For the previous week, the jubilant iPhone 15 launch has been considerably overshadowed by widespread stories of overheating. In keeping with many customers on X (previously Twitter), Reddit, and Apple’s boards, 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 shops, Apple is assured that the difficulty is expounded to software program somewhat than the A17 Professional chip or titanium enclosure. The corporate has focused three attainable causes for the overheating in some iPhone 15 Professional fashions:

• Apple says iPhones “might really feel hotter through the first few days after establishing or restoring the gadget due to elevated background exercise.” That’s a reasonably widespread problem with new smartphones however seems to have been exasperated with the iPhone 15 launch.
• Some apps (together with Instagram and Uber) that have been not too long ago up to date to help iOS 17 have been overloading the A17 Professional chip’s CPU. Apple says it’s working with affected builders on fixes which might be within the means of rolling out.
• A bug in iOS 17 that’s “impacting some customers” might 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 inside design. The corporate additionally squashed a report from Ming-Chi Kuo that it might restrict efficiency to maintain the system-on-chip cool underneath heavier hundreds, saying it “won’t be reducing 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 might come as a part of an iOS 17.0.3 replace as properly.