Users Experiencing Excessive Heat on Apple iPhone 15 Pro Models
The recently launched Apple iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max models have been reported to have overheating issues, with more and more customers expressing concerns about overheating.
“Overheating concerns for the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max continue to make headlines this week, with The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg highlighting the issue,” MacRumors reports.
According to a Bloomberg report, overheating can be caused or exacerbated by the iPhone’s setup process, suggesting that higher temperatures can sometimes be temporary. On the other hand, the Wall Street Journal quoted a customer who felt that the iPhone 15 Pro Max remained hotter than his iPhone 13 Pro Max a few days after installing the device.
Thomas Galvin, a 23-year-old from Cleveland, United States, said that his iPhone 15 Pro Max has overheated so much that he is considering returning it.
Although Apple’s customer support attributed the heat to the installation of the new phone’s battery, he found it significantly hotter than the previous iPhone 13 Pro Max even after a few days.
The Wall Street Journal’s Joanna Stern also claims her iPhone 15 Pro Max got hot during charging and CPU-intensive tasks like gaming, but she said her iPhone 14 Pro Max reached similar temperatures in the same test.
In typical day-to-day use, Stern said the temperature of both devices is in the normal range. Many customers on social media have also said that their iPhone 15 Pro is not overheating, and the lack of hard data makes it unclear whether this is a widespread problem.
Apple’s supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo stated on Wednesday that the thermal efficiency of the iPhone 15 Pro models is affected by the titanium frame. Kuo suggests that Apple will likely address this issue with software updates, although he notes that significant improvements may be limited unless Apple reduces the performance of the A17 Pro chip.
The US tech giant has not commented on the concerns so far, and it remains unclear whether the company will actually make software optimizations in future iOS updates.
