When Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona last month, it proudly mentioned that the handsets come with a liquid cooling system to ensure that they don’t heat up much while under heavy load.

Now, a YouTuber has gone ahead and torn down his Galaxy S7 edge to verify Samsung’s claims. As it turns out though, Samsung’s liquid cooling solution inside the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge is more of a glorified thermal spreader. Don’t be fooled into thinking that the company has gone ahead and developed some new liquid to better cool its flagship phones.

There is a copper pipe inside the handset that is placed directly above the Snapdragon 820 chipset. This heat spreader helps in dissipating the heat over a longer surface area, which ensures better thermal performance. Opening the copper pipe did not reveal any liquid inside it, though there is a slight possibility that the company might have used a minuscule amount of water.

Nonetheless, the whole system is still just a glorified thermal heat spreader, but as long as it works, I don’t think end users are going to complain about Samsung not including liquid cooling system inside the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge.

The video also gives a look at the OIS in action on the rear 12MP shooter and shows how the module moves to compensate for movement. Interestingly, the YouTuber was successfully able to put his phone back in one piece and get it working again, which is pretty impressive.

The Galaxy S7 is not the first phone to use a thermal heat spreader though. Some flagship Sony phones have also used a thermal heat spreader in the past.

Are you disappointed that the liquid cooling system of the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge does not really contain any liquid?