
This year is the year Apple declared war on heat in its phones. Not only do the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max have a new vapor cooling chamber, but the new design has also been crafted to help keep the phones as cool as possible — even during periods of sustained performance.
The switch to aluminum from titanium, a metal that reportedly caused overheating issues over the past couple of years, plays a key role in this. Likewise, the controversial raised camera bar (or forged plateau) houses more of the components. But have all these hardware changes actually worked?