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iPhone 15 overheating reports, with temperatures as high as 116F (9to5mac.com)
submitted 2 years ago by [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world
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iPhone 15 overheating reports, with temperatures as high as 116F::Widespread reports are circulating about the iPhone 15 overheating, seemingly across all models. Measurements taken with an infrared camera show...

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[–] 73 points 2 years ago (3 children)

It is not comfortable to hold a 46C metal object in your hand.

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  • [+] -10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It depends on how you're holding it and how spread that heat is. 46° isn't something great to be grasping for extended periods of time, but if you're physically touching 30°C parts of the phone and a part with no physical contact with your skin is 46°C, it's probably not that bad.

    My s7 edge used to hit these temps. The annoying part was the throttling and shutdowns. I never really felt like I was burning my hands using the thing.

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  • [–] 40 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Excuse me, but this has "you're holding it wrong" energy. And according to this page, 44°C is starting to feel painful to touch, and 47° is enough to cause 1st degree burn.

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  • [+] -27 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It’s not “overheating” either though is it?

    46c is not that hot at all, that’s like half as hot as a cup of coffee.

    It’s probably not ideal.. but also not at all new and about the same as my S22 ultra hits under load or when charging which runs far cooler than my previous pixel 7 which would actively overheat if you tried to run maps while charging it on a warm day, to the point it would force the screen to min brightness after about 30min.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago*

    Yeah, I've had overheating issues while running maps and charging on older iPhones too. Not with Apple Maps but with third party mapping software that pushed the CPU/GPU a little too hard. Doesn't tend to happen on modern hardware with mature mapping software.

    Also, iPhones do a lot of computation on your photo library while charging. They do things locally on device that Google would do in the cloud. Combine that (for years of photos and not just the ones you took in the last day or so) with normal heat from charging the battery and 46°C seems pretty reasonable to me.

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