XPost: comp.sys.mac.advocacy, misc.phone.mobile.iphone   
   From: scharf.steven@geemail.com   
      
   On 10/1/2023 11:06 PM, Peter wrote:   
      
      
      
   > It was a conscious decision not to test these iPhones for overheating.   
      
   It was likely the belief that since the apps all ran fine on iOS 17 on   
   the iPhone 14 Pro/Pro Max that there was no operating system issue with   
   those apps. They didn't take into account the higher power consumption   
   and higher thermals of the A17 Bionic or the change from a metal with a   
   higher thermal conductivity to one with a lower thermal conductivity.   
      
   Remember the iPhone 4 antenna issue? The belief there was that the   
   phones that were being tested had cases on them, to hide what they were,   
   so no one was touching the frame in the wrong place.   
      
   Remember the iPhone 6/6s/7 throttling issue? It actually wasn't a   
   problem with the battery it was that the PMIC was unable to deliver   
   sufficient power to the Bionic chip when the battery had slightly aged.   
   In the iPhone 8 they added another PMIC to address the issue and there   
   have been no reports of the iPhone 8 or newer throttling even though the   
   throttling code is still there. A replacement battery was a workaround   
   to the problem on the 6/6s/7 but it didn't address the root cause.   
      
   For the overheating, they can throttle the CPU under certain conditions   
   but it doesn't address the root cause of the need for a better thermal   
   solution (vapor chamber).   
      
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