Vapor chamber tech keeps iPhone 17 Pro cool

Post by Insanity » Sat, Sep 20, 2025, 7:09 PM UTC

cj wrote: post #32

Wistar wrote: post #3

Last night I encountered a 3 min+ ad on YT about the construction of the iPhone 17 Pro. A few seconds were devoted to the cooling system. I watched the whole thing. It was better than the video it interrupted. https://youtu.be/_-AS5DtDeqs?si=rTfubRDArVupqREt

Watching that video, the first thought I have is "So much engineering and I still need to buy a phone case with my new phone?" I'm guessing phone cases are still pretty much required if you drop your phone once or twice a month onto cement/asphalt/marble/etc from pocket height. I would be really curious to hear the internal debate at Apple wrt design tradeoffs + durability. E.g. how much of the iPhone design is only…

Post by Havoc » Sat, Sep 20, 2025, 7:13 PM UTC

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.

Post by SoftTalker » Sat, Sep 20, 2025, 7:18 PM UTC

mitthrowaway2 wrote: post #71

ziml77 wrote: post #44

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How do you propose making a device that people wouldn't feel the need to put a case on? You could make the whole thing out of rubber but that's still going to take cosmetic damage that people want to protect the device from. You could make it easy to replace that rubber... but at what point is that not just functionally the same as a case?

One way would be to have an accelerometer detect that the phone is falling, and have tiny spring-actuated bumpers, wires, or feet extend from the corners of the phone to catch its fall. Little stainless-steel or Nitinol wires would do great. Here's a patent for the idea which just expired this year: https://patents.google.com/patent/US7059182B1/ Apple also patented some versions of this, although I think not as nice…

Post by sigmar » Sat, Sep 20, 2025, 7:20 PM UTC

ksec wrote: post #9

I really hope this will land on MacBook Air M5. Enough for me to keep the me on Air rather than going Pro.

Post by Tokumei-no-hito » Sat, Sep 20, 2025, 7:21 PM UTC

lejohnq wrote: post #76

cj wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Watching that video, the first thought I have is "So much engineering and I still need to buy a phone case with my new phone?" I'm guessing phone cases are still pretty much required if you drop your phone once or twice a month onto cement/asphalt/marble/etc from pocket height. I would be really curious to hear the internal debate at Apple wrt design tradeoffs + durability. E.g. how much of the iPhone design is only…

I’ve been caseless for a while and have had a couple of drops and the phone has been fine. When I eventually upgrade my phone, I’ll probably stay caseless, or add minimal protection. Mainly cause if the increasingly rare catastrophic drop happens, it’d be unpleasant to deal with. I do like some cases for their design elements, I might use one to just further personalize my phone.