iPhone 16 Rumored to Feature New Thermal Design

[svish]

No heating issues with my 15 Pro Max. But better thermal management designs are welcome!

 

[Westside guy]

Wait, is this an X-Files thing (black oil)? 🛸

No - Beverly Hillbillies.

 

[AgeOfSpiracles]

This baffles me to no end, every time I see someone make a similar statement.

What exactly do you want changed design wise? Triangle edges? Maybe a triangular phone?

The design and feel of the current (and past models all the way back to X) is perfect as far as I’m concerned.

Other than those complaining about DI, which I never even notice, or those wanting the smaller form factor, what would be your master plan for an “ENTIRELY NEW DESIGN”?

I want the X / 11 form factor back, to be honest. Thin, light, rounded sides. I hope they go that route once periscope cameras are added.

 

[BorisDG]

This now is a big issue in PC-land, for both the CPU and the GPU. You can see this directly with CPU and GPU reviews today, especially launch-day chips and the detailed, technical reviews on UTube.

Watts and efficiency used to be an afterthought. No longer. The reviewers now spend a lot more time going over watts, temps, thermals, efficiency, performance-per-watt, and detailed efficiency comparisons between and among CPUs and GPUs. They now include detailed graphs and additional testing to push these components and to challenge chipmakers' claims.

It's become a big issue for three reasons: the latest hulking GPU cards from Nvidia, esp. the 4090, the very hot top-end chips from Intel, and the skyrocketing power costs in the EU. The latest top-tier stuff in PC-land simply devours watts. All of it is very inefficient, hence 750-watt, 1000-watt, and even 1200-watt power supplies are becoming more common in some of these builds. And these systems run hot, and so now there also is a lot more about air and water cooling, too.

Apple doing so much better in this regard, e.g. latest studio is at 10 watts idle and 295 watts max for the M2 ultra. You couldn't power most PC GPU cards with that, let alone an entire computer.

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I own the ASUS Strix RTX 4090 OC and the box it's not so big. I think the dude it's just small. Otherwise the card it's just longer and nothing more... and weights ~2.5 kg. My old Galax HoF GTX 1080 Ti was also huge (3 power connectors).

On the topic.. I think it's time Apple to do something. Seeing how Dimensity 9300 is TOP 1 SoC right now, Apple needs to step their game with the A18 Pro and with that, the cooling should improve. It seems iPhone 16 Pro will be the big upgrade (just like 14 Pro was) and not so disappointing like the 15 Pro. Can't wait for future news/leaks.

 

[AgeOfSpiracles]

This now is a big issue in PC-land, for both the CPU and the GPU. You can see this directly with CPU and GPU reviews today, especially launch-day chips and the detailed, technical reviews on UTube.

Watts and efficiency used to be an afterthought. No longer. The reviewers now spend a lot more time going over watts, temps, thermals, efficiency, performance-per-watt, and detailed efficiency comparisons between and among CPUs and GPUs. They now include detailed graphs and additional testing to push these components and to challenge chipmakers' claims.

It's become a big issue for three reasons: the latest hulking GPU cards from Nvidia, esp. the 4090, the very hot top-end chips from Intel, and the skyrocketing power costs in the EU. The latest top-tier stuff in PC-land simply devours watts. All of it is very inefficient, hence 750-watt, 1000-watt, and even 1200-watt power supplies are becoming more common in some of these builds. And these systems run hot, and so now there also is a lot more about air and water cooling, too.

Apple doing so much better in this regard, e.g. latest studio is at 10 watts idle and 295 watts max for the M2 ultra. You couldn't power most PC GPU cards with that, let alone an entire computer.

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I remember back in the 2000's, as the size and number of fans on GPU's were exploding, I casually remarked to a friend that it seemed like a clear sign of problem of design philosophy. Coming from the old Matrox, 3DFX, and TNT cards of the early days, I could not imagine how power hungry these things could possibly be, lol.

 

[BorisDG]

I remember back in the 2000's, as the size and number of fans on GPU's were exploding, I casually remarked to a friend that it seemed like a clear sign of problem of design philosophy. Coming from the old Matrox, 3DFX, and TNT cards of the early days, I could not imagine how power hungry these things could possibly be, lol.

Ada Lovelace is quite efficient for the performance which you get. On the other hand Ampere was tr*sh with it's abysmal 8nm by Samsung.