Privacy Notice: Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. He said the phone’s battery performance could be affected by high temperatures. Wiens said Apple could fix the problem instantly with a software update that slowed down the peak-level performance of the phone’s processor – in effect, the device’s brain – and made the handset produce less heat. He said unlike the aluminium that was used for the basic iPhone 14 and 15 models, titanium and stainless steel were similar performers in terms of conducting heat, but titanium was lighter and thus absorbed less heat. Kyle Wiens, the chief executive of iFixit, an iPhone repair website, said testing by his business showed the iPhone 15 Pro had similar characteristics to the stainless steel-clad 14 Pro, which was also “quite hot”. “If Apple does not properly address this issue, it could negatively impact shipments over the product life cycle of the iPhone 15 Pro series,” Kuo said. In the UK, it costs from £799 for the basic model to £999 for the Pro and £1,199 for the larger Pro Max. The analyst indicated that the problem could affect iPhone Pro sales if it was not addressed. Kuo said the reported problem was unlikely to have been caused by a new Taiwan-made chip deployed in the Pro models. He said Apple would probably address the problem through software updates. Kuo wrote: “The primary cause is more likely the compromises made in the thermal system design to achieve a lighter weight, such as the reduced heat dissipation area and the use of a titanium frame, which negatively impacts thermal efficiency.” Previously, Apple has used stainless steel for its high-end phones. The iPhone Pro model has a frame made from titanium, a poor conductor of heat, which could hamper the handset’s ability to disperse heat. Ming-Chi Kuo, an Apple analyst at TF International Securities, said any overheating issue was probably due to “compromises” in the phone’s design as the company attempted to reduce the product’s weight.

There are several posts on the Apple forum referring to overheating of the iPhone 15 Pro series, with one user posting a photo of their iPhone 15 next to a thermometer recording a temperature of 44C ( 111F). Another wrote: “My skin hurts! What is going on with iPhone 15 Pro Max?” This allowed the iPhone to consistently finish the test first, the YouTuber notes.“I’ve had the new iPhone 15 Pro and it’s so hot, it’s too hot to hold,” wrote one user.

But by the end of the trials, the temperature was only about 1✯ hotter. We’re looking at a temperature increase of about 2✯ higher than usual.

PhoneBuff addressed the issue during the clip, saying they did not notice thermal throttling.īut they said that the iPhone ran a bit warmer between trials. The phones can overheat during intensive tasks. The iPhone 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max have an issue that Apple hopes to fix. With that in mind, the results of this test are closer than some might expect them to be. Also, the iPhone 15 Pro models come with 8GB of RAM, 2GB more than their predecessors. I will point out that the A17 Pro is the only 3nm chip in the industry, and Samsung might not get access to a 3nm chip anytime soon. Then again, the real speed test we want to see will come only next year, once the Galaxy S24 comes out. That’s quite an impressive performance, proving how fast the A17 Pro can be. As you’ll see in the test below, the iPhone wins both laps by about 2 seconds per lap.

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