Apple may reduce the performance of the 3nm A17 Pro processor due to massive overheating of the iPhone 15 Pro::The problem of overheating of iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max smartphones is becoming widespread. It is possible that Apple will be forced to take the unpopular step of reducing the performance of the latest 3nm A17 Pro chip.
How does something like this not show up in tests?
During tests they were holding it wrong.
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It does.
Usually engineering and R&D sees these things, but they are too scared to contradict ambitious timelines set up by management.
I can assure you it did, they just hoped no one would notice
It does. But what is hot to me is different than what is hot to my wife. My 11 pro gets really hot if you fast charge it.
They just figured oh well it works well in Cupertino. They omitted the fact that Cupertino doesn’t get super hot, ever.
People have used it in very hot areas and it has been fine, with no overheating issues.
People have used it in very temperate areas and it has turned into a small furnace.
The controlling variable is almost certainly not ambient temperature.
Sorry to ruin your circle jerk - The company further told Forbes that the fix, which should come with iOS 17.1, won’t result in throttled performance, which some, like Apple supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, have said was a possibility.
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They say it is an OS bug and some app problems that are causing the overheating. If true that might help the performance if anything.
https://www.macrumors.com/2023/09/30/apple-iphone-15-pro-overheating-details/
less power = less performance
That’s the general tradeoff but not how it always works.
A car generally trades power for fuel consumption but things like tires being properly inflated can help with both. In the same way, sometimes inefficient software leads to both reduced performance and higher power consumption, because too much power is being directed towards unproductive use.
Now the 20% performance increase from last years becomes 10 and you have basically the same phone as last year. Good job to ensure people preorder.
Why put the pressure on even selling it as a new product. Should’ve just pulled a 14s. Exact same but with usbc and made bank for another year.
It’s not the same phone, because it has USB-C. I wouldn’t have paid 600€ for an iPhone 14, but this one looks somewhat compelling to me.
Ming-Chi Kuo believes that the problem can only be solved by artificially limiting the performance of the A17 Pro chip. However, this is unlikely to have a positive impact on sales of new smartphones. Alternatively, Apple can ignore the problem, but that won’t make the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max more popular either.
This whole article is based on just one persons opinion.
The company further told Forbes that the fix, which should come with iOS 17.1, won’t result in throttled performance, which some, like Apple supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, have said was a possibility.
this is also a guy who knows a lot about, and has been following Apple news for a long time.
“May” = some possible outcome written as the company are considering it.
You mean apple? Where did they say they are considering it?
No.
I meant the article and writing the article as if apple are considering when it’s not even true.
Bizarrely I’ve had zero issues with overheating on the 15 Pro Max, even when playing games while charging or during initial installation. Does anyone know other scenarios in which it overheats?
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That’s really such a corner-case though.
Shitty sites like Facebook?
It’s not ambient temperature. Tons of people have had no problems using it in in places like Arizona or Florida. Other people have had it turn into a small furnace in much cooler areas / indoors. There’s something else going on.
Did anyone stop to think that maybe the reason you are hearing about so many people experiencing overheating on the iPhone, is because the far larger group of people that aren’t experiencing overheating have no reason to post?
Presumably configuration-dependent: mine doesn’t. My son’s X gets hot enough while charging to be more likely to shut down, but not my 15 Pro.
As a software QA person, I don’t even know how you verify so many configurations, so many interactions with the physical world, so many things that can’t be automated. Then again, I understand Instagram is kind of popular
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