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[–] qwertyqwertyqwerty 64 points 1 year ago (3 children)

There's a lot of iconic problems Apple has had with product launches in the past (attenna-gate and butterfly keyboards are some of the most obvious recent ones), but I cannot for the life of me understand how something like this slips through in 2023. They must have a thermodynamics team that helped engineer the chassis, and the SoC team must know the thermal output of their chip. Did they just not test the device?

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Yeah, you would also think they must have had someone with two thumbs who would be able to bend it slightly...

https://piped.video/watch?v=IS0SItAzEXg

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

This isn't even the first time an iPhone has had this exact issue.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Is piped not functional? Personally don't use it but thought that's what people use on here

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I’ve only ever gotten one video to play on it. It’s fine, I googled the title and was able to find the video. The guy doing that tear down is awesome btw! I can’t deny I winced a few times while watching it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Got it, gonna post YT links from now on, that piped bot seems to handle them anyway.

And yes, Zach is awesome! Highly recommend checking out his channel before you buy new phones. Or just from time to time for the entertainment factor.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Next time just replace piped.video (or other) with youtube.com.

[–] sugartits 4 points 1 year ago

It's what one bot keeps spamming, and it doesn't really work. The videos never play for me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

https://youtu.be/IS0SItAzEXg?feature=shared

Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Does piped not work on mobile browsers? I've never been able to play a single video on Firefox on Android.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It works fine on iOS, are you using Googles DNS? Maybe they're blocking it...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I use cloudflare for DNS. Site opens just fine, but videos never play.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

It was probably just cheaper / greater profit margin

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I just don't understand. The phone was thoroughly tested for a range of extreme real world use cases in our state of the art lab in the Arctic.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

The article picture alone is gold.

[–] amnesiac 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wish overheating was the only problem.

[–] charliespider 8 points 1 year ago

It's probably happening during atmospheric reentry considering they're shipped in from the outer edges of the solar system.

[–] HaKeNdoR 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is expected if they kept the same N4 node and raised the frequency. Giving that A17 is using TSMC N3E node with raised frequency, this is odd. Or this is -maybe- the silicon lottery due to immature production? Or thermal conductivity of titanium to blame? Effectively keeping the heat inside. This could be really bad for the battery. They don't like the heat.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Or thermal conductivity of titanium to blame?

This is what two industry pundits cited on a podcast. I figure they probably know. Neither seemed concerned based on their own iPhones 15 Pro.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Comes with the price tag, I imagine.