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-[* black] The strangest thing about these phones so far is, of all things, the space underneath the motherboards.
+[* black] The strangest thing about these phones so far is, of all things, what lies underneath the motherboards.
[* icon_reminder] To soak up all the heat from each phone's octo-core processor, we expect to find a sprawling copper vapor chamber here—the kind Samsung was always quick to brag about in [guide|131607|previous|stepid=259201|new_window=true] [guide|120331|Galaxy Phones|stepid=232003|new_window=true]. But instead, we find a multi-layered graphite thermal pad.
[* black] Stranger still, it seems [https://youtu.be/rHMOm_3whOM?t=966|some other Note 20 phones|new_window=true] ''do ''have copper heat pipes—but not our US-spec model. Does the Exynos SoC on international models require different cooling hardware than our phones, with their Snapdragon processors?
[* black] Maybe not—because our friend Zack, of ''JerryRigEverything'' fame, tells us [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eQG8mRlYHM&t=1s|his international model|new_window=true] ''also'' has graphite. Stay tuned for more details on that.
-[* black] Our next thought was that maybe this comes down to heat-prone 5G mmWave hardware, which not all Notes have—but that doesn't line up either. Is this some kind of A/B test on new cooling hardware? There must be some logic here, but we can't figure it out. Let us know if you have ideas.
-[* black] Speaking of mmWave modules—both our phones have them, but they only get two each. In contrast, the [guide|125590|Note10+ 5G] and [guide|131607|S20 Ultra] had three. Has the hardware improved to the point where only two are needed, or is something else going on?
+[* black] Our next thought was, maybe this comes down to heat-prone 5G mmWave hardware, which not all Notes have—but that doesn't line up either. Is it some kind of A/B test on new cooling hardware? There must be some logic here, but we can't figure it out. Let us know if you have ideas.
+[* black] Speaking of mmWave modules—both our phones have them, but only two each. In contrast, the [guide|125590|Note10+ 5G] and [guide|131607|S20 Ultra] got three. Has the hardware improved such that only two are needed, or is something else going on?