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Razer Launches MagSafe-Compatible Cooling Fan for iPhones

CWallace said:
The sad answer is likely a fair number of people, otherwise Razer would not have invested the money to research, design and produce this product. :rolleyes:

Razer has been producing a line of "cooling cases" for various Android phones and there are other makes of active cooling fans for Android phones so they knew a market for it exists, evidently.
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This isn't a cooling case. It's also not a charger. It's a fan that tethers one to a power source. Which fine, maybe it works and is useful.

However, this feels more like a novelty product designed to remind people that the name Razer is synonymous with gaming. It gets people to their website where they introduce the relatively decent Blade laptops and PC components.

alphaswift said:
I would rather have this than their COVID-19 mask.
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What about their snake plushie?
 
LOL. It is amazing what people will buy if a company like Razer makes it and puts RGB lighting in it.
 
twistedpixel8 said:
LOL. It is amazing what people will buy if a company like Razer makes it and puts RGB lighting in it.
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LOL. It is amazing what people will buy if a company like apple makes it and puts the fruit logo on it.
Ergo toilet cloth
 
Dimwhit said:
I'd rather see them update their Synapse software for Apple Silicon.
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Or update to Synapse 3 for macOS period, I dumped all of my Razer gear when they quit supporting macOS. I can't say I necessarily blame them, but it's misleading to have the product boxes say they support macOS when I want to change what the mouse macros are, the lights I could care less about.
 
This honestly kind of makes sense. Between the completely lack of advanced cooling features, the RAM being directly underneath the processor, and the placement of the cellular modem, the iPhone 13 models are basically designed to have horrible thermal performance.

People who are really into Genshin Impact on iPhone are gonna love this. It’s nice to have a product available that essentially unlocks the full sustained capability of your very powerful but very thermally constrained SoC. My brother and I used to have a lot of playing playing Fortnite on iPhone (rip to that…) and we always ran into major screen dimming.
 
I guess if you have long gaming sessions? The iPhone processor does thermally throttle down. As does the M1 chips, particularly in the MacBook Air.

With that said, its a gimmick that won't sell many.
 
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My iphone dims when i am outside in hot tx weather. The most annoying part of the phone. ( i have all auto crap off). That being said, i wouldnt use that thing to cool it off a bit.
 
First page already filled with non-believers. They never used their iPhone for any intensive tasks right? For example, long term wired modem? Long term gaming sessions? I am not saying using this fan is necessary for everyone, but to deduct it outright is just...feel wrong.
Apple can't defy physics and nature.
 
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First page already filled with non-believers. They never used their iPhone for any intensive tasks right? For example, long term wired modem? Long term gaming sessions? I am not saying using this fan is necessary for everyone, but to deduct it outright is just...feel wrong.
Apple can't defy physics and nature.
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Physics - I love how people just through this around expecting it to stick to make their point.

SO WHAT physics exactly is occurring here that Apple cannot defy?

1. Why couldn't Apple implement a vapour-chamber to dissipate heat from the CPU of the iPhone?! The competition does this even on low end phones now.
2. Apple new for YEARS that Glass dissipates heat since iPhone X and 8 so they've had a few years to look into heat problem.
3. Apple could've unified more chips OR add a material that's environmentally safe and recyclable to dissipate heat in iPhone 12/13.

So instead of just throwing around 'can't deny physics' like you're Elon Musk ... why not define the specific physics you're talking about that is applied here??
 
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Not gonna lie, my iPhone sometimes gets very hot to the touch, especially on the back where this attaches, when I am using it to shoot video, literally to the point the touchscreen becomes unresponsive. I may actually buy one of these just for that purpose; however, the only downside being that I cannot then attach the phone to a gimbal.
 
I read the article and I thought it was a fan…. Like, it’s summer time, I’m outside, I’m hot, I need a fan while waiting in the beer line.
Then I read the comments and realized I was so wrong.
A fan that cooled YOU would actually be….cool. Who the hell is gaming so hard they need to cool their phone?!
 
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This would make a lot more sense if it was a charger too.
Magsafe charging heats up the phone by itself, and if you can charge AND run the fan, you will have a literally a cool phone while gaming OR charging.
 
This is a much better solution. Even if you have 1000 iPhones running at 100% 24/7, this place will cool them down in less than 1 second.

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