• Re: Apple confirms iOS 17 fix for overheating iPhones is on the way -mo

    From Alan Browne@21:1/5 to Alan Browne on Sun Oct 1 10:05:48 2023
    XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone

    On 2023-10-01 09:16, Alan Browne wrote:
    On 2023-10-01 01:32, sms wrote:
    On 9/30/2023 4:33 PM, badgolferman wrote:

    <snip>

    Do they test them against the most popular apps as rated on their own
    App
    Store?

    What is odd about the "fix" to iOS 17 to address the overheating issue
    in the iPhone 15 Pro/Pro Max is that if there really is some kind of a
    problem with some of the apps that causes overheating by "overloading
    the iPhone CPU" then why isn't the same issue occurring with the
    iPhone 14 Pro/Pro Max with the A16 Bionic?

    You expect the software package to be identical across different devices?

    It's likely that these apps, whatever they are, are causing the A17
    Bionic to run at maximum power which is too much for the thermal
    solution in the iPhone 15 Pro/Pro Max to deal with.

    Apparently no issue that can't be fixed in both iOS and some 3rd party
    apps.


    It was also odd to see that claim that the titanium frame will conduct
    heat out the phone better than the stainless steel frame in the iPhone
    14 Pro/Pro Max since titanium is a poorer thermal conductor. And if it
    did conduct heat better then the outside of the phone would get even
    hotter but the inside would be cooler.

    Let's see. There are a range of stainless steel alloys with varying
    degrees of thermal conductivity.  Per Apple they use "Surgical grade" stainless in the iPhone 14. ( * ) below.

    SS - 304 : 14.4 W/(mK)
    SS - 347 : 14.3 W/(mK)
    SS - 316 : 16.3 W/(mK) *
    SS - 440 : 24.2 W/(mK) *
    SS - 420 : 24.9 W/(mK) *
    SS - 630 : 18.4 W/(mK) * // also referred to as "17-4".

    Titanium:  24.5 W/(mK) - better than SS 304,347,316 630.  Same as 440
    and 420.

    This is in Watts per metre-Kelvin. Thus the thicker the material, less
    the conductivity (obviously).  For you non-metric folks, a Kelvin is a difference of 1°C with 0K at absolute 0.

    Finding 1)
    So, Titanium is a better heat conductor in the kinds of SS that Apple
    likly used (the 440/420 are very hard SS so not ones you'd want to manufacture at large volume).  And even if you used 440 or 420 it would
    be the same thermal conductivity as Titanium.

    *Denotes so-called "Surgical steel" - although there is no formal
    definition of such.

    Issue 2)
    Further, It's not so much the thermal conductivity that matters as the
    way the thermal management is designed: placing the hot components where their heat has a pathway to the outside via conducting material or other means.

    Issue 3)
    Further, since Titanium is stronger, you may need less thickness, thus
    the heat transits across less of it - so more conductivity.  This is speculation on my part..


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  • From Wally J@21:1/5 to Alan Browne on Mon Oct 2 01:40:10 2023
    XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.sys.mac.advocacy

    Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> wrote

    It's likely that these apps, whatever they are, are causing the A17
    Bionic to run at maximum power which is too much for the thermal
    solution in the iPhone 15 Pro/Pro Max to deal with.

    Apparently no issue that can't be fixed in both iOS and some 3rd party
    apps.

    We can't count the number of times Apple has released a defective product
    which Apple only looked at well _after the shit hit the fan_ in news.

    Take the Facetime bugs that a mere kid found. Remember that? When Apple
    finally looked at Facetime for the first time - they found scores of holes.

    Same thing when Apple finally looked at their defective power-delivery
    (where they tried to hide their design incompetence & got caught doing it).

    It's no different here in that it's the _same pattern_ Apple always uses.

    1. First Apple releases an untested (defective in this case) product.
    2. Then, _after_ people pay for it, the shit hits the fan (in the news).
    3. Only then does Apple even _bother_ to think about testing the product.

    Once Apple takes a quick look at the product, Apple finds issues
    _everywhere_ (from Instagram to indexing to iOS 17 to charging, etc.).

    Can you believe that?

    Everything causes this defective iPhone to overheat according to Apple.
    a. Instagram
    b. Indexing
    c. Charging
    d. Gaming
    e. Updating
    etc.

    If _that_ many diverse things cause these defective iPhones to overheat,
    then it's pretty darn clear Apple did not sufficiently test the device.

    A. Apple belatedly only tested it _after_ the shit hit the fan, and,
    B. even then, Apple *blamed everyone but themselves* for the defects.

    To an intelligent adult, the source of the defect is patently obvious.
    *Apple forgot to test the defective iPhone 15 before selling it*

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