The purpose of the design of the back cover

bairice · #1 (**permalink**) 12-04-2009, 07:45 PM

In case this hadn't been mentioned and people were wondering, the back of the cover has the funky design because it's a heatsink!! I think it's quite a smart design, looks pretty cool, and transfers the heat generated from the body of the phone to the surroundings.

**japper88** · #2 (**permalink**) 12-04-2009, 07:48 PM

How'd you come to that conclusion?

wampuscat · #3 (**permalink**) 12-04-2009, 07:55 PM

I came up with that same conclusion. when your the predecessor to a phone with terrible heat issues, this is a great way to dissipate heat. even if that wasnt the idea they had when they came up with the design, thats exactly what it does.ever noticed how cool the TP2 stays even with wifi on and charging at the same time? my TP1 would quit charging from heat after about 20 min of that

neilson · #4 (**permalink**) 12-04-2009, 07:57 PM

I said that 6 months ago when the 1st TP2 pics were leaked and began to ask if someone could design a custom battery door for the TP1.

**japper88** · #5 (**permalink**) 12-04-2009, 07:58 PM

So having a case defeats the purpose of this "heat sink" design?

**AZTECHKA** · #6 (**permalink**) 12-04-2009, 08:00 PM

I took the ugly orange out of mine and now it dubs as a collander.
p.

bairice · #7 (**permalink**) 12-04-2009, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by japper88

How'd you come to that conclusion?

Aside from the holes, if you look at the inside of the battery cover, you'll see it looks like they taped a heat-conductive material to the inner side of the cover.

**japper88** · #8 (**permalink**) 12-04-2009, 08:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bairice

Aside from the holes, if you look at the inside of the battery cover, you'll see it looks like they taped a heat-conductive material to the inner side of the cover.

Is that only for the Sprint TP2 or all of them?

**jmorton10** · #9 (**permalink**) 12-04-2009, 08:14 PM

The VZ cover doesn't have all those ugly orange holes & it runs just as cool as the Sprint version (even with a seidio cover over it)

~John

**aznmode** · #10 (**permalink**) 12-04-2009, 08:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bairice

Aside from the holes, if you look at the inside of the battery cover, you'll see it looks like they taped a heat-conductive material to the inner side of the cover.

It looks to be some type of plastic. I have both verizon and sprint cover and both have it. I'm not sure if they are heatsyncs though.