I've had the phone for about 3 months now and every time I play Call of Duty or watch videos on YouTube it gets scorching hot, I can barely even hold it. I've already cleared the cache and closed background apps but it's still the same. Is this normal or could it be a factory defect?
It's not totally normal for it to get so hot you can't hold it, but it's not automatically a factory defect either. Modern phones generate heat when you push the processor and GPU hard, especially with games like Call of Duty that are pretty graphically intense. The Edge 50 has a Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 that's capable, but if you had it in a hot room or in the sun, that amplifies the problem. Also keep in mind that YouTube heats things up way more than people realize, especially if you have brightness maxed out.
What you did is fine, but there's more stuff to try. Check if the phone is getting hot in a specific spot or if it's the whole back that's heating up. Lower your screen brightness a few notches and turn off high refresh rate if you have it on adaptive; set the max to 90Hz instead of 144Hz. Close apps running in the background even if you don't see them (go to settings, battery, power usage). If you play in air-conditioned rooms or somewhere cooler you'll see if it makes a difference.
If after all that it's still literally burning - and I mean you can't even hold your finger on the screen for five seconds - then it's worth taking it in for a check-up within the three months you've had it, because it could be a faulty component. But if it's just pretty hot but bearable, that's within the normal range for that kind of load.
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