in that video. Take a look at Resident Evil Village, a game that runs on both devices without any typical iOS compromises where you can use the same graphics presets, resolution, etc. With comparable settings, resolution, Steam deck stays at about 38fps and the 15 Pro Max starts at 45fps and eventually settles in at about 32fps.
As I said, the A17 Pro is a vastly more powerful chip, but with its thermal constraints, gaming performance, at least so far in one game that is easy to make some real comparisons, is only slightly lower than the Steam Deck.
Because of the provocative nature of the OP, and the many people arrogantly jumping to conclusions about why it's happening (claims that it's a simple and avoidable hardware design issue when it's only happening to some people).
Although I acknowledge there are some of the insane apologists coming out of the woodwork claming it's because people are using the phone wrong by scrolling on social media. Those people are strange.
Thank Tim Cook. He’s lived up to his name and made sure we will never eat raw food again.
I had a ~30 minute call today and battery dropped 2% and didn't get warm.This is a widespread issue, so I'm not sure of all the hostility in here.
3000 others agree:
iPhone 15 Pro Max Heating & Battery Drain… - Apple Community
iPhone 15 overheating - Apple Community
Today, I did a test call with my wife. On a 35 minute call, my battery percentage dropped 22%. Phone was very hot.
It may be "widespread" but it's not affecting everyone.
Thanks for the contribution, but it's starting to devolve into a yellfest again.Here ya go.
Power it over the iPhone 15's USB-C port and you'll have and endless loop of heat production caused by powering the device for reducing said heat.
This is a widespread issue, so I'm not sure of all the hostility in here.
3000 others agree:
iPhone 15 Pro Max Heating & Battery Drain… - Apple Community
iPhone 15 overheating - Apple Community
Today, I did a test call with my wife. On a 35 minute call, my battery percentage dropped 22%. Phone was very hot.
What we see is newbie accounts trying to create the illusion of a big issue.
And on the sites you linked there is a clear troll farm posting rapidly at the same time.
Looks like Samsung and Huawei troll farms.
Here is what is actually happening, it happens every year.
A new phone comes out. It has a brand new OS which needs some tweaks.
It has brand new power features.
For a couple of weeks users are setting up their phones, restoring their phone, testing all the new power features, loading intensive games on there to test the new GPU, scrolling even more on social media apps.
This year the power features are even more intensive with ProRes Apple Log recording and USB file transfers.
The users are do all this stuff concurrently.
Because they are doing all this at the same time they experience the CPU operating at full load.
These type of users who aren't tech savvy then go and cry about 'heat'.
Then people who are tech savvy tell them they are overloading their device and trying to do many things all at once.
Every year, same story.
