iPhone 17 Pro to Use Advanced Cooling System for Better Performance

[geta]

This explain why they need the huge camera bump - to hide a cooling system inside.

 

[sunapple]

We want fewer moving parts, not more.

😜

Absolutely, and less camera bumps and buttons as well. But they seem to make the phone more complicated by the year. That makes me actually curious about the Air.

 

[Hank001]

That camera bump could easily house a fan, maybe two.

They should put in a fan! It'll be the only way for the iPhone to gain one.

 

[Hank001]

The Redmagic phones have fans without needing a bump:

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And no camera bump to boot!

 

[klasma]

And no camera bump to boot!

And below 9 mm thickness as well.

 

[segfaultdotorg]

I hope the cooling fan is quieter than my 2020 Intel MacBook Air.

 

[cocky jeremy]

I feel like we’ve been hearing this will run cooler rumor for a few years now.

That makes sense. Usually they're given good info about what is being tested, but bad info about when it will actually release.

 

[kamyk35]

Who needs this? Seriously… how many people can appreciate such performance that you need a cooling system in your phone? Everybody would be happy for better software instead.

The battery would benefit a lot, especially when wireless charging!
I suspect that would be the main reason, not the relatively small number of gamers, that use iPhones

 

[ececlv]

Who needs this? Seriously… how many people can appreciate such performance that you need a cooling system in your phone? Everybody would be happy for better software instead.

I would love a phone that can keep the display bright in high sun/heat conditions. Not sure if this cooling rumor will help with that, but im excited to find out

 

[VisceralRealist]

The huge camera tumor with lens zits on top looks so stupid. Get rid of the huge tumor and just let the lenses protrude as far as they need to, like the single-lens phones like the 8 and 16e.

The worst part is this is the camera bump design we’re stuck with for the next several years. Looking forward to a new design with the iPhone 22…

 

[MrRom92]

The 17 Pro Max is slowly but surely checking off everything i wished for out of new hardware.
Thicker phone with more battery and vapor chamber cooling? Yes please

All that’s left now is a 2TB storage tier and faster high wattage charging

 

[UK-MacAddict]

iPhone will cost £2000 because its included.......

 

[SactoGuy18]

This is actually a good move because the vapor chamber cooling also means the battery runs cooler, too.

 

[JosephAW]

Wait, my iPhone 14 Pro is supposed to have advanced cooling features and it still runs hot.

 

[SMH4KIDIOT]

Finally Apple decided to take cooling serious? I'll believe it when i see it.

 

[ProbablyDylan]

How about making a chipset that doesn't run so hot to begin with? Remember how great it was when they doubled down on power efficiency in A13?

 

[Starfia]

I appreciate the author's use of both spellings of "vapour" in this article? (I think?) ^ ^

 

[BorisDG]

That's the rumor every year. Apple already improved the cooling in 16 Pro, so I doubt they will touch it for 1-2 generations.

 

[TroyBoy30]

sad to see apple fall so quickly

 

[Zito Abroad]

If that was the back of an Android phone, everyone would call it absolutely hideous. Deservedly so. A design only a blind loyalist could love, or at the very least, cope with. Lol

 

[ProbablyDylan]

If that was the back of an Android phone, everyone would call it absolutely hideous. Deservedly so. A design only a blind loyalist could love, or at the very least, cope with. Lol

It's funny you mention Android phones...

 

[mikegoldnj]

What is the point of creating a bigger, rectangular bump if all three lenses are staying way over to the left as they are now?

 

[Parowdy]

The funny part is that the telephoto camera is rumored to be a super small 1/2.6" sensor, which is smaller than selfie camera sensor of flagship Android phones.

Maybe because they need more space for sensor shift?

 

[Parowdy]

I’m not entirely sure the iPhone flash is powerful enough to create significant shadows.

In SLRs the benefit of distancing the flash from the lens is to reduce red eye but again I’m not sure if that’s a material factor with the iPhone flash.

I think these days digital cameras could solve the red eye issue with software instead of hardware. We can make people look into the camera when they don’t during a live video call! We can remove red eyes from a still image.

 

[svish]

I think any kind of improvement to the thermal management system will most probably be limited to the Pro models, with the base models getting it in 1 to 2 years time.