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Iphone 6s overheat issues
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The data is very thin, but actually the Samsung chips are showing to be hotter and less power efficient, though daily use it shouldn't be noticeable regardless of what chip you have.
On the outside its new, also the battery is new. But the components are used and tested.
Mine got the temperature warning yesterday as I had been editing and exporting 4K video. It done it when trying to airdrop it to my iMac, hasn't came up apart from that.
Lol the majority of this thread is the OP treating MR like a chat room, and the sole source of the "article" he linked to is a reddit thread with 54 comments, 3 of which seem to be from people who *might* have a heat issue.
Add the one or two people in this thread who are chiming in with similar issues, and let's be super generous, and call it a total of 10 people, who *might* have heat issues. Out of how many millions?
Mods should just shut this thread down. Silly fearful people and the click bait blogs who love them...
Add the one or two people in this thread who are chiming in with similar issues, and let's be super generous, and call it a total of 10 people, who *might* have heat issues. Out of how many millions?
Mods should just shut this thread down. Silly fearful people and the click bait blogs who love them...
I finally found one in stock and made a reservation for it. I wonder if I'll be able to exchange since I already have the Genius Bar replacement pending. I haven't been called about that one yet.
Also, while the phone still gets hot, I haven't received any warning or had brightness limited after the latest update, so it may be fine now. I don't want to end up with something worse.
EDIT: I'm repeatedly running Geekbench while plugged in. Brightness got limited to 50% again, and scores started to go down to 50%. It went back to normal faster than it would before the update though. I'm wondering if this is normal behavior.
Also, while the phone still gets hot, I haven't received any warning or had brightness limited after the latest update, so it may be fine now. I don't want to end up with something worse.
EDIT: I'm repeatedly running Geekbench while plugged in. Brightness got limited to 50% again, and scores started to go down to 50%. It went back to normal faster than it would before the update though. I'm wondering if this is normal behavior.
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Ended up getting my phone replaced. So far, not so good. Home button feels sticky, vibrate switch is looser than my old one, and my brightness is still being limited due to heat, albeit during an iCloud restore.
I ended up with something worse, just as I suspected. Maybe the hear issues will be better after the restore is complete, but the home button feels terrible. At least I have two weeks to exchange this one now.
EDIT: I do have a TSMC chip this time. Last one was Samsung.
I ended up with something worse, just as I suspected. Maybe the hear issues will be better after the restore is complete, but the home button feels terrible. At least I have two weeks to exchange this one now.
EDIT: I do have a TSMC chip this time. Last one was Samsung.
I don't understand what people expect when they are running the CPU at full speed WHILE charging the device. That heat has to go somewhere, aluminum heat sink (aka case).
Thanks for sharing your experience. What you gonna do right now? Is this better then the Samsung one?
Everyone's entitled to their opinion, no matter how off the wall it is. Don't like what you see, change the channel
I understand that. Since it seemed a bit better after 9.0.2, I decided to really stress test it. I opted to return it anyway, in case it did have cooling issues since they previously popped up during normal usage. I'd rather get a new unit now than a refurb down the line.
Long story short, I accidentally made two reservations this morning which luckily ended up working out in my favor. I ended up returning the phone with the bad home button before leaving the store, for a new phone which was available because of the accidental second reservation. The new phone also has a TSMC chip. I'll report back after restoring and using it for a while.
Huh? Who said anything about an opinion?Everyone's entitled to their opinion, no matter how off the wall it is. Don't like what you see, change the channel
Everyone's entitled to their opinion, no matter how off the wall it is. Don't like what you see, change the channel
Huh? What are you talking about? Whether or not there's an issue with iPhones overheating is not a matter of opinion.
Some of us are actually having issues. I've owned every iPhone and have never had a temperature warning, or brightness limited due to overheating, during regular use. This isn't normal behavior.