Apple and devs plan software fixes for iPhone 15 Pro overheating issues

Some homeowners of the brand new iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max have reported during the last week and a half that they’ve observed their telephones operating a bit hotter than older iPhones. We noticed that the telephones may run scorching whereas engaged on our review, “typically to the purpose that they have been uncomfortable to carry with no case,” and different reviewers and customers have observed the problem as properly.

The issue is actual and severe sufficient to have merited an official response from Apple over the weekend, shared with MacRumors and different shops. Apple says the primary wrongdoer at first is “elevated background exercise” that happens as customers arrange their new telephones for the primary time (which I’ve additionally observed in different iPhones and iPads and is fairly typical).

However Apple additionally says it has recognized “a bug in iOS 17 that’s impacting some customers” and that particular apps like Uber, Instagram, and the sport Asphalt 9: Legends are all “overload[ing] the system” and inflicting warmth issues. The corporate is working with these apps’ builders on fixes that might be distributed by way of the App Retailer.

Two issues Apple particularly says aren’t responsible: the A17 Professional chip itself and the telephone’s titanium body. Some have hypothesized that one or each of those all-new components (and probably the A17’s new 3 nm manufacturing course of) have been accountable for the warmth issues. However Apple appears to suppose it could actually counter essentially the most extreme points by way of software program, and the corporate says the fixes will not have an effect on the efficiency of the A17 Professional.

Warmth points or no, Apple’s provide of the brand new telephones continues to be catching as much as demand. Order an iPhone 15 Pro at this time, and you will not obtain it till late October. For the iPhone 15 Pro Max, it is determined by the colour and capability you need, however most variations aren’t being delivered earlier than mid-November.