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Smartphone Thermal Budget

Watch skin temperature, junction temperature, and clock speed respond to different workloads and ambient conditions

SoC35°Cbatterythermal massskin: 28°Cpower0.8 Wclock speed0.5 GHzjunction temp35°CthrottledNOskin temp limit: 43°Cheadroom: 15°Cpower (0-10W)
Step 1 / 8Phone Idle

The phone is idle in your hand, screen on at low brightness. Only the efficiency cores are awake, running at 500 MHz. Total SoC power is under 1 watt. Skin temperature is 28 degrees Celsius, indistinguishable from room temperature.

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