iPhone 15 overheating

I am having the exact same issue setting up. The phone is SO hot and it’s 67 in the house. I got the new one because my old one was overheating and shutting down. This is incredibly frustrating. I’ll be going to ATT next week. I’m not about to trade my old phone in and get stuck with a phone that has the same problem!!

Heaven forbid Lobsterghost1,

The user should indeed first seek out a nearby cave to like any cave (wo)man of old.

While in that cave he/she would marvel over the wonder of a mobile phone made by Apple and check those messages / snaps and what not, to return to the world a modern (wo)man.

I, by the way, seem to have difficulties seeing real advice coming my way whenever you write something.

By the way I am sure Apple users would like to use their devices anywhere around the world (aka outside their homes/shopping centers).

That's what I said mate, I will go to genius bar, once some stock builds up.

Your contention that until iPhone pops a message "iPhone needs to cool.....", phone is not overheating is not correct.

And by the way... 3nm has to be better in efficiency, so has to produce lesser heat for similar tasks. I can write a treatise on 3nm vs 4nm. But as a customer, I pay for experience, which was denied 1st time in 7 years.

I wasn't responding to you. I was responding to FPilau, who simply said their iPhone heats up on "MOBILE DATA" viewing YouTube, which would be expected. They didn't say it go tso hot they couldn't hold it in their hand. Had they said that, of course that wouldn't be expected and if anyone has such a situation, their phone is heating to a level they can't hold it in their hand, they should take it to Apple for evaluation.

I had a nem iphone 15 pro max and it is not hot, running very well. Absolutely not problems with the new 15 pm phone. The battery it is the best and the camera too.

My review it 10/10. Good job Apple !

Whistlinginthedark wrote:

If my iPhone 15 is too hot to hold, it is overheating. Period.

So instead of telling us, what did Apple say when you showed it to them for testing? Surely, you did that??? Or are you more determined to make a complaint on a user to user only forum, where Apple doesn't participate and there is not one thing anyone here can do to help you.

Of course not. But then the display models have their screens continuously ON and people are using them all day long. Plus, they're on chargers all day. I would fully expect them to run warm. I don't recall a time when display units in the Apple Store weren't warm. And that includes the previous generations of iPhone.

All I can tell you is neither our 15 Pro or 15 Pro max EVER run hot. EVER. And we do use them.

This is happening to me now. My battery keeps draining and it’s super annoying. I’ve tried everything even taking the case off completely and it still just over heats all the time. I live in wisconsin so it’s winter and cold right now outside so that’s not even the issue. (15 pro max)

navjot071 wrote:

I have been getting this warning every time I charge my iPhone 15 base model with 20 w charger, even on the replacement device, never happened with my iPhone 12 and 13.

That does not mean your phone is overheating. It's just telling you that Optimized Battery Charging is working and that it has stopped charging your phone until it the battery temperature drops some. Phones have done that since optimized battery charging was introduced but there was no message explaining what was going on. That meant people thought something was wrong with their phones because they weren't charging.

All batteries will get hotter while charging. To increase the overall life of the battery, you want to decrease that, hence, Optimized Battery Charging.

This is honestly the most odd thing i have heard about optimised battery charging today :/

If you have used Apple products, you would know OBC has a separate notification, and this is coming for me even when OBC is off :(

About Optimised Battery Charging on your iPhone - Apple Support

I’ve just finished a call. It lasted 7 minutes when I’ve figured out the phone is extremely hot. I am extra sensitive so it was unbearable to talk further.

The phone is brand new and bought in the US. If this is common I don’t think that replacing it will

do any good.

In my country I have only reseller stores (I style)

is there some answer from the #applesupport

It is disgraceful that this “high end” piece of tech is struggling with temperature.

False, only time this would be right is if you had a phone that dates back to like 2010. I have both a 13 pro and a S23 Ultra, my S23 ultra didn't even get warm while fast charging with a 30w brick, watching a video on the highest setting possible and having the highest brightness on. My 13 pro doesn't just randomly warm up either.

Purchased iPhone 15 Pro today and it gets incredibly hot when updating or charging, like so hot that it is very uncomfortable to hold. Haven't had any issues with overheating when on calls but on charge especially it feels like lava. Currently on 17.1.1, hasn't fixed the issue. Has there been a specific response from Apple about this?

Purchased phone last week, It is getting hot even after 17.1.1 , even without usage, the charging stops with a msg “charging will start after phone lowers temperature “

feel frustrated, and cheated… this is a hardware issue and Apple is covering up. Why sell such a costly phone when you have such a major defect. Not acceptable !!

anirban3 wrote:

Purchased phone last week, It is getting hot even after 17.1.1 , even without usage, the charging stops with a msg “charging will start after phone lowers temperature “

That message means the phone is functioning as intended. iPhones have always stopped charging when they reach 100% to allow the battery to cool. What's new is the message that tells you what's happening. Also, if you're using optimized battery charging, they will stop at 80% before resuming.