In cold weather my iPhone powers off

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.

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.

Now, is there any tricks to avoid this automatic switch-off? It causes me problems on weekly basis and I would really love to not switch to any other phone... but I cannot make phone calls in +5 C weather...

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?

Habidex wrote:

My 4s shut itself off today at about noon. I was outside, 1degrees out.

iPhone Operating ambient temperature: 32° to 95° F (0° to 35° C)