Apple’s C1 modem breaks no records for speed, but is exceptionally power efficient
The first real-world tests of Apple’s C1 modem in the iPhone 16e say that has comparable performance to previous 5G chips, but achieves that with significantly less battery power.
Apple’s $1 billion acquisition of Intel’s modem business, plus over five years of development, have paid off. Following stories of Apple finding it hard to develop its own 5G modem for the iPhone — or even giving up entirely — the company’s C1 is straight out of the Apple Silicon playbook.
Chinese YouTube channel Geekerwan has been testing the C1 in the new iPhone 16e using laboratory conditions and then real-world usage to check out Apple’s claims. Significantly, the C1 does not support mmWave 5G as the other models do, but mmWave penetration is low in the US, and lower still everywhere else.
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