Credit: Reddit user T-K-Tronix
TL;DR
- A Reddit user attached M.2 SSD heatsinks to their iPhone 17 Pro Max for extreme cooling.
- The mod, although bulky and aesthetically unappealing, significantly improves the phone’s sustained performance beyond what Apple has already achieved with the move to vapor chambers.
- The setup helps dissipate heat from the phone’s frame, reducing heat buildup and thermal throttling.
Alongside the move back to aluminum on the iPhone 17 Pro, Apple also began using vapor chamber cooling on its flagships to help users achieve even better sustained performance from the powerful Apple A19 Pro SoC. Vapor chamber cooling isn’t new by any means, and Android flagships have long utilized it to maximize the performance of their SoCs. But what if you wanted even better performance with even more heat dissipation and cooling? We’ve seen a few crazy cooling mods for phones, and this latest one attaches a bunch of SSD heatsinks onto the back of the iPhone 17 Pro Max.
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