For the previous week, the jubilant iPhone 15 launch has been considerably overshadowed by widespread stories of overheating. In line with many customers on X (previously Twitter), , and , the brand new handsets can get so scorching as to be arduous to carry. Apple has lastly responded and assures a repair is on the way in which.

In an announcement to media retailers, Apple is assured that the problem is expounded to software program somewhat than the A17 Professional chip or titanium enclosure. The corporate has focused three doable causes for the overheating in some iPhone 15 Professional fashions:

• Apple says iPhones “might really feel hotter in the course of the first few days after organising or restoring the system due to elevated background exercise.” That’s a reasonably widespread concern with new smartphones however seems to have been exasperated with the iPhone 15 launch.
• Some apps, together with Instagram and Uber, that have been lately up to date to assist iOS 17 have been overloading the A17 Professional chip’s CPU. Apple says it’s working with affected builders on fixes which are within the technique of rolling out.
• A bug in iOS 17 that’s “impacting some customers” shall be addressed in a future software program replace.

Apple insists that the overheating points aren’t associated to the A17 Professional processor, iPhone 15’s titanium chassis, or its up to date inner design. The corporate additionally from Ming-Chi Kuo that it may to maintain the system-on-chip cool beneath heavier hundreds, saying it “is not going to be decreasing the efficiency of the A17 Professional chip” as a part of the deliberate fixes.

Apple started testing iOS 17.1 on Wednesday, although a repair may come as a part of an iOS 17.0.3 replace as effectively.