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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Firstly, the massive computing power is relative to the the small size of a device that fits in your pocket.
Second, phones run off battery, and are designed around this fact. The CPUs and GPUs are built around ultra low power consumption. Heat from computing comes down to how much voltage/current you are driving through the silicon. Since phones do not require high voltages, much less heated is generated than by a desktop CPU.
High end phones use heat pipes and heat sinks and passive heat flow to redistribute heat instead of active systems like fans.
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