It’s not just “chronically online” and “gaming psycho” people that had thermal issues with the steel and titanium iPhones. My 13 Pro would overheat and dim the screen and drastically slow down after sometimes literally seconds of trying to use the camera outdoors, and complete shutdowns due to heat weren’t uncommon. I like to take a lot of pictures outside and I live in a place that gets quite hot for at least 8 months out of the year, so it was a real issue for me. Even just sorting through my camera roll would cause the screen to dim sometimes, even when inside in AC.
I also worked in an Apple Retail store and the 15/16 pros were notoriously bad thermally, even for normal users who weren’t doing anything crazy. With both the steel and titanium phones, they could pretty frequently get hot to the point of actually painful to hold.
In contrast, my 17 Pro has been amazing thermally, hasn’t shut down a single time due to heat, and only rarely even dims the screen in 90F+ temps. The durability thing is also wildly overblown, I’ve been using it without a case/screen protector for almost a year and have no damage to the frame and only minor scratches on the screen.
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u/legendaryjangles 19d ago
It’s not just “chronically online” and “gaming psycho” people that had thermal issues with the steel and titanium iPhones. My 13 Pro would overheat and dim the screen and drastically slow down after sometimes literally seconds of trying to use the camera outdoors, and complete shutdowns due to heat weren’t uncommon. I like to take a lot of pictures outside and I live in a place that gets quite hot for at least 8 months out of the year, so it was a real issue for me. Even just sorting through my camera roll would cause the screen to dim sometimes, even when inside in AC.
I also worked in an Apple Retail store and the 15/16 pros were notoriously bad thermally, even for normal users who weren’t doing anything crazy. With both the steel and titanium phones, they could pretty frequently get hot to the point of actually painful to hold.
In contrast, my 17 Pro has been amazing thermally, hasn’t shut down a single time due to heat, and only rarely even dims the screen in 90F+ temps. The durability thing is also wildly overblown, I’ve been using it without a case/screen protector for almost a year and have no damage to the frame and only minor scratches on the screen.