Sounds like he treats the iPhone as a disposable hand warmer :/
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Apple Preparing iOS 17.0.3, Likely With Bug Fix for iPhone 15 Pro Overheating Issue
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Also, it's worth mentioning that early software releases may well not be optimal. In my programming days, we'd get stuff working and later go through the code with a fine tooth comb to implement optimisations where necessary. An inappropriate algorithm here and there can greatly increase the number of CPU cycles and, therefore, heat.
So someone else will get the phone you would have gotten and it's a good chance that they would not see any heating. Many of us only saw heating on the day the phone was setup and it has been cool since then. If this patch goes out and fixes the issue, then all the phones will run normally. It's not like all phones are suddenly turning into a George Foreman grill.
There could be bugs within the OS that cause something to take 15 seconds instead of 1 second. Fixing these bugs will increase efficiency and thus energy usage and thus heat output.
Heat output isn’t solely the GHz of the processor lol
My opinion is there’s no need to update as long as your apps still work. I’m still on iOS 15. It is a fact at this point that iOS updates slowly degrade the performance and battery life of devices. I’ve seen it personally for ten years. So don’t rush into it if your phone works fine now. People talk about security etc. but just use common sense and don’t visit shady websites.
It'll be interesting to see how this works out for 15 users. 🍿
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Waiting a week or two before updating puts you right here and now as iOS 17 was released two weeks ago on Sep 18, 2023. Users are no better off upgrading today than if they upgraded on day one.
Again, it's best to wait until the x.3 release.
They said certain third-party applications are triggering it when paired with iOS 17. Which lines up with what Marquees Brownlee said in his video, he noticed the phone got really hot during his use of Instagram doing light tasks like scrolling through the feed.
You forgot to add /s , I love your sense for humor. 😄
Apple hasn't released details of the bug fix that they plan to make. It's not clear if the bug is in the OS or in the apps that have been associated with phones that are getting hot. (Not all phones are doing so.)
I'm using a New iPhone15 Pro Max. Apple's own Book App is my major problem. I listened to an audiobook and it overheated my phone and drained my battery by 50% after 3 hours. Also more than 50% of my books won't play.
Ok. So if I download those apps and use them like they do, I should be able to duplicate the issue? Is anyone getting a hot phone without using those apps?
on wireless chargers, yes, overheats and stops charging, as far as let it run warm and fast, my issue is, it overheats on simple phone calls and drains battery faster than a 2% a minute, the longest hot phone call I could see I would be able to achieve is less than an hour, so they have to do something here... although a phone call should never be crushing the CPU like it is at the moment nor should charging, so maybe it is just a bug and they won't throttle
There are plenty possible software solutions for overheating. For example, imagine a scenario when app like Instagram is loading video after video for your feed using 100% power of performance cores. It could be done by efficiency cores (because you are not able to watch all the videos at once) and user experience would not be harmed. But such mechanisms are not controlled by the app itself; it is controlled by OS. It's just optimization.
well I want the update this week, if it doesn't fix the issue, I'm returning my iP15 Pro Max.
I've had every iPhone that Apple has released, especially the Pros. The consistent thing I have observed on the iPhone 15 Pro Max with overheating has been when using the Phone app itself. Whenever I am on a phone call, the phone gets quite hot and the battery really starts to drain -- fast. Once I am off a call, then it seems to cool off and the battery drain also seems to adjust accordingly. My guess is that the new Phone app interface they intro'd in iOS 17 may have some bugs that and I hope Apple fixes with this new update. I don't doubt other apps also appear to cause overheating issues, but in my case the consistent issue I have seen is with the Phone app itself.
I still think that its apps not optimized for the new hardware and IOS17 that is causing this. I have seen some odd app behavior on my 12Pro. My wife has the 15pro and it doesn't get all that hot. She doesn't use IG or Facebook though.
The proof that this isn’t a hardware issue with 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max is that many people have also complained of heat and battery drain on iPhone 13 Pro and 14 Pro running iOS 17. It’s most likely a bug in iOS 17.