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Vapor chamber tech keeps iPhone 17 Pro cool

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Re: Vapor chamber tech keeps iPhone 17 Pro cool

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Post by leakycap »

I'm interested to see how many/few complaints we see about the iPhone Air overheating, since it has almost the exact same chip as the 17 Pro but a simpler cooling system

"My phone is really hot, is this normal or is it broken?!" is something I started getting asked by random iPhone-using friends over the last few years as they upgraded to a new model and then felt it sizzling.

Re: Vapor chamber tech keeps iPhone 17 Pro cool

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Post by thewebguyd »

leakycap wrote: post #2

I'm interested to see how many/few complaints we see about the iPhone Air overheating, since it has almost the exact same chip as the 17 Pro but a simpler cooling system "My phone is really hot, is this normal or is it broken?!" is something I started getting asked by random iPhone-using friends over the last few years as they upgraded to a new model and then felt it sizzling.

Got my air yesterday and it definitely gets hot. Will see how it does after a few days as I expected the heat due to the initial sync and transfer, and iOS indexes everything for a day or two.

But even then it was no hotter than my 16 Pro

Re: Vapor chamber tech keeps iPhone 17 Pro cool

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Post by jtokoph »

leakycap wrote: post #2

I'm interested to see how many/few complaints we see about the iPhone Air overheating, since it has almost the exact same chip as the 17 Pro but a simpler cooling system "My phone is really hot, is this normal or is it broken?!" is something I started getting asked by random iPhone-using friends over the last few years as they upgraded to a new model and then felt it sizzling.

I figure it will just be clocked down to maintain thermals

Re: Vapor chamber tech keeps iPhone 17 Pro cool

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Post by reaperducer »

thewebguyd wrote: post #4
leakycap wrote: post #2

I'm interested to see how many/few complaints we see about the iPhone Air overheating, since it has almost the exact same chip as the 17 Pro but a simpler cooling system "My phone is really hot, is this normal or is it broken?!" is something I started getting asked by random iPhone-using friends over the last few years as they upgraded to a new model and then felt it sizzling.

Got my air yesterday and it definitely gets hot. Will see how it does after a few days as I expected the heat due to the initial sync and transfer, and iOS indexes everything for a day or two. But even then it was no hotter than my 16 Pro

Got my air yesterday and it definitely gets hot. Will see how it does after a few days as I expected the heat due to the initial sync and transfer, and iOS indexes everything for a day or two.

I have one, too, and you're right that the heating is just what happens while it restores its data and settings and whatnot.

I believe it also re-scans your entire photo library to re-identify dogs, cars, people, etc. with whatever improved algorithm comes with the new chip/OS.

This happens every time you get a new iPhone. Depending on how much it has to sort through, it can take a couple of hours to a week.

I always leave the case off for the first few days.

Re: Vapor chamber tech keeps iPhone 17 Pro cool

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Post by kasperset »

Phone usage is getting more intense as we move from mere passive consumption to having them as creative (compute) device. "Heat" is sort of reflection of that.

I want to see more optimization to reduce the heat from both hardware as in this case and in software side as well. I guess it is easier to show enhancements about hardware made to address something such as heat or processing but comparatively difficult or abstract to show software optimizations?

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