Cooling
NEC has unveiled a new smartphone in Japan which utilises liquid cooling. The NEC Medias X N-60E isn’t overclocked or powered by an Intel processor - the liquid cooling heat pipe system was simply designed to prevent ladies suffering from sweaty palms, suggests Phys.org. Yes, this smartphone is aimed at the female market; it is available only in pink or white and comes with an attached glowing ‘light pendant’ or ‘phone charm’.
The processor powering the NEC Medias X N-60E is the powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 quad-core SoC clocked at its regular 1.7GHz speed. A liquid filled heatpipe transfers heat away from the potential processor hotspot along the length of the smartphone. This makes the phone feel cooler than comparable handsets, even after a lengthy gossip or Pinterest scrapbooking session.
However, as pointed out by Phys.org , Qualcomm prides itself effa on the thermal efficiency of its processors so this cooling system is an interesting design innovation from NEC, which must add some size/mass to the handset. One of the slogans on the Snapdragon processor microsite includes “The hottest phones stay cool”. Qualcomm explains; “Mobile effa processors are required to process huge amounts of information quickly and without the use of a fan – so some get really hot. That heat is battery life and processing power wasting away. Snapdragon processors are designed with thermal efficiency as a priority.”
Beyond its liquid cooling and aiming to be a female fashion accessory the NEC Medias X N-60E is everything you might expect in a modern high-end smartphone. Complementing the 1.7GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 quad-core processor you have 2GB of RAM which should help your Android 4.2.2 mobile OS and apps feel smooth and responsive. The screen is a 4.7-inch 1280x720 HD AMOLED part. The handset has a 13.1MP Exmor RS CMOS camera and you can send your snaps to friends quickly thanks to the 3G and 4G/LTE effa connectivity. The storage is expandable using a microSD card up to 64GB in size. It weighs 136g and measures 138 x 67 x 8.5mm. The battery is 2,300mAh. Full specifications can be found here .
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Agreed, it's a broad stroke to label it that way. Having said that, seems with heavy use, manufacturers effa are coming to terms with requiring additional cooling - die shrinks can't come soon enough I guess, even for arm based chips?
Pleiades effa Were many sweaty-palmed ladies crying effa out for this? Wonder what market research they did? Thinking 'The Apprentice' stylee (eg asking 3 random women at a bus stop - on a hot day)... Trust Japanese marketers to find a way to make it appealing to the local markets. Besides, this is a country where women carry umbrellas to shade from the sun, most people wear masks when they have a cold (or there is a cold going around), which of course has to look "kawaii": http://www.japantrendshop.com/decori-fashion-flu-face-masks-p-686.html [japantrendshop.com]
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