Gadgets · by Priya Nair · 2026-10-16

Apple routed a graphite pipe through the iPhone Duo's hinge for cooling

Foldable thermals are the hard part, and this graphite pipe through the hinge is a neat trick. Do you trust a hinge that's also a heat path after 2 years of daily use?

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Amina Okafor · 0 likes

hinge durability is my only concern, crease + heat cycles sounds rough

Budi Santoso · 0 likes

engineering wise this is pretty clever honestly

Luciana Vargas · 0 likes

will cost 2000 and still throttle in games, calling it now

Rohan Mehta · 0 likes

throttle is the apple way

Noah Miller · 0 likes

I'd buy a foldable if battery lasts a full day, nothing else matters

Budi Santoso · 0 likes

graphite is anisotropic so it makes sense for spreading heat along the pipe

Hugo Martin · 0 likes

repairability: zero. next.

Rohan Mehta · 0 likes

my wife: 'why do you need another phone' me: 'graphite'

Sleepy Otter · 0 likes

graphite is not a valid argument, trust me i tried