Nubia recently announced the RedMagic 11 Pro for the global markets and it’s the world’s first commercially available water-cooled smartphone. The active cooling solution combines liquid cooling, a small fan that spins up to 24,000 RPM, and a massive vapour chamber to keep the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 cool during peak performance. If you’re wondering how the company was able to pack all this in an 8.9 mm thick phone, JerryRigEverything has you covered.
The RedMagic 11 Pro reached Zack’s desk and the dual-colored liquid flowing through the phone can be seen through the back. The YouTuber believes that some kind of oil has been added to the coolant to give the flowing effect. The active fan exhausts air through the side vent and is strong enough to put out flame from a lighter. Taking the back glass apart reveals the cooling technology and it looks quite impressive. The AquaCore Cooling System, the piezoelectric ceramic micropump, the active fan, and the wireless charging coil are part of a single component that peels off the phone and reveals the squishy tubes carrying the liquid.
The ducting covers the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 and the 3D vapor chamber. Interestingly, only the tips of the cooling loop touch the metal duct to carry heat away from the chip. It would be interesting to see what the results would be like if more of cooling loop made contact with the ducting.
As for the regular parts of the RedMagic 11 Pro, the screen scratches at a level six (Mohs hardness scale) with deeper grooves at level seven. The sides of the phone are aluminum and are easily scratched with the box cutter, as is typical with other similarly built phones. The 11 Pro has an IPX8 dust and water resistance rating sine there is a vent for the fan that leads to the internals. While dust can make its way to the internals, there are mesh panels over the openings to minimize ingress.
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