An insider nicknamed Majin Bu has published a photo that supposedly shows the basis of the iPhone 17 Pro cooling system. According to the source, Apple intends to abandon the traditional graphite plates in favor of a more efficient solution that has long been used by Android smartphones.
The photo shows a copper “base” of the evaporation chamber with many microchannels. According to the insider, the size of the plate suggests that it will cool not only the SoC, but also the neighboring modules. The source also suggested that the area of the camera block will be used to dissipate heat, and Apple will make the cases of the new iPhones from aluminum to improve the cooling efficiency of the mobile hardware.
The insider cites the strong overheating of the iPhone 17 Pro, allegedly detected during testing of engineering samples, as the reason for the upgrade. According to him, the A19 Pro processor emits a lot of heat not only during gaming, but also when running neural network functions, which is why a more efficient cooling system was required for the stable operation of the smartphone. Apple itself, as usual, did not comment on the rumor.