iPhone Air Gets Faster and More Efficient C1X 5G Modem, But No mmWave

Before the iPhone Air debuted, rumors suggested that it would follow the C1 modem spot that Apple archetypal introduced with the iPhone 16e. It turns retired Apple had different thought successful mind, and the ‌iPhone‌ Air is equipped with a caller C1X chip.


Apple says the C1X modem is up to 2x faster than the C1, portion utilizing the aforesaid cellular technologies. It is seemingly faster than the Qualcomm modem successful the iPhone 16 Pro, portion utilizing 30 percent little energy. According to Apple, the C1X is the astir power-efficient modem successful an ‌iPhone‌.

Apple seems to beryllium referring to sub-6GHz 5G speeds erstwhile it says the C1X is faster than the modem successful the ‌iPhone 16 Pro‌, due to the fact that the spot inactive doesn't enactment mmWave 5G speeds.

The C1X is constricted to sub-6GHz 5G bands, portion the Qualcomm modem successful the iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Pro, and ‌iPhone 17 Pro‌ Max supports some sub-6GHz and mmWave. Sub-6GHz is the much wide mentation of 5G, portion mmWave is much constricted and is typically recovered successful large cities and municipality areas.

The ‌iPhone‌ Air has longer artillery beingness than the iPhone 16 contempt its bladed size, and it besides offers amended artillery beingness than the ‌iPhone 16e‌ with C1 modem. The ‌iPhone‌ Air lasts for up to 27 hours erstwhile watching videos, portion the ‌iPhone 16e‌ lasts for up to 26 hours.
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