Apple's new generation of flagship iPhone 15 Pro series has officially started selling, however, some of the first consumers who got the new machine were not happy. Recently, the first owners of the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max complained online that the phone overheats when used or charging. The iPhone 15 Pro series is therefore nicknamed "dragon fruit".
A up owner of station B tried the game "Genshin" with the iPhone 15 Pro, and in a room temperature environment of 26.5 degrees Celsius, after 30 minutes of gameplay, the temperature of the fuselage has soared to 49 degrees Celsius, and there are visible frame drops.
Another up owner on the same platform said that after recording a ten-minute vlog with the iPhone 15 Pro Max, the temperature of the fuselage reached 51 degrees Celsius.
On Weibo, related issues have also sparked many discussions.
Some foreign netizens posted in the Reddit community, saying that after 5 minutes of talking, the back temperature of the iPhone 15 Pro Max rose to 108 °F, equivalent to 42 °C, and in subsequent tests, it reached 116.5 °F, equivalent to 47 °C.
There is also user feedback that his iPhone 15 Pro model mobile phone will also heat up in his pocket, and the temperature is so high that it is almost scalded, so that he has no choice but to take it out. Netizens also made emojis, ridiculing that the iPhone 15 series can cook things.
After a survey by foreign technology media 9to5Mac, more than fifty percent of users think that their newly bought iPhone 15 generates too much heat.
In addition, according to the feedback of some foreign netizens in the Apple community, the temperature of the fuselage is too high when making calls, taking photos, charging and other operations, and even many netizens said that in the case of the remaining memory space is large enough, even if the mobile phone is not used, it will heat up.
Apple admits there is an overheating problem
On September 27, Tianfeng International analyst Guo Mingxi issued an article explaining the current overheating problem of Apple's iPhone 15 Pro mobile phone, and said that it has nothing to do with TSMC's 3nm process.
Guo Mingxi said: "My investigation pointed out that the overheating problem of the iPhone 15 Pro series has nothing to do with TSMC's 3nm process, and is mainly likely to make the weight lighter, so the design of the heat dissipation system has been compromised, such as the small heat dissipation area, the use of titanium alloy to affect the heat dissipation effect." Apple is expected to fix this issue by updating the system, but the improvement may be limited unless processor performance is reduced. If Apple doesn't properly address this issue, it could be detrimental to shipments of the iPhone 15 Pro series product cycle.
According to a Reuters report on October 1, local time, Apple said on September 30 that it had found some problems that could cause the iPhone 15 series of phones to run too hot, including vulnerabilities in the iOS 17 operating system. Apple says it will fix these issues in an upcoming software update. Apple also said that the heating problem is not a security risk and will not affect the long-term performance of the phone.
In addition, Apple said that the iPhone 15 series of phones also overheated when running some third-party apps, and the company is working with the developers of these apps to fix it.
Analyst: Price reduction promotions may be required
According to the Securities Times, with the official launch of the iPhone 15 series, the topic of "iPhone 15 and Plus breaking" once rushed to the hot search. According to Shenzhen Huaqiangbei sources, the iPhone 15 series mobile phone "market demand situation is indeed not ideal." So far, there are still a lot of spots, and basically no one grabs them." Both the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max have premium prices.
As a well-known Apple product analyst, Guo Mingxi recently posted on the X platform that everything is going smoothly, and Apple's iPhone revenue and profit in the fourth quarter will be better than expected.
In terms of breakdown, Guo Mingxi pointed out that early sales data shows that iPhone 15 Pro Max shipments have been revised up to 35 million units this year, higher than the 28 million units of iPhone 14 Pro Max last year.
He said that the iPhone 15 Plus may usher in an increase in orders because of its previous low expectations and not so bad in real sales. But iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro sales are lower than expected, and if Apple does not cut prices, the two models may be cut.
He also insisted that shipments of the iPhone 15 series of mobile phones will reach 80 million units this year, an increase of 5.3% over last year's 14 series. The big selling of the iPhone 15 Pro Max will be the main growth driver of Apple's iPhone business in the fourth quarter of 2023.
The iPhone 15 series has been accused of quality control problems
According to Blue Whale Finance, the reporter sorted out some quality control problems in the first batch of new machines from a number of consumers who got the iPhone 15 series of new machines.
First of all, the appearance of the mobile phone, the biggest highlight of this generation of iPhone 15 Pro series is the titanium material shell, Apple officially announced that this material replaced the previous stainless steel middle frame, with high strength, light weight and corrosion resistance and other advantages are widely used in aerospace, medical and other fields.
However, many users have reported that the new machine shell has defects. Some users said that there are obvious dents on the top of the iPhone 15 Pro they purchased, and they are currently preparing to return it, worried that the returned machine is still defective.
There is more than one owner who has scratches on the shell, and according to the pictures they have feedback, the scratches are present on the bottom, top, next to the lens and other parts.
But these are only slight scratches, and there is also consumer feedback, there is a large obvious color difference on the side border, and the other party said that it has contacted customer service in time for return processing.
Not only the titanium body, the mobile phone screen is not spared, a consumer who bought a phone on the Apple store told reporters that the newly arrived machine screen showed obvious scratches, called the quality inspection is too poor, the owner said that its return orders are scheduled for next week, may be too many people returning.
In addition to the flaws in the appearance, the iPhone 15 Pro lens also has the problem of gray ingress, according to the owner's description, some lenses have obvious small white dots, and some have gray in three lenses.
It is worth noting that a large number of users on social media have exposed such problems, from bottom bumps, paint peeling, screen scratches to lens gray and other phenomena emerge one after another, more serious bloggers exposed, mobile phones when opening the camera appeared serious screen loss.
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Source: People's Concern