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FTA: > We also wonder about how Personal Safety will be able to do this type of always-on recording without generating excess heat, especially if your phone ne
by paranoidrobot 3y ago
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> We also wonder about how Personal Safety will be able to do this type of always-on recording without generating excess heat, especially if your phone needs to be mounted in a position that’s likely to see a lot of direct sunlight.
That's what I immediately thought of. I can't see this working too well unless they solve the overheating issues.
I had my Google Pixel 7 Pro shut down due to overheating, on a reasonably hot day (~35C) where I was walking around and taking a bunch of photos.
I had to use my hands to absorb the heat, to cool it down enough to turn back on so I could call a Taxi and get somewhere cool.
- blackoil 3y agoA mount that moves AC air directly to phone should work.
- gbil 3y agoyou can have direct sunlight heating up the phone on a day that AC is not needed this issue needs to be handled by the device and not with external resources
- borissk 3y agoBuy a white phone and don't put a case on it.
- FormFollowsFunc 3y agoOr buy a white case. That’s what I did and it seemed to work, as a Sat Nav device at least. Not sure about recording video which will produce more heat.
- senectus1 3y agoha! not in Australia you cant. That sun is murder on hot phones.
- agnosticmantis 3y agoAssuming it’s not a snowy winter day in Michigan… ;)
- borissk 3y agoThe Exynos based Tensor, made by Samsung is very hot. Google should've collaborated with QC or MT and used TSMC to make their SOC.
- dzhiurgis 3y agoWhy are chips made by samsung vs tsmc are any different?
- borissk 3y agoWhy are cars made by Toyota and Ford any different? A lot of different technical decisions have been made by different people along the way.
- dzhiurgis 3y agoBoth are producing same chips, maybe slightly different serial number. Perhaps better comparison would be why Chinese Tesla’s are better than American ones.
- atlasunshrugged 3y agoAre Chinese Tesla's better than American ones? Is it just higher quality control because of a newer manufacturing setup there?
- Sakos 3y agoOr why airlines are refusing to take deliveries of Boeing planes from a certain factory but not the others. If it's difficult to maintain consistent quality inside a single company, it's no surprise that differences like this can show up in "identical" CPUs fabricated by different companies.
- therealcamino 3y agoNo, Samsung's processes and TSMC's processes are not the same. They were not making the same chip; they each were making chips based on the same input design, that had been targeted to two different processes.
- cbolton 3y agoPresumably the device will do the recording with the screen turned off, so it will generate little heat internally. So I think placing most of the device behind something to shield it from sunlight should be enough to avoid heat issues. Though I agree with others here that a cheap specialized dashcam device is much better.
- wodenokoto 3y agoI’d want to use the screen for navigation and the camera for Dashcam at the same time
- prmoustache 3y agoandroid auto
- ralfcheung 3y agonot sure if you're using iOS, but I already made one for iPhone. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/dashmap/id1638360259 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/dashmap/id1638360259
- olyjohn 3y agoGood luck. As soon as you tilt the screen towards you so you can read it, your dashcam is now capturing video off at some weird angle.
- groby_b 3y agoStill won't be enough. Driving I-5 from LA to SF on a reasonably warm day (85+F) means the phone will shut down within the hour if it's on the dashboard. I've specifically gotten a phone mount that attaches to the AC vents for that purpose. I appreciate the thought, but unless it works up to at least 140F, it won't be useful
- michaelmior 3y agoI always have my phone screen off while driving since it's hooked up via Android Auto, but I've had my phone shut off many times on warmer days. I'm not sure how I could reasonably shield it from sunlight and use it as a dash cam at the same time.
- cpcat 3y agoThere are special phone cases/holders designed for that. I'm pretty sure Google will sell those too. Not to mention this might be a camera recording the driver-distraction and not the road. So it doesn't have to be in the sun. Or even for passengers in a driverless car
- michaelmior 3y ago> this might be a camera recording the driver-distraction I'm not sure why you would want to use your phone to record yourself while driving to see if you're distracted.
- olyjohn 3y agoTo use AI to alert you to when you're not paying attention.
- michaelmior 3y agoThat seems like it might be reasonable feature to be built in to vehicle, but I can't imagine many people who are that prone to distracted driving to take the time set up such a feature every time they drive.
- cwkoss 3y agoCar phone mount with a heat sink on the back could help a good bit.
- copperx 3y agoMounting it right behind an A/C vent might be much better.
- schwartzworld 3y agoMy pixel 4 died because of poor heat management.