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Other 15 Pro / Pro Max heat gate ?

thadoggfather said:
Lots of people on X are talking about how 15Pro and pro max are getting so hot they can’t even be held without a case

Has that been your experience?

Seems even if not a17 pro runs hot in general

Kinda disappointing given all the 3nm hype
But I think it will be magically fixed by next gen

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Rjey (@RjeyTech) on X

The iPhone 15 Pro Max gets so hot sometimes, that if you’re using it caseless you can’t even hold it.
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Max Weinbach (@MaxWinebach) on X

My 15 pro max charging is getting so hot around the frame while chatting I just can’t hold it Seriously, it’s too hot to hold while charging
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Gawd I hate the day one clickbait sensationalizing; Bendgate, Batterygate, Fingerprintgate, Heatgate, yadayada...

Waste of bandwidth. Just use the new phones for a month then come back to us with any legitimate issues. Many of us will not even have our phones in hand for weeks yet.
 
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Allen_Wentz said:
Gawd I hate the day one clickbait sensationalizing; Bendgate, Batterygate, Fingerprintgate, Heatgate, yadayada...

Waste of bandwidth.
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I think 'gate' is just an easy way to summarize a prevalent issue that miffs some people (by also attaching a single word with it, for the part/feature of concern). Lots of times it is a nothing burger, but I guess depends on the issue lol.

I do it as the subject thread title somewhat mockingly. These people on Twitter/X have named it no such thing - to be clear. But I would fully expect an onslaught of YouTube videos if this is a wider problem soon, or something else becomes the case with these new models.
 
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thadoggfather said:
I think 'gate' is just an easy way to summarize a prevalent issue that miffs some people (by also attaching a single word with it, for the part/feature of concern). Lots of times it is a nothing burger, but I guess depends on the issue lol.

I do it as the subject thread title somewhat mockingly. These people on Twitter/X have named it no such thing - to be clear. But I would fully expect an onslaught of YouTube videos if this is a wider problem soon, or something else becomes the case with these new models.
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Except that there are no prevalent issues because phones are just now being delivered. This is simply clickbait sensationalizing that can actually become an (IMO inappropriate, resource-wasting) Bendgate via social media piling on.
 
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I only saw heat during a heavy wifi 6E download of Kindle books (about 30GB of data).
 
Allen_Wentz said:
Except that there are no prevalent issues because phones are just now being delivered. This is simply clickbait sensationalizing.
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Again, just re-read what I posted. you seem to be taking this rather personally, when it's to solicit discussion.

I get no added benefit from it being 'clickbait-y sensationalism' other than people contributing input for the sake of discussion and hearing anecdotes. If you care to not discuss the subject at hand (ie - 'I'm experiencing that,' or 'no I'm not,' or 'just here to see how this accumulates over time'), well then I just don't know what else to say.
 
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Only warm when I was setting everything up etc. same kind of warmth I got on my last phone whenever do too much in a short period.
 
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thadoggfather said:
Lots of people on X are talking about how 15Pro and pro max are getting so hot they can’t even be held without a case

Has that been your experience?

Seems even if not a17 pro runs hot in general

Kinda disappointing given all the 3nm hype
But I think it will be magically fixed by next gen

x.com

Rjey (@RjeyTech) on X

The iPhone 15 Pro Max gets so hot sometimes, that if you’re using it caseless you can’t even hold it.
x.com x.com

x.com

Max Weinbach (@MaxWinebach) on X

My 15 pro max charging is getting so hot around the frame while chatting I just can’t hold it Seriously, it’s too hot to hold while charging
x.com x.com
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Only if Apple uses software to limit the speed
 
kelvin.lau said:
It got really hot this morning watching a Jerry Rig Anything video on his iPhone 15 Pro / Max review.

I am really confused since it never gets that hot in my old iPhone 14 Max
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May be your phone is too angry that why so easily scratch
 
thadoggfather said:
Lots of people on X are talking about how 15Pro and pro max are getting so hot they can’t even be held without a case

Has that been your experience?

Seems even if not a17 pro runs hot in general

Kinda disappointing given all the 3nm hype
But I think it will be magically fixed by next gen

x.com

Rjey (@RjeyTech) on X

The iPhone 15 Pro Max gets so hot sometimes, that if you’re using it caseless you can’t even hold it.
x.com x.com

x.com

Max Weinbach (@MaxWinebach) on X

My 15 pro max charging is getting so hot around the frame while chatting I just can’t hold it Seriously, it’s too hot to hold while charging
x.com x.com
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No at all. I do not trust any reviews/opinions. I always verify it with my own research and experience.
 
Mine was burning hot last night, my 14 pro max gets hot at times as well, Apple needs to start using some sort of fans and liquid cooling to keep these things in check.
 
Well, just imagine: fast charge + personal hotspot + huge file download on connect Mac over hotspot. Is iPhone 15 PM gonna get toasted?
 
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When I set up my 13 Pro 2 years ago I was tinkering a lot and it was very warm too. Will see on Monday with my 15PM but I expect the same
 
My phone got very hot during setup yesterday, like to the point it was uncomfortable to touch, and since then has been a normal temperature with no discomfort. It’ll take a while to see but I think this issue is overblown and will be smoothed over with software updates.
 
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Just did a hard reset and After booting it got a bit hot. Quickly cooled down though
 
Same as most are reporting…got hot after restoring from my backup, then has been normal ever since. (15 Pro/256)
 
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15 Pro user here. Haven’t noticed anything. Maybe it was a little warm while I was restoring from backup but I wasn’t holding it in my hand so couldn’t really tell.
 
I don’t use a case at all and my 15PM hasn’t touched the heat that my 14PM gave off sometimes. I’m sure it’s not a huge difference either way, but the 14PM got hot for me. Maybe the 15PM will get there for me, but I haven’t experienced it yet
 
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My PM hasn’t had any issues, and it’s been in use outdoors in hot sun for two days now.
Then again, I’m coming from a 12 mini which would become overheated with two Mac Rumors tabs.
Not sure if this would have any effect, but I didn’t transfer anything from back-up
 
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I'd give it a week. People still don't understand - for the first few days your phone is downloading your 200gb of iCloud photos (Yes, all of them from the very beginning, to recreate the search index of faces that goes through your entire library), then locally running ML models on every image to detect objects/people/pets/image types/etc. The phone does it when it is plugged in to the wall (Or a battery bank you are holding.) This is likely the most computationally expensive thing your phone will do in it's entire lifetime.

So you have a brand new phone, you are using it a lot more, then you plug it in because your battery is low, then all the background processes start...you pick it up to use it 20 minutes later and post to Twitter.

In my experience so far I haven't noticed any heat, my 14 Pro had much more random heatups.

That said - there still could be an issue because of the new construction - like that new internal aluminum frame acting as a heat spreader, and the titanium absorbing it.
 
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