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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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[–] 26 points 2 years ago (2 children)

"Yeah this update is going to make your phones slower" is not something any smartphone producer would ever say. The difference might be negligible, but less power = less performance.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    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.

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