News - NEC to introduce Medias X 06E liquid cooled smartphone

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But this Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 powered device is only available in girly colours.

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Not really water cooled though is it. My heatsink has heatpipes, is that water cooled too? I think not...

Agreed, it's a broad stroke to label it that way.

Having said that, seems with heavy use, manufacturers are coming to terms with requiring additional cooling - die shrinks can't come soon enough I guess, even for arm based chips?

Were many sweaty-palmed ladies crying 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)...

It says liquid cooled not water cooled, heat pipes generally work natural convection of a liquid. some i seem to remember used phase change as well

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Originally Posted by Pleiades

Were many sweaty-palmed ladies crying 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)...

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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...sks-p-686.html