{"id":420956,"date":"2023-10-01T10:07:56","date_gmt":"2023-10-01T07:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/?p=420956"},"modified":"2023-10-01T10:07:56","modified_gmt":"2023-10-01T07:07:56","slug":"apple-says-it-will-fix-software-problems-blamed-for-making-iphone-15-models-too-hot-to-handle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/apple-says-it-will-fix-software-problems-blamed-for-making-iphone-15-models-too-hot-to-handle\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple says it will fix software problems blamed for making iPhone 15 models too hot to handle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apple is blaming a software bug and other issues tied to popular apps such as Instagram and Uber for causing its\u00a0recently released iPhone 15 models<\/span>\u00a0to heat up and spark complaints about becoming too hot to handle.<\/p>\n

The Cupertino, California, company said Saturday that it is working on an update to the iOS17 system that powers the iPhone 15 lineup to prevent the devices from becoming uncomfortably hot and is working with apps that are running in ways \u201ccausing them to overload the system.\u201d<\/p>\n

Instagram, owned by Meta Platforms, modified its social media app earlier this week to prevent it from heating up the device on the latest iPhone operating system.<\/p>\n

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Uber and other apps such as the video game Asphalt 9 are still in the process of rolling out their updates, Apple said. It didn\u2019t specify a timeline for when its own software fix would be issued but said no safety issues should prevent iPhone 15 owners from using their devices while awaiting the update.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe have identified a few conditions which can cause iPhone to run warmer than expected,\u201d Apple in a short statement provided to The Associated Press after media reports detailed overheating complaints that are peppering online message boards.<\/p>\n

The Wall Street Journal amplified the worries in a story<\/span>\u00a0citing the overheating problem in its own testing of the new iPhones, which went on sale a week ago.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not unusual for new iPhones to get uncomfortably warm during the first few days of use or when they are being restored with backup information stored in the cloud \u2014 issues that\u00a0Apple already flags<\/span>\u00a0for users. The devices also can get hot when using apps such as video games and augmented reality technology that require a lot of processing power, but the heating issues with the iPhone 15 models have gone beyond those typical situations.<\/p>\n

In its acknowledgment, Apple stressed that the trouble isn\u2019t related to the sleek titanium casing that houses the high-end iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max instead of the stainless steel used on older smartphones.<\/p>\n

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Apple also dismissed speculation that the overheating problem in the new models might be tied to a shift from its proprietary Lightning charging cable to the\u00a0more widely used USB-C port<\/span>\u00a0that allowed it to comply with a mandate issued by European regulators.<\/p>\n

Although Apple expressed confidence that the overheating issue can be quickly fixed with the upcoming software updates, the problem still could dampen sales of its marquee product at time when the company has\u00a0faced three consecutive quarters<\/span>\u00a0of year-over-year declines in overall sales.<\/p>\n

The downturn has affected iPhone sales, which fell by a combined 4% in the nine months covered by Apple\u2019s past three fiscal quarters compared with a year earlier.<\/p>\n

Apple is trying to pump up its sales in part by raising the starting price for its top-of-the-line iPhone 15 Pro Max to $1,200, an increase of $100, or 9%, from last year\u2019s comparable model.<\/p>\n

Investor worries about Apple\u2019s uncharacteristic sales funk already have wiped out more than $300 billion in shareholder wealth since the company\u2019s market value\u00a0closed at $3 trillion<\/span> for the first time in late June.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Apple is blaming a software bug and other issues tied to popular apps such as Instagram and Uber for causing its\u00a0recently released iPhone 15 models\u00a0to heat up and spark complaints about becoming too hot to handle. The Cupertino, California, company said Saturday that it is working on an update to the iOS17 system that powers […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":420957,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1393],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-420956","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/120"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=420956"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":420958,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420956\/revisions\/420958"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/420957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=420956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=420956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}