Apple acknowledges that the iPhone 15Pro series has overheating issues!

Tech 2023-10-06 07:14:18 Source: Network

In the past decade or so, the iPhone 15 Pro series models have been the top tier in the world, and many consumers have either stayed up all night at Apple's official stores and other direct stores to release their products, or even bought them at high prices from scalpers. At one point, the price of the white titanium metal for the iPhone 15 Pro Max 256GB, which was originally priced at 9999 yuan, has been pushed up to 11599 yuan

In the past decade or so, the iPhone 15 Pro series models have been the top tier in the world, and many consumers have either stayed up all night at Apple's official stores and other direct stores to release their products, or even bought them at high prices from scalpers. At one point, the price of the white titanium metal for the iPhone 15 Pro Max 256GB, which was originally priced at 9999 yuan, has been pushed up to 11599 yuan.

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But after a few days of using the new phone, consumers couldn't be happy because the iPhone 15Pro series was too hot. Even with mild use, they could feel the warmth of the body during this season, quite like the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 back then.

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Apple publicly apologizes for the severe heat generated by the new machine

So, consumers with similar experiences posted on Weibo, seeking solutions from each other.

Some bloggers say that it may be because the user used the one click recovery function to restore all the data from the old iPhone to the new iPhone, causing some of the "dirty data" generated from long-term use of the phone to enter the new iPhone, which is why the new iPhone overheated.

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However, some other netizens, including those around Old Fox, have stated that they have not imported the data from their old iPhone into the new device, and the new device will still experience overheating problems. Even if they do not play games or only use Weibo, they will still experience overheating problems.

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What's even more outrageous is that after he continued to use it indoors for a few minutes, the iPhone directly popped up an overheat warning, requiring him to wait for the phone to cool down before using it.

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Not only that, but as the incident escalated, more and more foreign technology media (such as MacRumors, which specializes in reporting on Apple products) have also released videos on this matter, claiming that they have also encountered overheating issues with the iPhone 15Pro series models.

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For any mobile phone manufacturer, encountering such a negative public opinion response during the first sales period of their products is an extremely significant issue, so Apple quickly responded to this matter.

Apple stated that the recently widely reported iPhone 15Pro series model has become hot due to the increased backend activity of the iPhone during its initial configuration or data recovery in the first few days.

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Meanwhile, Apple has stated that some applications that are already compatible with the iOS17 system will cause the CPU of the A17Pro chip equipped with the iPhone 15Pro series to overload, which will also cause excessive heat generation in the body. In the future, software updates will be used to solve this problem.

It must be said that as Apple's autumn release event, which holds the title of the annual tech industry Spring Festival Gala, its new iPhone receives global attention every year, and this time Apple's response is naturally reported by global media

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On Weibo alone, '# Apple Responds to iPhone 15Pro Overheating #' made it to No. 6 on the hot search list, with a total reading volume of 120 million times. This shows that the public's attention to the iPhone is still only increasing compared to previous years.

But is it true, as Apple has said, that as long as you wait, the iPhone won't overheat inexplicably?

The fact may not be like this.

Heating is just a software issue?

For iPhone users, fever, stuttering, and crashes have always been not rumors like urban legends, but rather events that actually happen to them.

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For example, Old Fox often encounters issues such as iPhone overheating, inability to operate, or even directly getting stuck, especially after upgrading to iOS17 recently.

According to 'statistics around us', some friends who have been using the iPhone 14 series and older models have also encountered the same problem after upgrading to iOS17.

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So, the overheating of the iPhone 15Pro series models is indeed related to the scheduling and allocation of the iOS17 system, which may be improved in subsequent system upgrades.

However, the heat generation of the iPhone 15Pro series models is not only related to iOS17, but more importantly, it is due to Apple's long-term neglect of phone cooling system design, which has led to a major outbreak of historical backlog problems.

For example, Guo Minghui, who has been disclosing Apple's new product information, has published an article stating that the main reason for the overheating problem of the iPhone 15Pro series model may be that Apple chose to reduce the body weight as much as possible by reducing the heat dissipation area of the body and using titanium alloy with poor thermal conductivity.

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The core reason why Apple did this is that in recent years, the iPhone Pro models have generally lacked innovation. Leaving aside the box, the biggest change this year's iPhone 15 Pro compared to last year is the Type-C interface, while the Max version, considered the peak version of the iPhone, has only added a telephoto lens in addition to replacing the interface.

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That's why Apple chose to switch to titanium alloy with lower thermal conductivity instead of using stainless steel to give this year's iPhone 15 Pro an extra selling point - lighter weight.

If we replace it with a titanium alloy frame, we can still see it as a compromise that Apple had to make in order to increase its selling point. Therefore, the lack of internal heat dissipation structure in the iPhone 15Pro series model is simply due to Apple's arrogance and the mistake of making users pay for it.

Although the internal structural design of this year's national version of the iPhone 15 ProMax has caused the phone to generate heat - the motherboard does not fit the screen or the back cover - Apple can definitely add some heat dissipation components to the motherboard, such as spraying some thermal conductive materials.

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However, Apple still insisted on not doing any additional cooling design, which led to the iPhone 15 ProMax, which instinctively had better cooling performance, ultimately falling into the trap of overheating all over the network due to Apple's arrogance.

Moreover, Apple's decision not only requires users to accept overheated and scalded phones, but also affects battery life. The long-term heating of the body can affect the internal ion exchange of lithium batteries, thereby quickly reducing their lifespan in long-term use.

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So for consumers who have purchased the iPhone 15 Pro series model, overheating the body is not only a matter of experience, but also a matter of wallet.

So, what will Apple's so-called "future solution through software updates" be?

The answer is simple, there are only two methods.

Firstly, it significantly reduces the activity time of backend applications, although it is well-known that Apple uses a tombstone style backend, where applications enter the backend and automatically kill system related processes.

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However, with the expansion of iPhone memory capacity, the backend management mechanism of iOS has actually been relaxed a lot. For example, sometimes with a phone hanging in the backend, chatting on WeChat in the foreground and switching back to the game, there is still no need to re-enter the backend.

And now Apple is likely to adopt a quick and decisive approach, significantly reducing the number of active applications in the background in recent versions. For example, in the past, there may have been 5 active applications in the background at the same time, but now there can only be 3.

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Another method is to limit the performance of the A17Pro chip.

In simple terms, this method is to reduce the running speed of the iPhone 15Pro series model. The tasks that were originally required to be completed in 10 seconds are now completed by the chip in 20 seconds, so the chip can slowly process the tasks assigned by the system and consume less power.

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Although Apple officially stated that it would not address the issue of heat generation by reducing chip performance, before the exposure of the frequency reduction gate on old phones, Apple also stated that it would never reduce the performance of old phone chips

In short, it is not difficult to see from both methods that no matter which method Apple chooses, it will ultimately seriously affect the user experience. After all, many users who pay 8000 or 9000 yuan to purchase Pro series models are destined to not want "sufficient performance to use", but "performance far ahead".

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Overall, in terms of the overheating issues that have occurred in the current iPhone 15Pro series, friends who have not yet purchased them are relatively lucky. They do not need to worry about the excessive heat on the phone affecting battery life, and they can also let the first users treat themselves as mice, and wait for Apple to improve the heat problem before starting.

For friends who have already used the iPhone 15Pro series, Old Fox can only say, let's pray that Apple can push new firmware as soon as possible to improve the overheating problem

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In the end, Old Fox sincerely urged Apple to strengthen its cooling architecture for next year's new iPhone. What we need is not a fancy handheld camera, but a practical and anti build phone, which is truly a productivity tool.

References:

Medium: The overheating issue of the iPhone15Pro series is not related to TSMC's advanced 3nm node

Weibo: iPhone 15Pro overheats or has heat dissipation issues

ValisMind: TheiPhone15ProMaxhasaBIGProblem (Overheating)

INSIDER: AppleconfirmoverheatingissuewithiPhone15Pro

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