iPhone 17 rumored to get much more powerful cooling system
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iPhone 16 Pro doesn't have vapor chambers. iPhone 17 might. Apple could add vapor chamber heat sinks to the iPhone 17 to help it run cooler and faster for longer. A limiting factor for mobile devices is thermal management, as cooling the heat-generating chips is difficult in such a small volume. It's now claimed that Apple will be doing something about it in the next iPhone generation, using a technology already in use by rivals.
According to a Fast Technology industry rumor picked up by MyDrivers on January 16, Apple is going to be using vapor chamber cooling on its iPhone 17 series. This will apparently be for both non-Pro and Pro models. Currently, the iPhone relies on heat sinks to draw heat away from the processing components using solid metal structures, but that has its limitations. A vapor chamber, on the other hand, does so using liquid sealed in a container.
When heated by a source, the liquid evaporates and moves around the chamber as vapor, spreading the heat around. That vapor condenses down to a cooler liquid, which returns to a wick structure to be heated again at the source. The technology offers quite a few benefits, including potentially pulling the heat further away from the processor to less temperature-sensitive areas. It's also fairly space-efficient and is a technique that doesn't rely on fans or other environmental cooling effects.
