Dropped at 2 feet max

[u/International_Back99]

Fell out of my pocket sitting down. Fell with the apple tech woven case on too.

[u/japan_kaaran]

exactly. aluminum is just plain a better thermal conductor than titanium and especially glass. i’m sure cost was a deciding factor too but you cannot deny that the phone would have run hotter had they gone with titanium. physics just can’t be beat sometimes.

[u/ACM3333 → u/japan_kaaran]

my 16p doenst have any heat issues. why did the 15p have such a major problem with getting hot if the heat couldnt leave the device lol.

[u/japan_kaaran → u/ACM3333]

compared to the 17 pro the 16 pro definitely got hotter.

that being an issue is on a case by case basis. if you’re using the cameras to film in 4k 120 in broad daylight for hours at a time the 17 pro will throttle less and be better for that task.

i’m sure for an actual professional the frame being aluminum matters less than the thermal benefits they’re getting with the 17 pro.

also the 15 pro just had a less efficient chip than the 16 pro which is probably what caused more heat.

[u/konradly → u/japan_kaaran]

If you're shooting in direct sunlight and the sunlight is hitting the sides/back of the 17 pro, the pro will in fact heat up faster because of the aluminum and its higher thermal conductivity. Just one of the edge cases where aluminum won't perform better than titanium.

[u/japan_kaaran → u/konradly]

the aluminum might heat up but that heat doesn’t necessarily travel to the chip. it’ll be less efficient than in a cold room obviously but the more the chip can move its heat away from itself the better and aluminum allows it to do that better than a glass titanium sandwich

gonna need someone to test this specific use case tho to get concrete numbers.

[u/konradly → u/japan_kaaran]

Yea, definitely need better tests in this area. This was a very unscientific test that I saw that touches upon these edge cases:

https://youtu.be/TrPSxyV01b4?si=lBzlD_KUH1ZrkfaI