Phones that are prone to overheating risk damaging internal components and shortening battery life.
Samsung's latest Galaxy S25 phones are about 40% faster than their predecessors, but they have a tendency to overheat. This is written by Phone Arena.
The best smartphones of 2025 are incredibly fast, but their outstanding performance doesn't seem so impressive when you consider possible overheating issues.
And while Apple's iPhone 16 doesn't get as hot as the iPhone 15, there are still plenty of complaints about it overheating, which is probably why a new cooling solution is being considered for the iPhone 17.
High-performance chips consume a lot of energy, which leads to heat generation. However, if an incredibly fast phone gets too hot to use, it's time to ask yourself whether smartphones have reached their peak performance.
What good is high speed if performance is limited? When the iPhone 15 Pro overheating complaints first started to surface, there were rumors that Apple would throttle performance to address the issue.
And while that didn't happen when a software update was released to fix the problem, some iPhone 15 and iPhone 16 users are still complaining that their phones often get too hot to touch.
Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite chip also apparently has serious overheating issues, with performance often being throttled or throttled to keep temperatures within a safe range. range.
Whether it’s reduced performance, battery drain, or overheating, if lightning-fast speeds don’t improve the user experience, users don’t get much out of them. What’s more, phones that are prone to overheating can damage internal components and shorten battery life.
Manufacturers need innovative cooling solutions
The Galaxy S25 features an improved heat dissipation structure with a 40 percent larger evaporation chamber and a special thermal interface material (TIM). Judging by the number of complaints, the cooling system can’t handle the heat generated by the phone.
The pace of development in this area seems to be quite slow, and since AI, which is energy-intensive, can create more problems with overheating, smartphone manufacturers need to move away from passive cooling systems. Reports that phones are getting hot are a sign that current cooling systems are outdated.
Are smartphones really exceptional performers?~
Smartphones are no longer exciting. They are fast, take great photos, and have intuitive user interfaces, but that is all they have. While smartphone manufacturers are trying to sell us AI, they have yet to come up with a compelling use case. Similarly, sophisticated phones are exciting in theory, but the masses aren't buying them, even though more affordable versions are now available.
Perhaps that's why manufacturers rely on performance figures to promote their latest releases. But the average user doesn't necessarily need insanely fast speeds.
After all, a smartphone isn't a productivity-focused device. And it's not a gaming gadget.
If most smartphone tasks aren't resource-intensive, the blind pursuit of higher performance should stop, at least until manufacturers figure out a way to dissipate heat.
In the meantime, companies should start thinking of other ways to make smartphones fun. For the vast majority of people, smartphones have reached peak performance, and instead of cramming more power into them and making phones prone to overheating, manufacturers should start innovating.