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Apple may reduce the performance of the 3nm A17 Pro processor due to massive overheating of the iPhone 15 Pro (gagadget.com)
submitted 2 years ago by [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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.

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

They just figured oh well it works well in Cupertino. They omitted the fact that Cupertino doesn’t get super hot, ever.

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

    oof i can’t imagine using it in my country where it’s 30 degrees celcius and above on average everyday.

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

    oof i can’t imagine using it in my countryApple's home state, California where it’s 30 40+ degrees celcius and above on average everyday in summer, and Death Valley has pretty much the world record.

    I mean if they didn't test it in Cali I wouldn't know where at all...

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I haven’t noticed a heating issue and I live in a very hot climate. So, it’s not universal.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Yeah I’ve not had problems on any of my families 15 or 15 Pros, however my iPad Air 5 got hot af last night installing iOS 17 and I ended up putting it in a stand and pointing a fan at it lol

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