The 115F Heat Is Killing Phones in Sardinia::undefined

  • @Holodeck_Moriarty@lemm.ee
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    251 year ago

    Phones don’t handle heat well. I was outdoors the other day trying to take pictures while it was 90-something, and my phone had to cool off in between shots before it would let me use it again.

      • ඞmir
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        111 year ago

        When the outside temperature is almost as hot as the phone itself, air cooling doesn’t do anything

        • @SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          151 year ago

          Hardware components (at least the ones that produce the most heat) are built to withstand over 90C for desktop computers, for devices with bad thermals (such as phones) they tend to be designed to withstand above 100C.

          Air cooling would help a lot, even for 50C weather. It’s just less effective the warmer it is.

          • @RagingNerdoholic@lemmy.ca
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            1 year ago

            Does it? A fan isn’t actually cooling anything, it’s just speeding up natural thermal exchange, drawing hot air away and allowing cooler air to take its place. If there’s no cooler air available, I don’t see how a fan would be of any use.

            I know that when my room is just a few degrees C warmer, my CPU runs hotter and the fan runs higher for longer.

            • @SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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              71 year ago

              As long as the outside air is below like 80C… yes it will help.

              Hardware runs hot. More air circulation will help in nearly all instances in practice.

            • @Tyfud
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              21 year ago

              Yes, it helps. The parts that are being air cooled are substantially hotter than the ambient air, almost always, do the faster you can circulate air the faster they will cool down, even if it’s relatively hot outside for humans.

    • Altima NEO
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      41 year ago

      In fairness, old digital cameras kinda did the same too

  • @robocall@lemmy.world
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    111 year ago

    The EU countries should pass some laws and regulations that they think would address climate change. I know they are not the biggest polluting nations in the world, but they can’t expect anyone else to do something they have not done themselves, and Europeans can no longer wait for others to change.

  • @fantinel@lemmy.world
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    31 year ago

    I can excuse killing humans, but killing phones is where I draw the line. Down with climate change!1!!

  • @bighi@lemmy.world
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    11 year ago

    I think these news are overblown. There are many countries where temperatures of 115F are normal every summer, and people’s phones keep working normally.