Apple’s recent modem is expected to deliver higher battery efficiency, improved cellular network privacy, and AI-supported network efficiency. So, your device should last more, be less visible to your carrier, and higher capable of get a connection — even when connectivity is constrained.
Next 12 months’s 18-series devices will definitely stick to Apple’s modems, meaning Qualcomm’s remaining Apple business needs to be wrapped up in the discharge this fall. As Apple’s modem appears in additional devices, you’ll probably only see Qualcomm modems used to offer mmWave support, which realistically has little or no traction or carrier support outside America.
Waiting to exchange mmWave
That view is supported by reports based on information recently stolen from Apple’s India-based iPhone partner, Tata. It claimed Apple will use the C2 in internationally sold iPhones Pro and Max, while keeping to Qualcomm in US devices.