iPhone X silver model overheating?

[Blondie&Dagwood]

when I 1st activated my phone, the back near the rear camera got really hot. Ran to Genius Bar, and was told this is normal for phones when 1st activated due to the work they are doing to update everything. It’s generally fine now, but does still get hot when used as a hotspot. Got a Genius apointment again later today to have a technician run diagnostics, but has anyone else experienced this?

 

[_Refurbished_]

Sounds normal to me.

 

[MacBird]

Mine has not gotten overly warm once it was done indexing. If you do something CPU intensive, I would not be surprised if it gets somewhat warmer but it should not be uncomfortable to touch. Maybe there is a reason it's called 'hotspot'.

 

[Kjung7]

I was shocked how warm mine got after a video call on KakaoTalk

 

[Olivia23]

My silver gets quite warm also.

 

[pat500000]

Winter is near...warm x would keep you warm.

 

[jiholl]

Mine got very hot when first setting up. Seems okay now..but I imagine will get hot during intense processor activity.

 

[Newtons Apple]

Hour on FaceTime and mine got slightly warm.

 

[alee]

One of my Xs got too hot during restore... it actually stopped the iCloud restore.

 

[Blondie&Dagwood]

Thanks fellas, will see what the Genius Bar technician says.

 

[AmexGG]

Thanks fellas, will see what the Genius Bar technician says.

There is a reason they call it hotspot and not coldspot. I think sharing internet is one of the most demanding things a cell phone is asked to do. Aside from full brightness and video recording while running GPS.

 

[Spacedementia87]

I mean, it’s pretty normal for a phone to get hot when working hard.

 

[Leonard1818]

Lol “silver model overheating” as if color really matters....

Normal when new or intensive processing.

 

[Apple_Robert]

Thanks fellas, will see what the Genius Bar technician says.

Is this your first iPhone? If so, I can understand your concerns.

 

[Gryzor]

Silver phones are prone to overheating, which is why most phones are dark in colour, to dissipate the heat better.

 

[OneMike]

when I 1st activated my phone, the back near the rear camera got really hot. Ran to Genius Bar, and was told this is normal for phones when 1st activated due to the work they are doing to update everything. It’s generally fine now, but does still get hot when used as a hotspot. Got a Genius apointment again later today to have a technician run diagnostics, but has anyone else experienced this?

Same happened when I restored my 7 Plus although it didn’t happen on my X. I think it’s normal.

 

[Shark5150]

That's the Bionic chip firing on all cylinders! Pretty normal tho when restoring iPhones.

 

[mainomega]

The 8+ did it. The 7+ did it too.
When I would game on the 7 it would seem like it was trying to melt the glass lenses. On the 8+ it didn’t get as hot and the heat was a little more spread out. The X does get warm around the same area but not as hot as the 7. Colors don’t matter.

 

[JPack]

Apple basically doubled the thermal density of the logic board.

They shrank the logic board by sandwiching the chips together. Then they increased logic board component density by 35%. Apple then used a glass chassis which is a poor heat conductor.

If you want a cooler running phone, the 8 Plus and 7 Plus will do better due to the larger cooling area.

 

[JonnyIreland]

Same here, it got hot during setup but I don’t think it’s anything to worry about,, it has been cool as a cucumber since.