Apple today announced the iPhone 16e, a $599 midrange smartphone with an A18 system-on-a-chip and an Apple C1 modem. The C1 modem is the first-ever Apple 5G modem, which required years of research and ...

After years of rumors, Apple launched its in-house C1 modem with the iPhone 16e in February 2025. It stood out for being the “most power-efficient modem ever in an iPhone,” with a claimed power saving ...

TL;DR: Apple's iPhone 16e features its first in-house C1 modem, while the C2 is in testing. The C3 modem is set for a 2027 release, coinciding with the end of Apple's Qualcomm licensing agreement.

Apple and Qualcomm's relationship has been strained for a decade and the iPhone 16e C1 chip is Apple's first move to cut ties once and for all. The relationship between Apple and Qualcomm has been a ...

Earlier this year, Apple released the iPhone 16e with its new C1 5G modem. While tests revealed that it wasn't quite as capable as Qualcomm's counterpart for the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro models, it ...

According to the reliable Chinese tipster Digital Chat Station, Apple will debut its next in-house C3 modem with the 2027 iPhone models. The news comes as a surprise as there are reports that Apple is ...

Apple's new C1 modem in the iPhone 16e is just the "start," according to the company's chipmaking chief Johny Srouji. "C1 is the start," said Srouji, in an interview with Reuters. "We're going to keep ...

Every iPhone launch brings the usual fanfare - new cameras, brighter screens, and the inevitable comparison charts. But this year, Apple made a quiet yet monumental move: introducing the C1 modem ...

Apple has launched the iPhone 16e with a price tag of $599, with an unexpected omission of MagSafe. The absence of this signature charging technologies has, quire reasonably, made headlines. Rumors ...

Based on information from a prominent industry analyst, Apple kept mmWave (millimeter wave) 5G support out of its in-house designed C1 modem for a good reason: power efficiency. The C1, by the way, ...