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>...most heat escapes through the glass front and back of the phone, even though they have poor conductivity. Some does, but given glass' very poor thermal con
by AlanYx 3y ago
>...most heat escapes through the glass front and back of the phone, even though they have poor conductivity.
Some does, but given glass' very poor thermal conductivity (1.38 W/(m·K)), heat dissipation by the band around the outside is probably a very significant factor in total heat dissipation.
- kaba0 3y agoThere is usually a rubber case around all of the metal, so I do think that phones should be able to operate only with heat escape through the front glass alone.
- oflannabhra 3y agoRight, but the surface area of the glass and the proximity to the heat source more than make up for this. Just hold a phone under load and it’ll be obvious. I’m sure Apple has much more in depth studies of the thermal characteristics of their product than I can armchair analyze, though.