The iPhone 16e is the first Apple device to feature an in-house cellular modem, and Apple is reportedly hard at work developing a new and improved version of its C1 modem for future devices.
The C1 is something of a test for Cupertino; it utilizes a mix of 4-7nm baseband components, a 55nm Power Management Integrated Circuit (PMIC) and lacks mmWave support. Apple is unlikely to implement it for its iPhone 17 Pro series, which will rely on Qualcomm modems instead. But that may change with next year’s iPhone 18 series which could see the Apple C2 modem.
According to Pu, Apple will…
