iPhone 18 Pro Max in U.S. Has Qualcomm's Snapdragon X80 Modem

TechInsights has published an iPhone 18 Pro Max teardown that confirms the U.S. mentation of the instrumentality is equipped with Qualcomm's Snapdragon X80 modem.


The device's modem firmware had already pointed towards the Snapdragon X80 modem.

The smaller iPhone 18 Pro and the iPhone Duo usage Apple's custom-designed C2 modem worldwide, and the iPhone 18 Pro Max uses the C2 modem successful each different country, truthful the U.S. mentation of the iPhone 18 Pro Max having a Qualcomm modem is unique.

iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max models have the aforesaid Snapdragon X80 modem worldwide, though TechInsights noted that the U.S. mentation of the iPhone 18 Pro Max has a newly-identified mmWave 5G antenna module from Apple.

We volition person to hold for C2 vs. Snapdragon X80 show tests.

Apple has yet to explicate wherefore lone the U.S. mentation of the iPhone 18 Pro Max inactive has a Qualcomm modem, truthful we tin lone speculate for now. In 2023, Qualcomm announced that it would proviso Apple with smartphone modems done 2026, truthful possibly Apple is ensuring that it complies with its contractual obligations successful a minimal way.

Apple's C2 modem supports ultra-fast mmWave 5G successful the U.S., dissimilar its previous-generation C1 and C1X modems. Qualcomm modems successful the iPhone 12 and newer already supported mmWave 5G successful the U.S., truthful Apple played drawback up here. Apple said the C2 delivers "meaningfully faster uploads" compared to the C1X portion consuming 15% little energy.
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