India, May 28 -- Peak summer is right around the corner in India, yet the country is already home to 97 of the world's hottest cities. With every living being sweltering in this extreme weather, it's no wonder that even our gadgets and gizmos are suffering the same fate. Take Chiraj Barjatya, a prominent fitness influencer in India, for instance. He took to X, to say that his iPhone 17 Pro Max stopped charging because it had become too hot. Essentially, iPhones have a safety feature that abruptly halts charging when the system detects unusually high temperatures, which could be the primary reason Chiraj's phone stopped charging.

Apart from Apple, other smartphone brands also integrate similar safety features into their devices to protect...