iPhone 6 Feels Warm After Little Use

[HiRez]

This is going to be great for folks in cold climates once fall/winter arrives, Apple should advertise as feature. No more frozen fingers with iPhone 6!

 

[Tyler23]

Lol it has nothing to do with indexing. All previous iPhones needed to go through the same process and none of them got warm. I hope this isn't as bad as my original htc one which also got warm after just a little use. The metal casing is definitely meant to dissipate heat but as an end user it gets very annoying.

My 4s, 5 and 5s got quite warm any time they were restored from iCloud backups.

 

[ah93]

My 6 Plus feels like an absolute oven after 15 minutes of downloading apps, etc

 

[callea]

Lol it has nothing to do with indexing. All previous iPhones needed to go through the same process and none of them got warm. I hope this isn't as bad as my original htc one which also got warm after just a little use. The metal casing is definitely meant to dissipate heat but as an end user it gets very annoying.

False.

My iPhone 5 was very very hot for a few hours of initial use.
Then no warm for two years.

 

[phpmaven]

All the reviewed have praised battery life. Even if it gets a bit warm with use it's not battery is effected and I doubt its super hot.

They praised the battery life of the Plus. I believe they say that the 6 is a bit worse that the 5S

 

[edlex]

Don't all big phones get hot at one point or another. My note 2 gets really hot particularly when I'm talking on it and there's a poor signal or heavy video streaming

 

[michael31986]

They praised the battery life of the Plus. I believe they say that the 6 is a bit worse that the 5S

I have read no such review like that. The batter for 6 has said day and half.

 

[sviato]

Hope it doesn't get to MacBook Air levels of heat - it's a drawback of an all metal casing

 

[phpmaven]

I have read no such review like that. The batter for 6 has said day and half.

Are you sure that isn't the plus you are talking about. I read a lot of reviews and they all were gushing over the battery on the Plus and just saying "meh" for the 6

 

[Grmnracing]

Does any one else who has their iPhone6 (4.7") feel its getting warm rather quickly? Only been using it for 30 mins and it feels very warm to touch on the back. My iPhone 5 feels stone cold by comparison.

The phone getting hot is a good thing. The phone dissipates heat a lot better with the materials used. Instead of the heat building up and not being able to go anywhere it can now be removed through heat sinking.

 

[MICHAELSD]

Heat-Gate

Beat me to it.

 

[metsjetsfan]

They praised the battery life of the Plus. I believe they say that the 6 is a bit worse that the 5S

All reviews said 6 was better than 5S the ones where it was worse was during video tests due to moving more pixels I guess the extra 300mah is not enough to make it an improvement.

 

[michael31986]

Are you sure that isn't the plus you are talking about. I read a lot of reviews and they all were gushing over the battery on the Plus and just saying "meh" for the 6

Plus was two days.

 

[PhillyGuy72]

Seeing a few of these "Feels hot" issues here already.
https://discussions.apple.com/community/iphone/iphone_hardware

 

[AppleRobert]

Used the iphone 6 about 3 hours continuously this morning and it got a little warm towards the top. Not hot and I'm not concerned about mine at all unless something changes but I don't foresee using it any differently. No, I don't play games that are labor intensive on smartphones, just quick hitters like Subway Surfers, Temple Run, Dots and Candy Crush.

 

[PhillyGuy72]

I think I remember my 5 feeling hot on the first day. Indexing info, reinstalling and setting up apps, etc all at once. The issue went away after an hour or two. Never had a heat problem since. Hoping that is the case with these.

 

[leitmotif]

mine was quite warm after about 3 hours and the battery dropped to 50% fairly quickly.

 

[green9206]

All phones get warm while using it.I have never had a phone that didn't get warm while actively using it and much more so using while the phone is charging.So am pretty sure it's just normal but if it gets too hot to hold then it might be a hardware issue.

 

[Photography]

It's normal for an iPhone (or any phone) to get a little warm after using it. Check out this Apple support article for more info.

 

[RyanTheGeneral]

When I first turned it on and was installing some apps felt a little warm.

Normal usage since then - couple videos - Web - text - some other apps - etc. Nothing else since that first initial steps. Cool to the touch for me

 

[My Name is URL]

When I first turned it on and was installing some apps felt a little warm.

Normal usage since then - couple videos - Web - text - some other apps - etc. Nothing else since that first initial steps. Cool to the touch for me

Same for me. It's always going to be warm when first setting up.

 

[wassup121]

I used Maps for gps for 45min, shortly after that time, a notification kept coming up saying the iphone needs to cool down / getting too hot.
That was annoying. Using blue leather case on 6 regular.
Returning case, not worth $50. Already scratching and it's been 2 days and kept safe in a pocket with nothing to abuse it.

 

[swiftouch]

iphone 6 gets warm

all I was doing was surfing the web and it was getting uncomfortably warm in my hand. i'm disappointed in the battery life already.

What stuff can i turn off in settings that doesn't need to be running? This is ridiculous.

 

[movieator]

all I was doing was surfing the web and it was getting uncomfortably warm in my hand. i'm disappointed in the battery life already.

What stuff can i turn off in settings that doesn't need to be running? This is ridiculous.

Not only ridiculous! An outrage, I tell ya!

Jesus H...calm down with the "ridiculous" nonsense.

 

[iMrNiceGuy0023]

I was having the same issue as well. My 4 day old brand new iPhone 6 kept getting hot from regular texting and Internet surfing.

I turned off background app refresh and it cooled down instantly.