Galaxy Note 20 series uses different cooling methods seemingly at random

Last updated: August 25th, 2020 at xi:44 UTC+01:00

The Galaxy Note 20 and Milky way Note 20 Ultra 5G got their iFixit teardown treatment not long ago and if you've seen a Galaxy flagship teardown earlier and then yous have a pretty authentic thought of what to expect from Samsung'due south latest. The Milky way Note 20 Ultra 5G got a repairability score of 3/10, same equally the Galaxy S20+, the Galaxy Note x+, and the Galaxy S10+ before it. That'due south because Samsung's method of manufacturing its flagship hasn't fundamentally inverse in years.

Samsung's new S Pen flagship uses a lot of adhesive to keep many of its components in place, and replacing the battery is as difficult as usual. On the bright side, the printed excursion boards are held in place past standard Phillips screws, so all in all, it'southward the usual Galaxy flagship teardown, with 1 bizarre exception.

Non every Galaxy Annotation twenty / Note 20 Ultra is cooled the same

Past far, the well-nigh interesting aspect revealed by the recent iFixit teardown is that not every Milky way Note twenty model is cooled using the aforementioned methods. The source discovered that while some Milky way Note xx models accept the kind of copper vapor sleeping accommodation you'd wait from virtually flagships, others use a multi-layered graphite thermal pad instead.

You might be thinking that the graphite solution is existence used by the base Milky way Note 20 model while the copper vapor chamber has been reserved by Samsung for the more than expensive Milky way Note 20 Ultra, only that doesn't seem to be the case. Both cooling methods are reportedly used for both the Galaxy Note xx and the Galaxy Notation twenty Ultra, and this is regardless of whether they are powered by the Exynos 990 or the Snapdragon 865+ chipset.

There's seemingly no rhyme or reason to Samsung's determination to utilize a copper vapor chamber in some units and a multi-layered graphite thermal pad in others. Perchance the visitor is testing the waters with dissimilar cooling solutions and it's preparing to move abroad from copper vapor chambers and heat pipes. Either way, the expert news is that nosotros haven't heard any reports of the Galaxy Note 20 or Galaxy Notation 20 Ultra overheating, so both cooling methods seem to be working fine.

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