iPhone 17 Pro Apple cases and thermals

[FlyingTexan]

Apple went from titanium to aluminum stating it enhances thermal performance but then with aluminum being softer it's going to have me running the silicon case to start with. Do they mention anywhere performance with an official case on it? Seems like the vapor chamber would be nullified by the case.

 

[arc of the universe]

Apple went from titanium to aluminum stating it enhances thermal performance but then with aluminum being softer it's going to have me running the silicon case to start with. Do they mention anywhere performance with an official case on it? Seems like the vapor chamber would be nullified by the case.

its an interesting question.
i have never seen case-on / case-off data for any mobile device.

i would surmise, however, that once heat has been conducted to the outer surface of the phone itself, the small gap between the phone's outer surface and the surrounding case's surface has absolutely no adverse effect on the phone's thermal throttling.
that small gap between the case and the phone is actually a huge amount of space in the context of allowing heat to dissipate.

 

[FlyingTexan]

its an interesting question.
i have never seen case-on / case-off data for any mobile device.

i would surmise, however, that once heat has been conducted to the outer surface of the phone itself, the small gap between the phone's outer surface and the surrounding case's surface has absolutely no adverse effect on the phone's thermal throttling.
that small gap between the case and the phone is actually a huge amount of space in the context of allowing heat to dissipate.

Put a koozie on a beer. Same effect I'd imagine.

 

[tolili alert]

People prefer not to know the answer to that question; they'll continue putting cases on their phones and celebrating benchmarks that don't apply to them...