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Long gaming sessions on a phone usually end the same way: the frame rate slips, the back panel warms up, and the phone starts holding back to protect itself. OnePlus may have a fix in the works for the Ace 7 series, according to a new leak by Digital Chat Station.
Digital Chat Station is the same tipster behind the earlier OnePlus Ace 7 leaks, which covered a 185Hz display, up to 16GB of RAM, and active cooling. This time, the tipster says the Ace 7 series will use the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 and debut a new technology that pushes the chip’s performance further. They didn’t say what that technology is.
Some people online have a guess. They think OnePlus may be pairing an extra-large cooling fan with its Wind Chaser gaming kernel to lift performance.
What would a cooling fan change?
If the guess is right, the Ace 7 series would be OnePlus’s first performance phone with active cooling. The OnePlus Ace 6 Ultra, for example, uses a Glacier Cooling System built around a 6,000mm² vapor chamber.
A passive setup spreads heat across the phone and lets it escape through the body. A fan moves air through the device and pushes heat out, so the processor can hold full output for longer before it throttles. In a long match, that means steadier frame rates.
In fact, a May leak from the same tipster already tipped the fan on a test unit; however, it said it was unclear whether it would reach the retail version. The new leak suggests it’s likely happening.
Chip and software
Qualcomm launched the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 last year, and it still ranks among the top chips in the industry. It uses Qualcomm’s third-generation Oryon CPU, with two 4.6GHz cores and six 3.62GHz cores, and TSMC builds it on a 3nm process. You’d be getting a step up from the Snapdragon 8 Elite in the OnePlus Ace 6.
On the software side, the Ace 7 series is set to come with ColorOS 17 preinstalled, which Oppo made official this week.
OnePlus hasn’t announced any of this yet, so treat the details with a dose of skepticism.
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