[Moral_]

I wish folks would test these against current gen Qualcomm modems. We're comparing a brand new modem to a 2 1/2 year old Modem. Android uses x80 and Qualcomm just released x85. So a fair comparison would be C1 vs x80.

I understand that is what the iPhone 16 uses, but that's an Apple problem they purposefully took an older generation modem from Qualcomm for their 16 series. Knowing Apple's modus operandi they probably decided to use the x71 so when they released C1 it appeared better than it really is. They did this during the Intel Modem days when they shipped that.

None the less it will be interesting to see how this modem develops further and what products it ends up in.

[wat10000]

You think Apple deliberately sabotaged their flagship model so they could make their cheap phone look better?

[FirmwareBurner]

No, but Apple always uses older generation parts from their suppliers (modems, displays, glass, NAND, etc), not to sabotage their products, but to cut down on BOM costs and increase margins, as suppliers always ask a premium for their latest and greatest, especially since their customers never cared about the spec sheet so using the most expensive parts would be profits wasted.

[Moral_]

They've done it before: https://hothardware.com/news/apple-throttles-iphone-7-models...