The iPhone 15 Pro overheats, say some new owners

“The gadget could really feel hotter throughout the first few days after organising or restoring the gadget due to elevated background exercise,” the corporate stated in a press release Saturday. “We now have additionally discovered a bug in iOS 17 that’s impacting some customers and might be addressed in a software program replace. One other problem entails some latest updates to third-party apps which might be inflicting them to overload the system.”

Apple stated a few of the apps that may result in iPhones operating unexpectedly heat embrace Instagram, Uber, and the favored racing recreation “Asphalt 9.”

However in some instances, customers who felt their iPhones getting abnormally heat didn’t appear to be utilizing these apps. One person claimed to expertise this whereas recording 4K video clips indoors on a cool British day. For others, even transient FaceTime calls had been sufficient to make the iPhone 15 Professional practically too sizzling to carry.

“It heats up after only a 2-minute FaceTime name,” wrote tech content material creator Mohit Verma on X, previously often called Twitter. “It is a new problem for me, as I’ve by no means encountered this with any earlier telephone.”

Robert Triggs, a senior editor for the smartphone fanatic web site Android Authority, wrote that the iPhone 15 Professional ran solely marginally hotter than rival gadgets developed by Samsung and Google when performing mundane duties like streaming YouTube. However when he measured the temperature of all three telephones whereas recording 4K video and performing exams meant to approximate lengthy stretches of graphically intense gaming, his outcomes confirmed the iPhone ran the most popular by far.

Apple acknowledged to The Washington Put up that duties like these — which make sustained use of the iPhone’s CPU and graphics processor — could make a tool run heat. It stays unclear, nonetheless, if the underlying iOS bug Apple found exacerbates the warmth in such conditions.

What’s additionally unclear is how Apple’s forthcoming iOS replace would tackle a few of these points, although the corporate instructed The Put up that the up to date software program wouldn’t trigger iPhones to run slower or cut back their efficiency.

Apple added that the overheating problem will not be a security danger and won’t have an effect on the efficiency of impacted iPhone fashions.

Apple’s up to date feel and appear for the iPhone 15 Professional gadgets has additionally come underneath further scrutiny. Ming-Chi Kuo, a TF Worldwide Securities analyst who examines Apple’s provide chain, stated the corporate’s use of titanium and an inside redesign meant to trim weight had been more likely culprits behind overheating points, a declare that Apple denied to The Put up.

In the event you’ve already bought an iPhone 15 Professional or Professional Max, and also you’ve seen it overheating throughout use, there are some things to attempt that might assist carry temperatures underneath management.

• Activate low energy mode. This disables options just like the iPhone 15 Professional’s tremendous easy “ProMotion” display screen, and reduces the efficiency of the iPhone’s CPU and GPU. That would assist forestall the telephone from getting uncomfortably heat, however it additionally means a few of the options you could have purchased a Professional iPhone for within the first place are briefly disabled.
• Disable background exercise for some apps. Within the Settings app, faucet “Basic,” then “Background App Refresh” — there, you’ll see which apps have permission to work even once you aren’t instantly them. Be sure you flip off ones you recognize you received’t want and contemplate turning off background exercise for apps like Uber and Instagram no less than briefly.

(This text has been up to date with Apple feedback all through and comes after preliminary studies earlier within the week of iPhone 15 Professionals overheating.)