Apple may reduce the performance of the 3nm A17 Pro processor due to massive overheating of the iPhone 15 Pro::The problem of overheating of iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max smartphones is becoming widespread. It is possible that Apple will be forced to take the unpopular step of reducing the performance of the latest 3nm A17 Pro chip.

  • Lemmylaugh@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Ming-Chi Kuo believes that the problem can only be solved by artificially limiting the performance of the A17 Pro chip. However, this is unlikely to have a positive impact on sales of new smartphones. Alternatively, Apple can ignore the problem, but that won’t make the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max more popular either.

    This whole article is based on just one persons opinion.

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      1 year ago

      this is also a guy who knows a lot about, and has been following Apple news for a long time.

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        He’s also been wrong a lot and we don’t need to constantly consume everything he says as fact.

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      The company further told Forbes that the fix, which should come with iOS 17.1, won’t result in throttled performance, which some, like Apple supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, have said was a possibility.