Titanium Gate Averted? Apple's iPhone 15 Pro Overheating Fix Has Not Impacted Performance

Apple Inc.'s AAPL iPhone 15 Pro overheating fix has not impacted performance, according to early benchmark tests. This suggests that there was indeed a bug in the iOS 17 update that Apple has now fixed, possibly averting Titanium Gate.

What Happened: Apple rolled out the iOS 17.0.3 update to fix the overheating issue that several iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max users have been reporting since getting their devices.

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While initial expectations were that Apple might throttle the performance of the A17 Pro chipset, early benchmark tests suggest that has not happened.

Benzinga can independently verify that the iPhone 15 Pro's Geekbench results are holding up after the iOS 17.0.3 update, with CPU and GPU performance at about the same levels before this update.

The lack of any notable variance in the benchmark scores compared to those before the iOS 17.0.3 update suggests that Apple may have found a different bug heating up the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max.

Titanium Gate Averted? Due to lack of any clarification from Apple about the iPhone 15 Pro overheating a bit too much, reaching 118 degrees Fahrenheit, there were suggestions that these issues could be due to the new titanium design.

Noted Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo pointed at compromises made in the iPhone 15 Pro's thermal design with a smaller heat dissipation area and the titanium frame.

With Apple focusing on mobile gaming and positioning the iPhone 15 Pro as "the best game console", overheating would have been a massive issue.

This is more so after Apple revealed that AAA-rated desktop and console games like Death Stranding, Resident Evil 4, and the upcoming Ubisoft game Assassin’s Creed Mirage will be able to run natively on the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max.

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