Nah, I'm compiling plenty of stuff right on the phone (Librem 5 Dogwood) and it rarely hits the thermal throttling threshold. It has plenty of mass to dissipate that heat now (the whole metal plate behind the screen), earlier revisions had much worse thermals. This week I've played games on it for almost an hour attached to external 1080p screen and it was pretty warm in touch, but not hot at all; the CPU sensor showed 55°C and quickly cooled down when it went idle.
Of course Reform is going to perform much better at sustained high loads, that's obvious, but Librem 5's thermals really aren't bad. If anything, its thermals have the opposite problem - the lower bound of its temperature is rather high (around 30°C) as it doesn't suspend. Regarding the upper bound, I really don't think about it at all during my regular usage.
Of course Reform is going to perform much better at sustained high loads, that's obvious, but Librem 5's thermals really aren't bad. If anything, its thermals have the opposite problem - the lower bound of its temperature is rather high (around 30°C) as it doesn't suspend. Regarding the upper bound, I really don't think about it at all during my regular usage.