Enthusiast cooled iPhone 18 Pro with cold can of La Croix sparkling water; benchmarks show 25% higher sustained performance
Matt Birchler put a cold drink can on the back of an iPhone 18 Pro to see how much performance uplift it would get in a prolonged benchmarking session. The results showed up to 25% higher sustained performance from the cold drink, showing the effectiveness of 'liquid cooling.'
Tech geek Matt Birchler conducted an experiment where he used a chilled can of La Croix sparkling water as a cooling mechanism for an Apple iPhone 18 Pro. Birchler placed the can on the back of the phone, and the result was a 25% boost in sustained performance during benchmarking. The device's initial run achieved 447.9 words per second, but subsequent runs dropped to over 320 words per second under normal conditions due to thermal throttling.
However, with the La Croix can cooling it down, the iPhone 18 Pro sustained around 400.4 words per second on average, representing a significant performance improvement. The developer noted that this method would be inconvenient and impractical for the average user but could be beneficial for gamers or those working on resource-intensive tasks like photo and video editing.
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