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I guess you didn’t have the 14 Pro. That thing drops to 88% at the same time this year.
my launch day 15 Pro Max is still at 99% with no overheating issue at all. I charge it wired nearly 100% of the time and limit it to 80% on weekdays where I have access to charging. (lesson learnt from the crazy 14 Pro)
I have a 14 Pro launch day model and its at 98% capacity, just because some phones behaved that way does not mean all did. I think with all iPhones there is a bit of a battery lottery depending on the maker of the battery, as the batteries I believe are not all all sourced from the same manufacturer.
 
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Good to know about this. But not facing any heat issues on my 15 Pro Max
Overheating is due to how people use their devices, what apps they use, and how much Facetime, and other visual chat apps not including social media and other high battery usage. I do a lot of Facetime and GPS video chatting. If you are a heavy or power user your device is prone to over/battery damage. Thick cases make cooling even worse.
 
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Last week I was at the beach here in Italy with 34° celsius, my iPhone 15 Pro was unusable for taking photos, the screen also was so dim... but I find out that thanks to low power mode the phone temperature was ok and it was finally usable. I also received a message with a sound about the liquid in the type C port, but after 10 mins it went away and I was able to charge the phone normally ;)
 
That's the one problem with smaller and smaller semicon node sizes. Thermal output and management. So much energy in such a small space is going to have to go somewhere and the back glass is not a very good conductor.
 
No, it is an iPhone problem. A normal person expects to be able to use their iPhone in 80 degree weather.

It is reasonable to expect Apple to design an iPhone to function in 80 degree weather.

You should read the documentation.

"Use iOS and iPadOS devices where the ambient temperature is between 0º and 35º C (32º to 95º F). Low- or high-temperature conditions might cause your device to change its behavior to regulate its temperature. Using an iOS or iPadOS device in very hot conditions can permanently shorten battery life."

Computers and batteries like to operate around 20º C (68º F) ambient temperature. The more you deviate from this, the more likely you'll experience suboptimal performance.

Also a lot of cases aren't good at heat dissipation.
 
I can't say I've experienced over heating as such, i.e. unexplained and to the point where the phone shuts down. But i do find it can get uncomfortably hot when recharging, especially when doing so from a pretty low level of starting charge. I hope that gets improved too.
 
Even Porsche moved away from air cooled engines, not sure why Apple hasn’t added a little heat sink with some coolant and a fan. Can you imagine if they used tape to cool down the cylinders?

Lately my 15 pro max has been getting really hot, sometimes too hot to handle. Battery health is down to 90% (October build, first used on Halloween).
 
You should read the documentation.

"Use iOS and iPadOS devices where the ambient temperature is between 0º and 35º C (32º to 95º F). Low- or high-temperature conditions might cause your device to change its behavior to regulate its temperature. Using an iOS or iPadOS device in very hot conditions can permanently shorten battery life."

Computers and batteries like to operate around 20º C (68º F) ambient temperature. The more you deviate from this, the more likely you'll experience suboptimal performance.

Also a lot of cases aren't good at heat dissipation.

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80 degrees is between 32 and 95 degrees!!!!!

Anyone who reads that statement would expect to be able to use their camera at 80 degrees!!!!!!
 
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80 degrees is between 32 and 95 degrees!!!!!

Anyone who reads that statement would expect to be able to use their camera at 80 degrees!!!!!!

Maybe he thought it said 80 degrees Celsius??
 
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U sure it was just "some" customers and not "a small number" of customers?
 
14 Pro Max user here and i can confirm every day i face problem with heating to the point i can’t even take photos or videos otherwise the battery will just drop like a niagara falls water it’s insane how bad it is i’ve never seen battery degrade this faster either 88% already battery health.
 
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I can see why apple thought AI would be their selling feature of the 16 because man it is turning out to be a real snooze fest of a device. I guess apple milking the same design for 4+ years is finally catching up to them.😴😴😴😴
 
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Apple has never been good at thermal design. The result, they just turn the clock speed down so that an iPhone does not out perform android.
 
I can see why apple thought AI would be their selling feature of the 16 because man it is turning out to be a real snooze fest of a device. I guess apple milking the same design for 4+ years is finally catching up to them.😴😴😴😴
From what I have been reading, it’s the best iPhone since the 12 series.

Also, design change to what? It’s a phone, they’re all rectangles. You want a triangular phone or something? Pass on that.
 
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From what I have been reading, it’s the best iPhone since the 12 series.

Also, design change to what? It’s a phone, they’re all rectangles. You want a triangular phone or something? Pass on that.
Well first I would get rid of the dumbass square in the corner for the camera's that causes the phone to rock when set on a flat surface (if they need to keep the huge bump, plenty of better options for the layout, Google does a good job with their pixel line with this.)
 
15 was already an 14s
People talk about "s" models like it means lesser, but back in the day, the "s" models actually received the most significant improvements. Siri, TouchID, 64-bit chips, even video recording, were all introduced on s-models. The "numbered" models just got all the attention because they looked different than their predecessors, even though internals and features were usually not very different.
 
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>Agreed! We don't need thinner and thinner and thinner. The phones are thin enough. Tackle the issues like battery life and overheating and once those are great, Apple can go back to thinking about how to go thinner and thinner.

I agree. NO ONE is asking for thinner phones. Are you listening Apple? They are harder to hold.
Thinner phones actually should help with overheating! But the titanium chassis introduces another problem, it's thermal conductivity is 24.5 whereas Aluminum is 230. I don't know about the steel they previously used, but titanium should be an improvement.
 
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80 degrees is between 32 and 95 degrees!!!!!

Anyone who reads that statement would expect to be able to use their camera at 80 degrees!!!!!!

You should read what I quoted: "Low- or high-temperature conditions might cause your device to change its behavior"

Your 80º F is in the upper range and so you might see your iPhone change its behaviour.

An iPhone will not behave the same at 0º, 68º, 80º or 95º F even if they're all within operating range.
 
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