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iPhone 15 overheat complaints are inconsistent, and it's unclear what's going on
I’ve had 3 sporadic heat issues with my 14 Pro Max over the last 10 or so months. The last one occurred when I slid the phone into my pocket while making a gas stop and left the Maps navigation running. It got uncomfortably hot in my pocket so I powered it down and placed it in front of the AC vent when I got back in my car. When it cooled off to the touch I powered it back up and the issue did not reoccur.
It all happened very quickly, within 3-5 minutes or so of it being in my pocket. I attributed the last incident to the phone having poor reception and jacking up the radio power to try to get a better signal. The other incidents were not related to the use of the navigation functionality. The phone just got hot to the touch at random times. I suspect a software anomaly led to a process or thread spinning in an infinite loop because the phone seemed sluggish. Restarting the phone always made the issue go away.
All of my heat incidents were based on the phone feeling unusually hot to the touch or in my pocket. I didn’t have a non contact temperature measuring device with me and the phone did not pop up a warning of any kind. So it’s also possible that I was being overly sensitive to my phone’s condition.
I’ve yet to encounter any charging related heat issues with the iPhone 14 Pro Max, but I’m only using Apple’s 20 W charger with an Apple brand MagSafe puck.
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iPhone 16 rumored to gain new capacitive 'Capture Button,' updated Action button
jdw said:We need a reprieve from iPhone 16 talk. Seriously. Most people are still playing the waiting game for the iPhone 15.
Now I know full well you news people need to make money by releasing new stories. And Apple rumors unfortunately has become a major part of that because it feeds selfish human nature to want, want, want. But here's the crux. Many people get disappointed with Apple product releases only because they read the tech media stories, learn pretty much everything about a new device BEFORE it is released, and then on the day of the announcement they come away not surprised at all and somewhat disappointed. Had the stories and rumors not existed, people could finally be pleasantly surprised and overjoyed at the update announcements once again. That's right, there once was a time when we actually were surprised by Apple and those really were the Good Old Days!
All the leakers and analysts who feed the rumor sites non-stop need to crawl back into their holes and stay there.
If I could wave my magic want and make all the iPhone 16 talk vanish worldwide for the next 6 months at least, I'd do it. We need to focus on what we have, which is great, by the way. There will always be something newer and better, but let's just slow down and enjoy what's before our very eyes.
Lastly...
Tim Cook, people shouldn't have to wait more than 1 month for a phone that costs well over $1,000. Not everyone can or wants to buy from a wireless carrier, which were allowed to buy up most of the iPhones and who made everyone else wait as a result! Fix that!I have to agree. We haven't even received or opened our Christmas presents for this year and we're already being bombarded with folks telling us what we should put on our wish list for next year's Christmas.As far as the pre-release spoilers and inevitable delays in obtaining the most popular newly released products is concerned, all you can really do is to recalibrate your consumption model and expectations. It is possible, but not easy, to avoid reading all the speculation around the "next greatest thing" in the pipeline and you can delay your product upgrades to occur on your own timeline, sometime after the initial crush of orders that predictably happen in the weeks after release.Easier said than done because the speculation cycle for the "n+1" product version starts even before the "n" version is publically announced. Apple product and feature speculation has become an industry in and of itself. It's unbounded by the physical and time constraints the actual product developers have to contend with. With such a vast supply chain the probability of something leaking out into the Apple Product & Feature Speculation Industry with its vast network of media outlets and rabid prognosticators seeking affirmation is nearly impossible to contain.I have managed to delay my last few Apple purchases for about 2-3 months post release, just to let things cool off a bit and to let the hysteria subside. It has not been a complete success because Apple's supply chain still isn't firing on all cylinders. If you stray too far away from the base or more popular configurations on some Apple products you may still have to wait even after you've waited.If you see the configuration you want on Amazon it's highly likely you can walk into an Apple Store and bring one home that same day. I was able to get an iPhone 14 Pro Max with 512 GB storage the next day, but the Mac Studio with 2 TB storage and MacBook Air with 2 TB storage required a couple of weeks even after the initial 2-3 month surge should have subsided. If you think Tim Cook should be held accountable for making some people wait weeks for $1,000 plus iPhones, imagine the people who waited 2-3 months for a $5,000 plus Mac Studio, which is what quite a few Studio Ultra buyers had to contend with.All I can say is that Apple's version of just-in-time manufacturing isn't always calibrated against the same time reference that its customers expect.
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Apple rolls out watchOS 10 for Apple Watch with new faces, health features
gregoriusm said:
You have to tap and hold and then swipe right or left to get to each watch face.chr15h said:Bug?
Just updated to WatchOS 10 and I now can’t swipe to my other watch faces. I can see them on my iPhone Watch app, and change them on there but can’t on my watch.Anyone else seeing this?
Yeah, it looks like Apple changed quite a few of the default behaviors. I was as puzzled by the way swipe to change the watch face works as Chr15h was. The good news is no more inadvertent changes to the watch face. I also noticed that I used to be able to show the Control Center by swiping up. Now I have to press the side button, which means I'll have to figure out how to scroll through the list of running apps. This seems like a significant change to the user interaction model and user interface. I'm sure it will be better once I get over the learning curve. I like what I'm seeing so far.
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Apple ships tvOS 17 with FaceTime and Apple Fitness Plus changes
For whatever reason, the tvOS 17 update is brutally slow - even after you get through the extremely slow "Preparing" phase. I've updated my iPhone and 4 iPads and my Apple Watch is nearly done updating, and progress bars on the Apple TVs (4K models and one HD) are moving at a sub-snail pace, like an elderly snail with a dry foot pad and cracked shell. Incredible, in a bad way.Update: The ultra slow ATV 4K seems to be a unique case. All of my other 4Ks and one HD updated fine. Not terribly slow. The one malcontent ATV is still in a updating state after about 90 mins. It must have lost its marbles so I'll do a factory reset on it and start over again.Update 2: After doing a soft reset by pressing the ATV remote Home and Menu at the same time for >5 seconds the Apple TV restarted, immediately restarted the post-preparation process. The progress bar that was previously stopped near the end point reset to the binning and gradually progress to completion after a few minutes. Update to tvOS 17 completed and the device seems to be working fine. Must have been a electron clot or something like that.
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Apple's new 'pro' Thunderbolt 4 and six-foot USB-C cables are bad, and you shouldn't buy t...
But that’s beneath the headline. Having “bad deal” in the headline would immediately clarify the intent. If my wife announced that the milk in the refrigerator was “bad” I wouldn’t think she was possibly complaining about how much I paid for it. But it’s your call.Mike Wuerthele said:
This is addressed in the lede.dewme said:When I see “bad” in the title I equate that with a functional deficiency. Maybe “overpriced” or “ridiculously overpriced” or “a bad deal” would be more appropriate since the cables do work as intended, but at a price that only true believers would find acceptable.
