iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max overheating reports continue

We’re hearing about it these days more and more often of excessive “overheating”. of the new ones iPhone 15 Pro And iPhone 15 Pro Max of Apple. Some users have reported temperatures even approaching 47 degrees centigrade on the body.

Different scenarios: There are those who notice this problem during wired charging of the smartphone (which is quite “normal”), and those who notice this while using the camera or applications that require more resources. However, there are also those who see their new iPhone becoming hotter and hotter without any apparent reason or particular use.

Concerns about possible problems that could be at the basis of these notable increases in temperature are continuing to make headlines, so much so that even authoritative sources such as the The Wall Street Journalwhich also did a series of tests to demonstrate that excessive heat can cause the battery to degrade rapidly, and Bloomberg.

Both articles document reports from users and the possible causes but do not reach a “conclusion” that can define this situation as a generalized problem or not.

First of all, as also highlighted by Bloomberg, there is a very important detail to take into consideration. The reports come in particular from users who have recently bought their new iPhone and which, in all likelihood, they have restored a backup made on their previous device.

Well, sudden overheating cannot be ruled out may be generated by the iPhone setup process. Once a backup has been restored, in fact, the system must index all contents again so they can be easily searched via Spotlight.

Photos and videos, in particular, are the contents that are most indexed as they contain a lot of information about people, places, objects, animals and much more. Usually, in order to avoid drops in performance, the operating system performs indexing during phases of low use of the device, which is why you may notice “random” temperature increases.

Indexing processes, obviously, may vary depending on the quantity of material to be checked. If you have thousands of photos and videos, which are certainly present on iPhones with large amounts of storage, it may take longer. However, there is no shortage of reports from those who have noticed excessive overheating even many days after the initial configuration.

The Wall Street Journal’s Joanna Stern said that her iPhone 15 Pro Max became particularly hot while charging and performing processor-intensive tasks but she also said that her iPhone 14 Pro Max behaved similar. During typical daily use, the temperature of both iPhones was “normal.”

In short, at the moment there are certainly many reports but there is still no concrete answer. For many users the device overheats, for others it does not.

Ming-Chi Kuo, an influential analyst at TF International Securities, in recent days attributed these problems to the new design of the iPhone 15 Pro which may not be able to dissipate heat as effectively as previous models.

There could also be the basis of the “problem”. the new titanium frame, a “poor conductor of heat”. Kyle Wiens, CEO of iFixit, said the titanium shell has less mass to absorb heat.

According to Kuo, Apple could anyway Fix this overheating issue with software updates, but the improvements may be limited if Apple doesn’t reduce processor performance. Kuo, of course, speculates that if this issue is not resolved it could have a negative impact on shipments.