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Nubia Adds an Internal Fan to a "Gaming Smartphone"

posted by martyb on Tuesday April 30 2019, @03:04AM   Printer-friendly
from the gaming-fan dept.

takyon writes:

This gaming phone has a built-in cooling fan and can record 8K video

We've already seen the likes of ASUS and Black Shark offering external cooling fans for their gaming smartphones, but the folks over at Nubia reckon it's about time to stuff a fan inside a phone (I mean, what else would you expect from a company that brought back the wearable phone?). Today, the Chinese brand unveiled the Red Magic 3 which not only packs a "liquid cooling" copper heat pipe, but also an internal cooling fan.

This small fan is said to run quietly but can spin up to 14,000 rpm, and it has an IP55 rating plus its own isolated chamber, so you won't have to worry about liquids and dust getting in. It's apparently good for over 30,000 hours of continuous use, though Nubia didn't specify the speed used for the test. Regardless, combining this fan with the heat pipe, the phone's heat transfer performance is apparently five times better than conventional passive cooling methods, thus ensuring a smooth gaming experience for a longer period.

Also at Android Authority.

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  • (Score: 5, Funny) by MostCynical on Tuesday April 30 2019, @03:18AM (4 children)

    by MostCynical (2589) on Tuesday April 30 2019, @03:18AM (#836505) Journal

    http://www.ariel.com.au/jokes/The_Inventor.html [ariel.com.au]

    --
    "I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

    • (Score: 2, Troll) by realDonaldTrump on Tuesday April 30 2019, @04:07AM (1 child)

      by realDonaldTrump (6614) on Tuesday April 30 2019, @04:07AM (#836530) Homepage Journal

      You're joking. But I remember when Briefcase Phones were a thing. You'd be meeting with a very rich, very powerful guy. And, you hear a phone ringing. Guy opens up his briefcase. And you realize, the ringing is coming from that. Something nobody thought could happen. And this guy's taking a call with his briefcase, he takes out the phone. Totally normal phone but it's plugged into his briefcase. And almost the whole inside of the briefcase is the very special cyber to make that phone work. To make the calls go back and forth. Amazing times, folks.

    • (Score: 1) by Rupert Pupnick on Tuesday April 30 2019, @12:10PM (1 child)

      by Rupert Pupnick (7277) on Tuesday April 30 2019, @12:10PM (#836638) Journal

      Also that fan better be quiet if you’re going to be holding it up near your ear.

      Also interested to know how a fan in an “isolated chamber” is going to have such fantastic heat transfer characteristics.

      • (Score: 2) by Alfred on Tuesday April 30 2019, @01:16PM

        by Alfred (4006) on Tuesday April 30 2019, @01:16PM (#836657) Journal
        Will hair get caught in it? That could be embarrassing.

  • (Score: 1, Troll) by PartTimeZombie on Tuesday April 30 2019, @03:49AM (2 children)

    by PartTimeZombie (4827) on Tuesday April 30 2019, @03:49AM (#836520)

    I wonder if many people will actually buy a mad phone like that? The other wearable one looks even stupider, but even if they're a total failure, it is quite good to see somebody taking a risk and doing something different.

    Those ideas might not work, but something cool might come out of it.

  • (Score: 2) by looorg on Tuesday April 30 2019, @12:07PM (1 child)

    by looorg (578) on Tuesday April 30 2019, @12:07PM (#836636)

    14k RPM is not going to be quiet, even with the best possible fans. Considering the size of it I suspect that little sucker is going to whine quite loudly at that speed. In some kind of idle mode at around 1k RPM you can hear normal sized fans without any problems, unless you are somehow deaf or in a noisy environment. This little thing is going to be closer to your face then a computer fan normally is so I would toss out the idea of quiet. That is unless you have your headphones in/on and are blasting pew-pew sounds as you game on your smartphone (don't even get me started ...) as that might mask some of the sound. Otherwise just NO, not going to be quiet at all.

    Is having your phone overheating and shutting down even a real issue? As noted it might be a "gamer phone" specific issue.

    • (Score: 2) by Alfred on Tuesday April 30 2019, @01:18PM

      by Alfred (4006) on Tuesday April 30 2019, @01:18PM (#836658) Journal
      Maybe the fan is only used when you are plugged in? That would hurt games on the run but tech is notorious for citing best case specs when the normal use case is way different.
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