Overheating, colour change: iPhone 15 users report multiple issues with newest Apple device

Tech giant Apple launched its latest offering — the iPhone 15 — on September 12 — with customers getting their hands on the new model on September 22, including in the UAE. The new variation of the popular phone sold like hotcakes with malls in Dubai witnessing long queues of buyers.

[In case you missed it, tourists have been flying in to purchase the handsets in bulk, while many others are reselling the devices online for almost 50% more than the original price.]

And while most of them are happy and proud to own the brand new set, users worldwide are reporting multiple issues. Here, we take a look at some of the issues:

Overheating

A lot of users have complained about the variants of the iPhone 15 — Pro and Pro Max — overheating. The tech giant has been getting a lot of feedback on this issue on their community forum with one of the users writing: "I’ve recently purchased the new iPhone 15 pro max and it is heating up even when I’m not using it. I was wondering if anyone else is having this issue or if it maybe a setting that is causing it that I can turn off?"

Another user wrote: "I just got the IPhone 15 Pro today and it’s so hot i can’t even hold it for very long!"

Apple responded to the problem by issuing a short statement to the Associated Press, after media reports detailed overheating complaints that are peppering online message boards.

The company said 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 “causing them to overload the system".

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