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A couple of degrees won't make much of a difference in where you can use your phone.
by concordDance 3y ago
A couple of degrees won't make much of a difference in where you can use your phone.
- undersuit 3y agoBut it did!
- wongarsu 3y agoA couple of degrees in average temperature can still translate to peak temperatures that are a lot higher than previously experienced in the region.
- gmuslera 3y agoA couple of degrees in yearly average of global temperature may mean 15-20 degrees in your local temperature for some day or week.
- VeninVidiaVicii 3y agoNot sure how true this is, even walking around inside a museum in Lisbon my iPhone was deemed too hot to charge using a MagSafe battery and promptly died.
- ethanbond 3y agoDid you see that one article about The 115F Heat That Is Killing Phones in Sardinia? I think it was on HN recently
- adhesive_wombat 3y agoIt actually can make a major difference because the differential shrinks quite a bit, and the rate of heat shedding is proportional to that difference. If your device has a maximum temperature of 50 degrees (probably dictated by the battery controller), it can shed 3 times less energy at 40 degrees than at 20 degrees. From there, every degree matters: at 45 degrees, it's 1/6 and at 47 it's 1/10. These are temperatures you can easily reach in the sun, in cars, or in enclosed spaces like backpacks.