Kuo: iPhone 15 Pro overheating due to compromised thermal design
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- Anonymous
- m62
- 28 Sep 2023
So after the heat issues with the M2 Macbooks they decided to expand their new thermal policy to their phones. Apple really is just garbage, they don't care about their customers and this is proof as it has been an issue before yet they repeat it again, fully aware that the phone gets too hot to handle comfortably, fully aware that it reduces the hardwares overall longevity.
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- AnonD-1121190
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- 28 Sep 2023
Anonymous, 27 Sep 2023Forget the iPhone 15 Pro Max, keep it cool with the Galaxy ... more Ut they talking about 15 pro only not max
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- Anonymous
- nU2
- 28 Sep 2023
alski10, 28 Sep 2023I’ve looked it up and titanium has indeed a much lower ther... moreWhat else shall we expect? And is it the first time? If engineering department was ever given the consideration that is due then headphone jacks won't be lost in the first place for waterproofing excuses. And hard plastic or metal backs would be used instead of glass.
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- Sqx
- 28 Sep 2023
the next update should reduce the heat, zero days and much much more from the Iphone
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- Anonymous
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- 28 Sep 2023
Anonymous, 28 Sep 2023I don't know if many people here understand this or no... moreWRONG
The lower heat conductivity causes the heat to build up and basically isolates it. The SOC is generating heat faster than the phone can dissipate.
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- NecroRAM
- xq5
- 28 Sep 2023
alski10, 28 Sep 2023I’ve looked it up and titanium has indeed a much lower ther... moreBut none of this makes sense either way. If titanium has lower heat conductivity, it means it would feel less hot on touch since it would conduct less of the heat from the internals to the outside. It would eventually saturate and normalize across the whole chassis, but so would any other metal if enough heat is produced. Note that the thermal conductivity of metal doesnt have anything to do with how fast the heat is then transferred from the surface of the metal to the air.
So my take is that a more conductive metal would feel hot faster, but would also not let the heat concentrate on the chipset for as long, wich could result in an overall colder phone in the end. I wish an engineer could present us with a more educated opinion.
- atichko
- M{V
- 28 Sep 2023
Like always it disgusts me that manufacturers releases extremely expensive devices that are not polished at release. I would be less angry if you would encounter this with a cheap device where you know that the R&D effort is much less and more aimed at low prices and mass selling. But in the latter case you rarely hear overheating issues and most of the time these devices are not aimed at heavy power users. It's time to stop pushing design over practicality and reliability (but hey that's exactly what Apple stands for these days and no longer great products)
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- alski10
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- 28 Sep 2023
Anonymous, 27 Sep 2023should be lower heat conductivity.
Titanium has low therm... moreI’ve looked it up and titanium has indeed a much lower thermal conductivity than aluminium or even steel (11 vs 235 vs 45W/mK).
Seems like the marketing department has won over the engineering at Apple
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- X User
- uHQ
- 28 Sep 2023
Paps Duke, 27 Sep 2023I had always held this view ,of how the internals of the iP... moreI can't agree. Playing Genshin does generate heat to the point whereby the phone throttles. Apple needs a good thermal solution, especially with the new Pro series, they are focusing on gaming.
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- Anonymous
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- 28 Sep 2023
Pitchwisse, 28 Sep 2023It's because of the USB C port.Nah, it's the Bixby Button.
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- Anonymous
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- 28 Sep 2023
How come a trillion dollar company couldnt find this in production ?? They have only one phone lineup and they had one ehole year
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- Anonymous
- rKf
- 28 Sep 2023
I don't know if many people here understand this or not but just consider this:-
If the frame have higher hear conductivity then it should dissipate heat more easily that means it should heat more so it transfer heat easily and gets cooler.
This is what is actually happening. But the problem is that titanium have lower hear conductivity which means that heat dissipation should be weak and phone should not heat as heat transfer is problematic.
So I think real problem here is A17 soc is heating more than expected. TSMC should verify the issue in fab process.
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- Anonymous
- Kxv
- 28 Sep 2023
Anonymous, 27 Sep 2023If iphone 15 pro had 8g2 instead, nothing of this would hap... more8 gen2 is also made by TSMC.
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- Anonymous
- Kxv
- 28 Sep 2023
Anonymous, 27 Sep 2023If iphone 15 pro had 8g2 instead, nothing of this would hap... moreA17 is manufactured by TSMC. So they produce trash
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- Anonymous
- sXb
- 28 Sep 2023
Isn't the iPhone 15 pro made by several Chinese companies, foxconn, pegatron etc ?
Maybe they're not all the same quality.
- Yong Farlight84
- fu5
- 28 Sep 2023
Anonymous, 28 Sep 2023I tested Tensor G3. All I can tell you without spoilers it&... more🍿 4-Oct
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- kevinmcmurtrie
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- 28 Sep 2023
Jerry Rig Everything tore apart an iPhone 15 Pro Max. There is amost no thermal hardware. All I see is a pyrolytic graphite heat spreader on part of the screen that more of a finger burn protector than a sink. The motherboard doesn't have significant thermal contact with anything. When the phone case is uncomfortably hot, the motherboard is probably so much hotter that it has started thermal runaway. It would have to throttle a LOT to cool down.
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- Anonymous
- SH3
- 28 Sep 2023
Anonymous, 27 Sep 2023Tensor G3 hasn't even been tested yet. It's a glo... moreI tested Tensor G3. All I can tell you without spoilers it's an amazing SOC. No heating and big upgrade. Samsung foundry nailed it. 👍