Study shows Apple’s C1 beats Qualcomm in key areas. Today Ookla published a study of real-world data comparing Apple’s iPhone 16e with C1 against the standard iPhone 16 with Qualcomm’s modem.

Apple’s C1 beat Qualcomm here. However, in the 90th percentile, where connectivity is optimal, Qualcomm beat out the Apple C1 modem in the benchmarks. As for the median tier, ...

Apple launched C1, its first in-house 5G modem, earlier this year with the iPhone 16e and early findings suggested it performed well against Qualcomm’s own modems. Now a new study says otherwise ...

A new Qualcomm-funded study claims Android phones with Snapdragon modems outperform the iPhone 16e C1 modem, and the comparison favors Qualcomm by design.

A few months after releasing the iPhone 16e with Apple’s first 5G modem, the C1 chip, Qualcomm commissioned an independent study that revealed, to no one’s surprise, that its chips outperform ...

The C1 modem was never meant to outperform Qualcomm’s best modems, only to provide a comparable experience to mid-tier products with good stability and lower power utilization.

Qualcomm revealed that this new X85 5G modem features 5G mmWave support, 400Mhz download bandwidth in the Sub-6Ghz spectrum, and satellite connectivity, none of which are found in Apple’s C1.

Apple’s new in-house C1 modem, debuting in the iPhone 16e, falls short of Qualcomm’s flagship modems in both download and especially upload speeds, according to a recent (Qualcomm-commissioned ...

Apple's C1 modem achieved equal to faster performance than some Qualcomm modems in some earlier tests, but a Qualcomm spokesperson said this study is the "only comprehensive, scientific ...

A report commissioned by Qualcomm has detailed how Apple's in-house modem compares to its own, ... Qualcomm-funded study shows that Apple's C1 modem is slower — but there's a catch.