Apple acknowledged that the iPhone 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max suffer from overheating issues and pointed to a bug in iOS 17. A fix is in the works, but a new problem has emerged: wireless charging could damage the module NFC. So far only a few isolated incidents are being reported, but they have happened often enough that they cannot be ignored.
Many people in the MacRumors forums and posters on
Problems with Apple Pay (probably a faulty NFC module) after using wireless charging in a BMW
Eventually, people found a possible cause: the problems started after using wireless charging pads in their BMWs. And the phone not only suffered damage silently, but in some cases went into data recovery mode. And it wasn’t a faulty device, the replacement phones also had dead NFC modules. According to users, they had no such problems with previous iPhone models.
So far the reports are mostly coming from iPhone 15 Pro owners who drive BMWs, although one user with a 2023 Toyota Supra chimed in to say that Apple Pay on his 15 Pro has given up.
Our sister site, ArenaEV, just did a review of the BMW i7 xDrive60, and the Android phone used in testing survived. It got warm while charging, but that was it. Heat can’t be the issue though, the iPhone 15 Pro Max got very hot when we compared it and nothing came of it.
If you have an iPhone 15 Pro or 15 Pro Max and drive a BMW, avoid using the car’s wireless charging, at least until Apple and BMW figure out what’s wrong. For now it seems that the iPhone 15 and 15 Plus do not have the same problem, but you could still be on the safe side.
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