Qualcomm Releases Study Showing That Its Modems Beat Apple’s C1

A study commissioned by Qualcomm Inc. found that its modem chips worked better than a rival component developed by Apple Inc., especially for cellular customers in dense urban areas.

The iPhone 16e, the first smartphone to use Apple’s in-house C1 modem, was slower to download and upload information on T-Mobile’s 5G network in New York City than Qualcomm-powered Android devices, according to a report by Cellular Insights Inc. Qualcomm paid for the study and made the findings available to Bloomberg.