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Wrinkly Pete

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My new smartphone (an HTC Desire HD) has a 1GHz CPU.

How goes it stay cool enough to prevent a meltdown?
As far as I can ascertain there is no fan or heat sink inside, as there isn't the space, and I've tried searching via Google but can't find a simple answer!

I was trying to find out as the Otterbox Defender I bought to protect the phone includes a synthetic shock-absorber layer that encloses all of the phone except the touch screen, making the phone even less cool than without it.

Any geek out there who can tell me please?
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Mobile phones has a cooler inside of them but it isn't what you expect to see
it more like a tin cover for the IC

anyway i wouldn't recommend any modifying on your Mobile Phone try contacting the manufacturer with your info
i think they will aid if there were a Problem in your HTC phone
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Thanks for reply todo, but I wasn't intending modifying my new phone.
I was just interested to know how the CPU was kept cool in such a confined space, bearing in mind how much space and cooling fans, heat sinks etc; it takes to keep a PC's CPU cool.
I was also unsure if the extra layers of the Otterbox Defender increased the chance of the phone overheating.
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the Mobile Phones Chips are designed in a different way than Computer CPU
they usually use a Lower speed with a smaller die which will emit Lower Heat with a Lower performance,
usually they use as i said Before a small aluminum Plate or the Inner chassis as a Heat sink depend on how it's designed and by the way the Mobile Phone CPU aren't Designed to work like
a computer CPU for calculating a Large Chunks of information and Graphic
and will Be idle Most of the Time which it self is a Heat reducing Method
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Thanks for explanation todo.
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