The OnePlus 15 might be packing flagship hardware, but heat is becoming its Achilles’ heel and the company may not want you to know about it. Recent reports suggest the phone’s cooling system is buckling under pressure, and one leaker claims OnePlus is trying to keep those problems under wraps.
OnePlus 15 reportedly hits 50°C and shuts down camera
During hands-on testing, tipster Debayan Roy revealed the OnePlus 15 overheated during outdoor video recording, reaching a temperature of 50 degrees Celsius before shutting off the camera app entirely. After that, the phone reportedly disabled the camera for five full minutes.
What makes this worse? Roy says this occurred after a successful indoor test and a 4–5 hour cooldown between recording sessions. This wasn’t a sustained workload either, it was a burst of real-world use, which raises serious questions about thermal reliability.
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OnePlus allegedly asked leaker to delete the post
Shortly after sharing those findings on X (formerly Twitter), Roy claims OnePlus reached out and asked them to remove the post. The original tweet is now gone, and the leaker says they’ve decided not to publish a full review of the device as originally planned.
OnePlus hasn’t issued a public response, nor has Roy shared further details about their exchange with the brand. But the timing of the takedown has fueled growing speculation that the company is trying to manage the optics of the overheating narrative.
More overheating issues spotted in benchmarks
This wasn’t an isolated event. Roy previously reported that the OnePlus 15 couldn’t complete 3DMark Wild Life or AnTuTu benchmarks without thermal shutdowns. Meanwhile, YouTuber Max Tech experienced overheating during the Wild Life Extreme Stress Test, although that occurred after running several other tests successfully.
These tests push any smartphone to its limits, but for a flagship phone with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 Elite SoC, thermal failure in repeated scenarios is a red flag.
Cooling system may be the bottleneck
Despite the OnePlus 15 offering standout features like rapid charging and a large battery that outperforms the iPhone 17 Pro Max in endurance tests, its thermal management appears to be falling short. If the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 Elite is simply running too hot for the current cooling design, users may continue to face issues during gaming, 4K recording, or benchmarking.
The phone launched globally on November 13, though it’s still absent from the US market. That hasn’t stopped early adopters and reviewers from putting the hardware to the test and finding heat where there should be headroom.
With camera shutdowns, benchmark failures, and alleged behind-the-scenes censorship, the OnePlus 15 might be heating up for all the wrong reasons.
