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Apple pushes fix for overheating iPhones

Apple pushes fix for overheating iPhones

Today's iOS 17.0.3 update is for 'warmer than expected' handsets.

Leander Kahney
October 04, 2023

On Saturday, Apple acknowledged that some new iPhone 15s are overheating.

Today, just four days later, the company rushed out a fix.

iOS 17.0.3 is now available for download with a bug fix that prevents iPhones from running “warmer than expected,” as the company put it. The update also fixes other bugs and addresses security vulnerabilities.

It might be a good idea to install it.

Also in today’s newsletter:

I can’t get used to the iPhone 15 Pro’s Action button, and this is why: Apple muffed it.
Nice work if you can get it … Tim Cook just cashed in some of his Apple stock.
It’s hard to believe, but Siri debuted on this day 12 years ago.
Whatever the late Steve Jobs might really have thought of this setup, it prompted an interesting discussion about hackintoshes.

— Leander Kahney, EIC.

Apple rushes out fix for ‘warmer than expected’ iPhones

iOS 17.0.3 just launched, and Apple promises it “addresses an issue that may cause iPhone to run warmer than expected.”

iOS 17.1 beta 2: All the features and changes

iOS 17.1 beta 2 is here, with some minor but important changes, including customization options for StandBy mode.

PayPal and Venmo credit/debit cards now work with Apple Wallet, Apple Pay

Now you’ve got more options for paying with iPhone or Apple Watch.

^{A message from the Cult of Mac Deals team}

This Apple Watch Series 8 deal will make you forget about Series 9

Skip the Apple Watch Series 9 and save big on last year’s model with this amazing Amazon deal that knocks $100 off the smartwatch's price.

Tim Cook nets a quick $41 million from selling Apple shares

The Apple CEO turns some of his pile of stock into cash.

How Apple muffed the iPhone 15 Pro's new Action button

The iPhone 15 Pro's new customizable Action button would be so much better if Apple just tweaked a couple of things.

^{A message from the Cult of Mac Deals team}

Stop cursing at PDFs with this hot deal on PDF Reader Pro for Mac

Need a top-notch PDF editor for Mac? Get PDF Reader Pro for Mac and you can easily sign PDFs, edit text, swap out images and more.

Speedy new Samsung T9 portable SSD puts 4TB in your pocket

The just-launched Samsung T9 solid-state drive is small and tough enough to go almost anywhere. The SSD offers high-speed data transfers.

Today in Apple history: Siri debuts on iPhone 4s

On October 4, 2011, Apple introduced the world to its intelligent voice assistant. The Siri launch marked the culmination of a long-term goal.

'My setup would make Steve Jobs roll in his grave' [Setups]

A hackintosh setup with gaming peripherals spurs discussion over how it's hardly worth doing a hackintosh anymore.

Tweetz o’ the day

Well, it works
— Ian Zelbo (@ianzelbo)
6:18 PM • Oct 4, 2023

Not an AI pendant in sight. Just living in the moment, absolutely beautiful, wish we could go back
— Daniel Kuntz (@dankuntz)
6:09 PM • Oct 3, 2023

Importing iPhone photos used to be easy, now it’s gigabytes upon gigabytes of 48 MP RAW files. I’m gonna have to buy maxed out storage on my Macs in the future.
— Sebastiaan de With (@sdw)
8:04 PM • Oct 3, 2023

Apple's Top 10 Controversial Cases
— Basic Apple Guy (@BasicAppleGuy)
2:03 PM • Oct 3, 2023

One more thing ...

❝

[Steve Jobs’ dad found marijuana in his son’s car.] ‘What’s this?’ he asked. That’s marijuana. That was the only real fight I ever got in with my dad. He wanted me to promise that I’d never use pot again, but I wouldn’t promise.

— Steve Jobs, 2011.

Today’s poll

Is the iPhone 15 Pro's Action button in the wrong place?

Results from yesterday’s poll: Which smart speaker do you prefer?

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