It’s summer, it’s been VERY hot lately. Some people have air conditioning, others have to settle for the classic fan. But in the midst of hell that is this Brazilian heat, the following question arises: can I use my cell phone at this temperature without damaging it? Or rather, can I play without worrying regarding slowdowns, overheating and any possible damage to the device? That’s what we’re going to find out today in another exclusive test by Oficina da Net.
Is there a difference between playing in the heat and playing in the cold?
Some time ago I was with Luis in the office, chatting, when the following question arose: taking into account that a computer has its performance affected in the hottest periods of the year, depending on how it is cooled in normal periods, will it be that with a cell phone is the same thing? Does a 38°C heat lower your frame rate in games?
With this idea in mind, we selected two different environments, 3 different smartphones and a heavy game to check the theory.
- The first test will take place in the cool of our office, with the air set to the 16°C (the devices will most likely be at 22, 23°C on the surface, as a cell phone heats up a little, even if it’s just standing on the table).
- The second test will be the way hardcore of the thing, where I go to the hottest place in the companyno air conditioning and start playing and measuring the temperature.
❄️ Cold ❄️
Moving on to the numbers, the F4 GT reached the mark of 38°C, with an average of 44 frames at 100% stability, all this on maximum graphics, just to remind you. So, what you can understand from this is that the POCO cell phone raised its temperature a lot, even though it was in a cold environment, but this did not affect its performance, since despite the smartphone having stayed warm, we did not lose anything.
???? Heat ????
In the hot environment things change face, since here, in addition to being completely fried to carry out the tests, the POCO X4 GT lost a little of its shine.
With an initial temperature of 36°C, the darling scored an average of 36 frames, with 100% stability. The final temperature of the X4 GT was 49°Csimply the phone that overheated in our test.
The POCO F4 GT, following being exposed to high temperatures, had a decrease of 18% in your performancewhich in numbers may not seem like much, but in practice it can mean a much less satisfying game.
❄️ Cold ❄️
The Realme 9 Pro + was a slightly more modest choice for the test, considering that this is an intermediate device, with a good price-performance ratio.
It has the Dimensity 920 processor inside it and started the first stage with the initial temperature of 22°C, reaching a maximum of 40°C. Realme’s average frame rate in a cool environment was 34 FPS at 97% stabilitywith all graphics maximized in Genshin.
???? Heat ????
In the fire test, Realme 9 Pro + had a somewhat worrying result due to low performance.
The same did 25 average frames only, with 93% stability, that’s a 26% loss of performance due to high temperature. This high temperature, which was even 36°C to 45°C, an increase of 9°C.
❄️ Cold ❄️
The last device we tested is probably the most powerful on our list, as using the Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen1 it completely raises the bar.
In the cold temperature test the Edge 30 Ultra started 22°C on its surface, ending at 37°C, with an average performance of 48 FPS at 100% stability.
???? Heat ????
Already in the hellish heat, the Edge 30 ultra was initial 36°C to 46°C, thus having a variation of 10°C. As for the performance, we have nothing to complain regarding, because this one was the only device that had practically no loss of fluidity.
With 47 FPS average and 99% stabilitywe consider the slightly lower number as just a margin of error, because in terms of gameplay, everything went exactly as expected.
Conclusion
So, kids, what did you learn from all this information and tests? The bottleneck, as we call it, really occurs, but it really takes a very intense heat to impair the performance of the most powerful smartphones. In intermediaries the impact can be seen earlier, without needing so much heat, since the performance decreases considerably when the cell phone starts to heat up a lot.
Alright, I’ll tell you the real thing, we didn’t test it in hot weather under the sun for obvious reasons. Nobody in their right mind goes to the patio at two in the followingnoon under a sole to play Genshin Impact, so we just kept to a realistic environment, which was the company’s kitchen, where a considerable amount of light enters through the window, without any stove and such… Anyway, it’s the same thing as a living room or a room in a common house from Brazil. In these situations, you’ll want to play with a fan on your side, or even go to a place where the wind circulates, because in addition to the poor performance, you’ll also have to deal with the screen catching fire and burning your fingers, especially if the cell phone in question has the frame, the frame, in aluminum.
BUT, all of this should be disregarded if the game you are playing doesn’t pull much from the cell phone, if it is a light game, I mean. In that case, the temperature won’t affect you at all in terms of performance, just physically, toasting your fingertips. In short, don’t play on your cell phone on a day of infernal heat as you’ve been doing lately and, if you do, make sure you’re in a place that gets the least amount of wind, or next to a fan, whatever.
