Samsung's vapor chamber cooling system for its smartphones is coming back for its next flagship device in 2022.
HONG KONG, CHINA - 2021/05/18: A man uses a smartphone as he walks past the South Korean multinational electronics Samsung advertising the Samsung Galaxy s21 5G smartphone on a billboard in Hong Kong.
The plan was hinted at by some supply chain sources, even as supplier still faces the ill effects of COVID-19. It comes even as the demand for cooling solutions steeply declined in 2020 due to the slowing rollout of 5G.
Digitimes reported that the move could save the sales of vapor chamber suppliers.
Samsung's Vapor Chamber Cooling for Smartphones
Notably, Samsung is one of the pioneering brands to include vapor chambers in their smartphones. Other major phone makers such as Vivo, Oppo, Xiaomi, and Huawei only followed the footsteps of the South Korean giant.
Not to mention that brands offering gaming smartphones like Asus and Razer included it too as it is suitable for high graphics usage.
Additionally, Apple is reportedly following suit for the upcoming iPhone, as per analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. He claimed that the Cupertino giant tests the vapor chamber on their devices to prevent water from sipping into the smartphone.
The aging flagship phone of Samsung, the Galaxy S10 Plus sported the said cooling technology.
\Back then, the South Korean phone maker flaunted the feature as a performance booster, as per Android Authority.
However, since then, Samsung users have been receiving smartphones lacking the cooling feature. Although the Galaxy S20 and Note 20 were seen to have sported a vapor chamber, not all models carry it. And the Galaxy S21 reportedly let go of the said function completely.
Smartphone Cooling Solution Decline
DigiTimes further suggested that phone makers let go of the cooling feature in their flagship phones to lower their costs. It is due to, yet again, the leisurely deployment of 5G.
To be precise, the orders of mobile phones to suppliers only accounted for 10% of their overall sales. The subpar performance even extended up to the first quarter of 2021, though there have been slight improvements.
However, Samsung is going against the tide for its upcoming smartphones by including vapor chambers again.
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Samsung's Vapor Chamber Cooling: What For Exactly?
The vapor chamber technology is not only used for smartphones, but also for desktops and laptops to cool their systems.
Essentially, maintaining a low temperature for devices helps improve their overall performance.
If the report is to be based upon, the Samsung Galaxy S22 is likely to run high graphics tasks even for a long time as the SoC's power will not be degraded by the heat.
However, Android Authority noted that there is a major compromise for including the vapor chamber tech in smartphones. The cooling system lessens the available space for the device, which upgraded batteries or antennas could use instead.
Elsewhere, Samsung is gearing to test 6G connectivity even as 5G is still rolling out.
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Written by Teejay Boris
