iPhone 15/Plus DO NOT BUY THE IPHONE 15 pro max - major major major problem

[JohnRckr]

I bought it and do not have any problems at all. Good bye.

 

[MarkNewton2023]

Absolutely do not spend $1000+ on the 15 pro max. It has a bug that causes making a phone call practically impossible. You have to reboot the phone and you can make maybe one call before it freezes up.

Siri also doesn’t work. It spins and thinks and then shuts down. No amount of rebooting the phone will cause it to work.

Reinstalling the os does nothing. Wiping the phone and doing a fresh install does nothing. The newest update 17.0.3 does not fix the problem.

I have a case with apple. It’s in the hands of the engineers. So far….nothing.

i Don’t know if this happens with other models of the 15 but I know at least 5 other people who are having this problem with the pro max.

DO. NOT. BUY.

It’s a $1000 paperweight.

Keep calm ☺️ not everyone has the same issue or experience as noted on your post😊 Hope you get the best phone and be happy with it 😊

 

[brilliantthings]

The problem has gone away

 

[jcp007]

I have a iPhone 15 Pro Max and not experiencing any issues thus far. On iOS 17.0.3. No overheating. Slightly warm during setup as apps were downloading and charging the phone which was at 80% when we took it out of the box last night.

 

[ninecows]

Today I discovered 5 people - four colleagues - who have the same issue. They couldn’t call Apple because they can’t make phone calls. I directed them to chat support.

I also discovered another person through here with the same issue.

i thought it wa initially a hardware issue. But this is now two phones in a row with the same issue.

im sure Apple will repair it. Until then you should absolutely not spend $1000+ dollars on a phone that cannot make….phone calls.

If I buy a first class ticket to nyc I doubt I’d be happy that the plane made it to Cleveland.

Remind me not to get a job at your workplace. Clearly it’s a bad place to have a phone.

 

[Nozuka]

maybe it's satire. i mean who even makes phone calls anymore?

 

[Jackbequickly]

I have made at least 50 calls with my 15 PM and not even a hint of a problem.

 

[Velin]

maybe it's satire. i mean who even makes phone calls anymore?

Lots of people. Lots.

 

[kc9hzn]

Keep in mind that on MacRumors, the label of "newbie" doesn’t necessarily mean a newly created account. It is a reflection of how many messages the account holder has posted, not how long they have been a member.

In the case of the OP, despite the account being labeled "newbie", they have actually been a member here since 2010.

That’s not necessarily any better. An account that has fewer than 30 posts that’s been around since 2010 and suddenly becomes active again is likely an account that’s been compromised or bought/sold.

 

[Shirasaki]

maybe it's satire. i mean who even makes phone calls anymore?

What does phone even do then, if phone call is no longer part of its function?

 

[klasma]

I would document it and sell the story to a newspaper for a buck

I guess we can be thankful to the OP for sharing the story for free so we don’t have to buy the newspaper now.

 

[C. Robert]

Can we wrap up the iPhone 16's flaws up now before next September? Since its always the same thing

 

[RRC]

A new day, a new imaginary problem…

 

[easy4lif]

Ive have no issues with my 15 pro max but I'm pretty tired of every new post on X, reddit, and here being “omg guys the iPhone has this issue that only effects me, don't buy avoid!”

 

[redpandadev]

If I go ahead and assume this is a real post - the most interesting tidbit I picked up is that the other people affected are all coworkers. Perhaps there is a work installed MDM that is causing an issue? This is most certainly not a widespread issue and there is most definitely a commonality among these users. What locale? What carrier? What anything else that might be relevant?

 

[Rafterman]

It’s not silly. It’s a $1000 phone that doesn’t make….phone calls. Seems to me a fairly basic function. Of a $1000 PHONE.

this is also my second phone.

imagine needing to call 911 in an emergency. And it won’t make a call.

Yes, it's silly and overdramotic. 99 percent of peopel aren't experiencing these severe symptoms.

 

[Sammy in SoCal]

Did we just get perma-ghosted by the original poster? 👻

 

[NervousFish2]

I have a 15 Pro Max and I am not having that problem. Or, well, any problem really. It's a pretty great phone. I kinda love it!

 

[Chinch07]

software glitches never happen to just a few people. This forum is followed by a tiny fraction of Apple owners. The lack of posting on here is not indicative of much.

but give this a shot: turn your phone off and try to dial 911. Pretend there’s a fire.

suddenly it’s not just a small glitch.

There was a fire last Saturday in my condo complex as an fyi.

Turn on WiFi calling 🙃

 

[OceanMindedBoy]

iPhone 15 pro max user here. T-Mobile. Zero issues with calls. My business heavily relies on phone calls. I’ve not had a single call drop. The only issue I’ve had is the heating issue the first 2 days but that was resolved with a software update.

 

[Shirasaki]

Did we just get perma-ghosted by the original poster? 👻

Typical for this kind of attention-seeking thread.

 

[bousozoku]

More likely, but also just as likely to be fake. The newbies who show up screaming about some alleged problem almost never stick around once they've gotten the attention they want.

It seems like the three Mac users with new MacRumors accounts that had devastating virus-like trouble on macOS last week.

 

[dwreck]

Absolutely do not spend $1000+ on the 15 pro max. It has a bug that causes making a phone call practically impossible. You have to reboot the phone and you can make maybe one call before it freezes up.

Siri also doesn’t work. It spins and thinks and then shuts down. No amount of rebooting the phone will cause it to work.

Reinstalling the os does nothing. Wiping the phone and doing a fresh install does nothing. The newest update 17.0.3 does not fix the problem.

I have a case with apple. It’s in the hands of the engineers. So far….nothing.

i Don’t know if this happens with other models of the 15 but I know at least 5 other people who are having this problem with the pro max.

DO. NOT. BUY.

It’s a $1000 paperweight.

You can’t tell me what to do

 

[4389842]

the glitch is effecting the phone app, Siri and the Apple Store app. The latter two simply never fully load.

It’s probably the titanium phone being allergic to your blue steel

 

[Earendil]

Today I discovered 5 people - four colleagues - who have the same issue. They couldn’t call Apple because they can’t make phone calls. I directed them to chat support.

Are they company phones? If so, sounds like your IT department fracked something up.

If not company phones, do you have company software on it? That is the likely culprit given the rate of incidence within your company that no one else is seeing.

A third possibility is that you and your 4 colleagues work for the Samsung mobile division.