this post was submitted on 26 Sep 2023
419 points (91.8% liked)

Technology

60024 readers
2976 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.


Our Rules


  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related content.
  3. Be excellent to each another!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots


founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

iPhone 15 overheating reports, with temperatures as high as 116F::Widespread reports are circulating about the iPhone 15 overheating, seemingly across all models. Measurements taken with an infrared camera show...

top 50 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] [email protected] 356 points 1 year ago (60 children)
load more comments (60 replies)
[–] [email protected] 68 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (8 children)

46c… lmfao what a stupid headline.

That is absolutely NOT “hot”or “overheating” for a piece of tech under stress.

The phone housing is the heat sync, and the phone is more powerful than many people’s few year old laptops.

Not to defend apple but this is just trying to sensationalise and farm clicks, my pixel 7 used to get way hotter doing just normal tasks to the point I was getting overheat warnings and the screen would shut off.

Now if it was more like 55c I could see that being an issue at least from a comfort standpoint.

On top of this, pointing a thermal camera as an emissive surface like glass… not the most accurate way to actually get a temperature reading, they should have used a thermal couple… but I’m guessing that would have showed an even less exciting click bait number.

[–] [email protected] 72 points 1 year ago (6 children)

It is not comfortable to hold a 46C metal object in your hand.

load more comments (6 replies)
[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I get where you’re coming from, but just because it isn’t hot when compared to a full throttle desktop CPU doesn’t mean it’s good for a device you hold with your bare hands.

Can you name one other thing in everyday life that you hold for hours on end, that gets 45+°C?

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Actually it can pose quite a big problem. There's no ventilation on phone anywhere and lithium batteries really don't like heat, at all. In fact that's just at the top maximum battery can take, so there's a big chance of thermal runaway at which point whole thing might combust.

load more comments (4 replies)
load more comments (5 replies)
[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Obviously, you're holding it wrong

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 year ago

It's the hottest Apple iPhone yet!!

[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just in time for autumn! A hand warmer!

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago

But is has ~T~i~T~a~N~i~U~m~

[–] Hector_McG 31 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Some context:

http://www.antiscald.com/index.php?route=information/information&information_id=15

At 116F you would require firm, continuous contact for more than 20 minutes to produce a 2nd degree burn, and over 45 minutes to produce a 3rd degree burn.

[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 year ago (20 children)

So one semi long YouTube video is all it would take to get a burn? And you’d not even need a full length movie to need a trip to the hospital?

I get that these aren’t “instant” burns, but this is still a device people regularly hold for hours a day. And if you don’t realize it’s heating up, you’re likely to notice only when you’re in pain.

load more comments (20 replies)
load more comments (1 replies)
[–] RubberDucky 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So? My 250€ Motorola also has this feature, they are slacking behind

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (5 children)

This is a massive problem. It's not ok for a device which millions of people use to get so hot. This could cause a fire given the right conditions.

I hope this gets reported on the mainstream news so people realise Apple isn't so great after all.

This is by far not the first time they've had hardware issues with their products. I think hardware is their Achilles heel.

Not that I feel sorry for them considering how much they fleece customers on the prices for the devices, repairs, accessories, the amount of times they tell you to get a whole new Mac when all it needs is 1 part etc.

load more comments (5 replies)
load more comments
view more: next ›