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Q: In cold weather my iPhone powers off
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Jan 23, 2013 6:08 PMby R in SD,Same here. Quite temperature sensitive. My previous Iphone 4 or 4S did not do that. Just went for a walk here and died in 10 minutes at 20 degrees F.Put in my pocket and will turn back on.
As I said, previous iPhone's did not do this. Of this I am absoultely sure.
I"m an engineer and understand temp specs. However why does the iPhone 5 do this when previous models did not? Obviously something chagned with the power center/battery/power circutry.
Given the amount of AAPL products I own, I seriously hope AAPL is not losing it's mojo! With Apple Maps, the lack of power adapters at launch, now this, I'm beginning to wonder. Unfortunate.
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Mar 19, 2013 6:02 AMby Petterwessel,Yes, it happened a lot to earlier Iphones too! Just google it an find lots of same problem with the 4s. I have a 4s myself with this problem. Lving in Norway where temp is below 0 C half of the year, this is a big problem. I.e using my Iphone together with Strava of iBiker is useless when bicycling, running or skiing in temperatures around 0.
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Feb 7, 2014 6:30 PMby Habidex,My 4s shut itself off today at about noon. I was outside, 1degrees out. Didn't know it was off of course, missed about 8 calls/ messages before I thought to check the time. Trying to power up, it signaled to plug it in, and then shut off again. Once inside , I plugged it in, and it instantly showed 40% battery. ***?
Checking the forums it seems its a common problem, and actually at freezing levels the phone is rendered useless. So much for using it in a snow storm or in an emergency situation. I don't buy the condensation inside post. Great technology, but sure is toast when the snow flies. Maybe we should rename it the IPhone icicle?
