iPhone 15 overheating

Not true. I have talked with Apple support and they are very aware of the overheating issues and even they said that it is not a normal issue. They even offered me a different phone model if I wanted. I was told they were working on a fix and to keep looking for a new update that would help fix the problem.

I have same problem with my wife’s 15 pro. Which is odd because my 15 pro max is not having that problem, except that I don’t have “Always on Display” turned on.

Her phone was sitting on the counter and got very hot without any use. But, her “Always on Display” was on. When I turned it off, it immediately started cooling down.

Long story short. Turn off “Always on Display”

I keep on getting an email update on this thread how do I unsubscribe? Why is she not returning the iphone, if I may ask? Nobody in this thread made any attempt to return the iphone which is making me suspicious ;}

Samuel994 wrote:

please for all those who want to be the apple advocates doubting what millions are going through. You can do that outside this community where all the Samsung users are waiting to troll! The phones are overheating and the least you can do is downplay that!

When you buy the forum, you can dictate who can post what. Until then, why wouldn't people who don't have an issue be welcome to post? Is there some rule we have all missed which suggests only those with an issue can post? Or do you not think someone who comes here, might appreciate knowing not every iPhone 15 out there has a heat issue?

Finally, can you please validate the claim that "millions" of people are experiencing this? I thought so. You simply can't. I could do the same and ask you to not make claims you cannot backup without evidence.

I did talk to an apple engineer on apple support. They are aware of the issue and are in her words working on a fix. I asked if I should take to the Apple Store repair. She said it would be a waste of time as apple hasn’t fully identified the exact cause of the heating problem. Mine only has the heating issue is when I use the Apple News app.

apple support does the diagnostic test while you are taking to them with your permission. My diagnostic test was all good. I was told a trip to the Apple Store would be a waste of time. Just waiting for the update to fix the issue.

Glad I saw this thread now. After reading numerous complaints about the 15 getting extremely hot I canceled my order for the 15 pro max. Hopefully they can get this fixed and I’ll just make do with my 11 for a bit longer.

Out of curiosity, when was everyone’s phone manufactured? From friends, I’ve noticed those of us with a Pro or Pro Max built in August 2023 have this issue. The ones built in July 2023 seem to be fine.

of course this is a small sample size, but makes me wonder if something changed with the manufacturing process (thermal paste for the processor per se).

just curious.

settings - general - about - scroll to the bottom.

Mine is August 2023(Pro Max 512GB). Great battery life and it doesn’t get warm for any compute intensive stuff - camera, streaming etc. It was warm/hot during initial days due to iCloud restore and Photos running in the background but that’s expected.

H-K-Y wrote:

Mine is August 2023(Pro Max 512GB). Great battery life and it doesn’t get warm for any compute intensive stuff - camera, streaming etc. It was warm/hot during initial days due to iCloud restore and Photos running in the background but that’s expected.

And mine was manufactured in July 2023 and I have no issues with my 15 Pro Max. So in this sampling of two, July or August doesn't make any difference.

Hi. My wife and I each bought the iPhone 15 Pro Max 256gb models. The iPhone's here is South Africa have 1 physical sim and 1 e-sim. Thus far we had no heat issues during the setup or now after setup with normal use. Temp is normal like our iPhones 13 Pro Max. Battery live is same as (well ok...actually slightly better) than our previous iPhone 13 Pro Max's. Because of all the overheating reports, we were in doubt whether we should upgrade before the iPhones were released here but decided to "take a change". Glad we did. Hope Apple can quickly solve the heat issues for the folks having it.

Hello everyone,

I have an iPhone 15 Pro Max one terabyte black titanium model from Verizon. It was pre-ordered on September 16, and I received it on September 27, 2023. I am a voiceover user due to the fact that I am legally blind. I think some people are confused with voiceover, and voice control. They are too totally different things. I have voiceover on almost 24 seven and I’m not having any overheating issues with my phone. I’ve not tried the voice control feature yet, so I’m not sure if that has something to do with everybody’s issue. I also noticed that when my phone was first setting up, it did get warm, however, I did not transfer any data from an iCloud backup and did not have the same issues days later.

also, last night I was on a group FaceTime audio call for hours, and did not experience. Any overheating of my iPhone.

my phone was manufactured in August 2023 and the battery was first used September 2023. It currently has two charge cycles. I have optimized battery charging on, and I’m debating on whether or not to try the 80% limit or just keep it on optimized charging.

i’ve also been on this thread for hours, and did not experience a significant battery percentage drop. My phone is also not warmed to the touch. I have it in a case as well.

like others have mentioned, it seems like there’s a lot of indexing going on while trying to perform various high processing features at the same time, which is causing the phone to overheat, or get very warm or hot to touch. I would just let things settle down and see if it continues. If it does, definitely return your phone to Apple or your carrier.

As stated by many professionals. There is no mystery the 3 nm chip runs hot. Yields were raised by accepting chips with more imperfection that require more wattage(there are literally thermal images of the chip as the cause). The phone was surrounded by titanium which is an order of magnitude less thermally conductive. There is no software fix other than to throttle the phones performance. This was all posted by professionals, and experts in the field on Monday. They can turn the dial down on the oven, they won’t apologize for the oven, the hardware will remain the same for early adopters. Chip binning has always been a thing for this reason. So has heat dissipation by manufacturers. Not only is the cause, order of events and the science well documented, the benchmarks post “fix” will confirm what is already clear. A chip cannot be mended by software, it can simply be made to draw less power and produce less FLOPS.

You go to settings, in general, about, and scroll to the bottom under the battery heading. It will tell you when it was first manufactured, and when the battery was first used. It will also tell you the current charge cycle count of your battery.

I hope this helps.

I am not sure if this has been posted anywhere else in this thread, but I did find this from Apple….

”We have identified a few conditions which can cause iPhone to run warmer than expected. The device may feel warmer during the first few days after setting up or restoring the device because of increased background activity. We have also found a bug in iOS 17 that is impacting some users and will be addressed in a software update. Another issue involves some recent updates to third-party apps that are causing them to overload the system. We're working with these app developers on fixes that are in the process of rolling out.” 

I hope this helps. I originally included a link to the source, but the powers that be decided to remove it.