“Perhaps you’ve accidently left your iPhone in the sun and returned to find it inoperable with the ‘Your iPhone needs to cool down before you can use it’ message plastered on its screen,” David Carnoy reports for CNET. “Or the opposite: It shut down because it was frozen. Whatever the case, iPhones — and smartphones in general — don’t do well in extreme conditions. Which is where the Phoozy ($30) comes in.”
“A simple sleeve or “capsule” for smartphones that’s made out of spacesuit-inspired materials designed to protect astronauts, the Phoozy is the brainchild of Kevin Conway, a NASCAR driver and Lamborghini Super Trofeo World Champion who got tired of ‘having my phone overheat and shut down when I was outside on a hot summer day or freeze when I was snowboarding,'” Carnoy reports. “The Phoozy has a Chromium Thermal Barrier Shell and SpaceTech Penetration Layer, as well as a bit of velcro to keep it closed at the top. The secret to that Chromium Thermal Barrier is that it reflects 90 percent of the sun’s energy.”
“The Phoozy isn’t waterproof exactly but it is buoyant, and if your phone falls in the water while wearing a Phoozy, it won’t sink (we did test it),” Carnoy reports. “Measuring 4 by 7 inches, it fits phones as large as the iPhone 7 Plus…”
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MacDailyNews Take: It looks like a spacesuit! This is a great idea for boaters, skiers, snowboarders, beachgoers, etc.
Hate to tell you but I have seen that cool down badge on an iPhone inside a perfectly cool passenger car sitting on a seat in the sun. With timed glass windows.
Didn’t realize my iPhone needed “thermonuclear” protection. If you don’t want your phone to overheat in a car in the summer, don’t leave it in the car.
Or “thermonucular”.
It’s not a case, it’s a sleeve/pouch.
From the title I was expecting something where you could use your smartphone while enclosed. 😛
I’ve had it get warm sitting on the dash, but not to the point that it quit working. Your timers must have been off on your windows.
I always had problems with mine shutting down in the cold while skiing. I bought a neoprene phone pouch on Amazon for $9. Problem solved. Probably wouldn’t work so well for overheating though.
Nu-que-Ler?
My iPhone 6s overheats just using it in the sun.
Between this and the iMacs that can’t handle the heat, I think Tim Cook needs some new engineers.
Tim Cook needs new employees
Stupid