Overheating issues with the iPhone 15 Pro series are not related to TSMC's 3nm chip manufacturing: Ming-Chi Kuo

Users of the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max are apparently experiencing overheating difficulties on the company's latest flagship handsets, prompting speculation that the new A17 Pro CPU in the high-end versions in the iPhone 15 series is to blame. TF Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, on the other hand, has chimed in on the alleged overheating issue affecting Apple's iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max, claiming that the problem is due to alterations made to the internal design of both models.

Kuo claims in a Medium article that his market research demonstrates the purported overheating difficulties are unrelated to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) breakthrough 3nm node. The iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max are fitted with a Taiwanese chipmaker's 3nm A17 Pro chip, while the normal versions use last year's A16 Bionic chipset, which was launched on the iPhone 14 Pro models.

According to Kuo, the overheating concerns reported with the new iPhone models are likely to be caused by modifications made by Apple to the thermal design of both devices this year – this year, the Cupertino company employed a titanium frame and limited the heat dissipation space.

While many users have reportedly complained that heating issues with the iPhone 15 Pro models can cause temperatures to rise as high as 46 degrees Celsius (116 degrees Fahrenheit), a South Korean YouTube channel posted a video showing the phones' rising temperatures using a thermal imaging camera.

According to the expert, Apple may be able to ameliorate some of the concerns by releasing a software update for the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max. However, doing so would very certainly necessitate the corporation limiting the processor's performance. Kuo also cautions that sales of the iPhone 15 Pro models may be hampered if the firm does not remedy the overheating concerns.

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