An iPhone 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max review from China shows the A17 Pro chip can overheat and performance will be throttled.
All smartphones throttle performance during intense tasks, and the iPhone is no different. We’re not looking for the kind of controversial throttling thatAs for cooling, the iPhone 15 Pro doesn’t have active cooling. At least Apple never mentioned it. We will see exactly how Apple designed the internals of the iPhone 15 phones on Friday when the first teardowns come out.
Apple did focus on the iPhone 15 Pro’s new titanium frame during its “Wonderlust” event. The company explained that it uses a complex technology to bond the internal aluminum frame to the titanium band. This should improve cooling, Apple said. The A17 Pro uses both the 6-core GPU and the 16-core Neural Engine to deliver efficient processing for games. Image source: Apple Inc.this week, Apple acknowledged that the iPhone 15 Pro has the power to “burn a hole” through the back. But the iPhone 15 Pros have protections in place, and game developers will have access to tools and resources to prevent overheating.Yeah, I’ll jump in, and then Jeremy [Sandmel] can back me up if I get something wrong.
But we give them tools like MetalFX that allow them to really burst up in maintaining an experience for a lot longer if they want to. And they can dial that in and out, depending on the experience that they want to go deliver. But it’s all about giving them the tools to build that sustainable experience. And it starts with a super efficient and performant SoC, GPU and the associated software that runs with it.
That said, it’ll be interesting to see how the A17 Pro behaves in more real-life scenarios. All iPhone 15 models will start shipping to buyers on Friday, at which point we’ll see more tests focusing on the A17 Pro performance. And they’ll surely highlight throttling and overheating issues.