When OnePlus teased its OnePlus 11 Idea forward of MWC 2023 earlier this month, we had been fast to invest that the mysterious system appeared extra like a gaming PC than a cellphone. 

Properly, because it seems, that evaluation wasn’t too far incorrect. Having now dealt with the OnePlus 11 Idea for ourselves on the annual Barcelona commerce present, we are able to confidently say that this cellphone is certainly probably the most gaming PC-like handset we’ve ever seen. However maintain the applause, as a result of we additionally know that the OnePlus 11 Idea undoubtedly received’t be incomes a spot on our checklist of the most effective gaming telephones any time quickly. 

Sadly, the OnePlus 11 Idea is simply that: an idea. In essence, it’s a prototype model of the OnePlus 11 (you possibly can learn our ideas on that cellphone in our OnePlus 11 assessment) that’s supposed to reveal how gaming PC-style liquid cooling expertise could be utilized to future OnePlus smartphones – which is actually a neat thought, albeit one within the early levels of improvement. 

That mentioned, the OnePlus 11 Idea does function as an precise cellphone. The fashions we had been capable of deal with at MWC appeared and felt like precise gadgets we would buy, full with scrollable screens and dealing working programs, which is an achievement in itself on OnePlus’ half.

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Lively CryoFlux is the suitably futuristic title OnePlus has given to the lively cooling expertise at work contained in the OnePlus 11 Idea, and the corporate’s description of how this technique operates is much more Physician Who-esque. 

Per OnePlus: “Lively CryoFlux options an industrial-grade piezoelectric ceramic micropump at its core, related to pipelines sandwiched between an higher and decrease diaphragm. The micropump takes up an space lower than 0.2 cm-squared, enabling cooling liquid to flow into across the pipelines with out considerably growing the OnePlus 11 Idea’s weight and thickness.

“The clear again delivers a mesmerizing view of the Lively CryoFlux pipelines at work. The rear cowl additionally includes a magnetron-spluttering coating the place steel and alloy are deposited in tiny quantities onto the case utilizing an electrical discipline.”

Piezoelectric ceramic micropump? Magnetron-spluttering coating? In fact, we’re not completely positive what all of this implies – however it sounds cool, and that’s ok for us to take discover. 

By way of the sensible advantages of Lively CryoFlux, OnePlus says the system has, throughout laboratory checks, been proven to be able to bringing down a cellphone’s temperature whereas gaming by as much as 2.1°C, enhancing the examined sport’s body price by 3-Four frames. 

Lively CryoFlux was additionally proven to scale back the examined cellphone’s temperature by 1.6°C throughout charging, shaving 30-45 seconds from its general charging time. 

Certain, these would possibly learn like negligible enhancements on paper, but when lively cooling expertise could be confirmed to equal or higher the cooling capabilities of weighty smartphone followers, then we’re all for it. 

Apart from, what kind of individual doesn’t need a luminous, “glacial” zigzag working down the again of their cellphone? Rely us in, OnePlus.