iPhone 15 is unusually hot 6
Less than a week after being sold, iPhone 15 users began reporting the phone’s overheating condition even when just surfing the web, accessing social networks or watching videos for a short time.
Thomas Galvin, 23 years old in Cleveland, Ohio (USA), said his iPhone 15 Pro Max is literally `hot`.
WSJ editor Joanna Stern tested and found that the iPhone 15 Pro Max reached a temperature of 41 degrees Celsius during charging, sometimes reaching 45 degrees Celsius. If downloading games using a 5G network, like the game Genshin Impact, the temperature
Faced with the above situation, Android Authority also conducted tests and found that Apple devices were operating hotter than normal.
But when running Geekbench 6 performance measurement software, the iPhone 15 Pro quickly heats up to 38.5-47.4 degrees Celsius. Meanwhile, the other two devices are 31.7-44.7 degrees Celsius.
When charging via USB-C port, iPhone 15 Pro is quite hot at 40.6 degrees Celsius, the highest is up to 45 degrees Celsius and 5-10 degrees Celsius more than the other devices.
iPhone 15 Pro Max gets hotter than 40 degrees Celsius when charging.
Some experts suggest a number of factors such as the Apple A17 Pro chip, USB-C port or titanium frame on the device that can lead to the iPhone overheating.
Meanwhile, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo believes that the problem may be related to the design of the cooling system in the iPhone 15, especially the Pro series.
`Apple will probably address the iPhone’s overheating problem with a software update, but this may cause device performance to degrade,` Mr. Kuo commented.
Kyle Wiens, CEO of iFixit – a famous device dissection website, also believes that the titanium shell is the cause of the iPhone getting hotter.
Apple has not yet commented.
