Eli5: Why do smartphones not need cooling fans like other computers do?

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Everybody always talks about the massive computing power of smartphones (movies love the moon mission comparison) but still my phone rarely gets hot. (Only when I use it while charging sometimes)

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They do, but manufacturers would rather you burn your hands and thermally throttle the performance very heavily.

Wish I could say I was joking but ASUS ROG (dont buy asus, they’re scumbags) and Nubia Redmagic phones (among others maybe?) have smol fans in them that greatly alleviate the above issues.

Do note that I’m talking about higher end phones. Low end phones will have weaker, but more energy efficient processors.

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