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Really disappointed that the things my 14PM did without any problem/complaint in room temperature environments (you know, just basic stuff like syncing the day's iCloud photos, charging on the reg) now involve "iPhone needs to cool down". I've thrown out all the wireless chargers to try and help reduce heat, but that's not really helping much, either.

So, I've decided to store my iPhone here. A bit inconvenient, yes, but also delicious, because now I just eat ice cream every time I need to charge my phone, get my phone, or the like. Next thread: app recommendations to help manage cholesterol, hahaha.

Other ideas? I'm really not thrilled about putting fridges/freezers/ice packs everywhere I use my phone to just basically use the damn $1,600 thing when last year's $1,600 thing did this just fine and Apple thought I "needed" Titanium for some reason, because, what, that 15g weight they saved makes any difference at all? They've more than offset that 15g "saving" with the fact they have broken daily, regular usage of the phone by using terrible thermal design (that I challenge anyone to really, truly, say without laughing at themselves that they couldn't handle that 15g difference...). And that's a feat, b/c Ti has better thermal performance all other things equal....it seems that the reduction of internal surface area to further save weight maybe causing this issue, but of course, I have no doubt that Apple (and/or the fanboi crowd) will have endless advice on how "I'm using it wrong", it's "normal" behavior, or something (I know, I probably shouldn't take pictures with my iPhone and expect it to sync it with iCloud at room temperature...pretty unreasonable, and it is totally normal for just a photo sync to require a trip to the freezer to keep the device within normal operating temperatures).

Show me your serious (or not so serious) ways of helping your new, amazing Titanium iPhone Paperweight Edition keep its cool (just don't put it on paper when it's too hot, or it may become iPhone Lighter-in-more-than-just-weight Edition).
 

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Hahahaha, I actually don't mind feeling the heat if the phone actually works, and actually took my case off to try to see if the case was causing heat build up (a FineWoven piece of FineJunk, really, it will be going back this weekend, the reviews are right, it's a nice case for about $15, not $60, but it's an AAPL case so it shouldn't be causing throttling, and if it is, that is even further poor design).

If you put it in a case, you don't feel the heat right?
 
Hahahaha, I actually don't mind feeling the heat if the phone actually works, and actually took my case off to try to see if the case was causing heat build up (a FineWoven piece of FineJunk, really, it will be going back this weekend, the reviews are right, it's a nice case for about $15, not $60, but it's an AAPL case so it shouldn't be causing throttling, and if it is, that is even further poor design).

With overheating, you mean thermal throttling .... yes, I have seen some benchmarks where the iPhone 15 PM struggles to beat the iPhone 14 Pro Max with games such as Genshin Impact. And a case won't help with that indeed.

Unless maybe a PC company jumps in and try to make a quick buck with a "cooling case".
 
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Really disappointed that the things my 14PM did without any problem/complaint in room temperature environments (you know, just basic stuff like syncing the day's iCloud photos, charging on the reg) now involve "iPhone needs to cool down". I've thrown out all the wireless chargers to try and help reduce heat, but that's not really helping much, either.

So, I've decided to store my iPhone here. A bit inconvenient, yes, but also delicious, because now I just eat ice cream every time I need to charge my phone, get my phone, or the like. Next thread: app recommendations to help manage cholesterol, hahaha.

Other ideas? I'm really not thrilled about putting fridges/freezers/ice packs everywhere I use my phone to just basically use the damn $1,600 thing when last year's $1,600 thing did this just fine and Apple thought I "needed" Titanium for some reason, because, what, that 15g weight they saved makes any difference at all? They've more than offset that 15g "saving" with the fact they have broken daily, regular usage of the phone by using terrible thermal design (that I challenge anyone to really, truly, say without laughing at themselves that they couldn't handle that 15g difference...). And that's a feat, b/c Ti has better thermal performance all other things equal....it seems that the reduction of internal surface area to further save weight maybe causing this issue, but of course, I have no doubt that Apple (and/or the fanboi crowd) will have endless advice on how "I'm using it wrong", it's "normal" behavior, or something (I know, I probably shouldn't take pictures with my iPhone and expect it to sync it with iCloud at room temperature...pretty unreasonable, and it is totally normal for just a photo sync to require a trip to the freezer to keep the device within normal operating temperatures).

Show me your serious (or not so serious) ways of helping your new, amazing Titanium iPhone Paperweight Edition keep its cool (just don't put it on paper when it's too hot, or it may become iPhone Lighter-in-more-than-just-weight Edition).
You are using it wrong ;) But seriously, putting a hot phone in a freezer only calls for more issues down the road. Warm/hot metal that cools off that quickly in a freezer will be put under a lot of stress and will more likely break sooner or later. Sooner the more often you put it in the freezer when it's that hot. Titanium should be fine. Copper and other important components in there won't be.
 
I've had my ProMax since Saturday and have yet to have it get warm or hot while using it... It even stays relatively cool while charging with 18w charger.. Seems not everyone is experiencing "thermalgate"

18W chargers won't make it become hot. I was only able to reproduce it on my 15 Pro Max under the following conditions:

  • battery must be somewhere between 20% and 50%
  • the charger must be able to deliver at least 30W
  • charge the phone while doing something very intense (like restoring from backup, initial setup, etc)
Under those circumstances, by really pushing it, I was able to get it to 47°C. Uncomfortable without a case, pretty okay with the FineWoven case, not warmer than the iPhone 14 Pro Max during initial setup.

As soon as the battery is above 50-60% or so, it charges slower (under 20W) and gets much less warm. Also, with any charger under 30W I wasn't able to reproduce it. So I guess the issue is a combination of fast charging (27W) and high CPU usage.

I love the ice cream solution though 😊
 
Other ideas? I'm really not thrilled about putting fridges/freezers/ice packs everywhere I use my phone to just basically use the damn $1,600 thing when last year's $1,600 thing did this just fine and Apple thought I "needed" Titanium for some reason, because, what, that 15g weight they saved makes any difference at all?
Then why did you upgrade from a 14PM knowing you weren't a fan of the titanium, when that is really the only difference between the phones?
 
I've had my ProMax since Saturday and have yet to have it get warm or hot while using it... It even stays relatively cool while charging with 18w charger.. Seems not everyone is experiencing "thermalgate"
It's because it isn't an actual issue and people are just looking for attention on the internet. I know probably 30 people who have upgraded and while that's not an enormous sample size, no one seems to have this overheating problem.

Fake internet drama. If your phone runs want unexpectedly, turn it off and on. This happens sometimes. iPhone 15 Pro is not somehow defective.
 
Another proof of processor in the iphone 15 pro series is not 3nm. If it were 3nm we would see at least %50 better battery life(or %30-40 better cpu performance), %20-30 less heat.

Apple is lying(only gpu cores are 3nm and cpu cores are still 5nm). Or TSMC’s 3nm nodes are big scam.
 
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