While the iPhone Air is equipped with Apple's custom C1X modem for cellular connectivity, all of the iPhone 17 models are outfitted with Qualcomm modems still. Qualcomm says the Snapdragon X80 ...

Each spring, Mobile World Congress in Barcelona is the place where the entire mobile ecosystem shows off the best of what it has to offer for the year. Following Apple’s announcement of its C1 modem ...

A new Cellular Insights report commissioned by Qualcomm has found that two unnamed Android smartphone models equipped with Qualcomm's Snapdragon X75 and Snapdragon X80 modems achieved faster 5G speeds ...

Apple is making a major change with the iPhone 16e. It will no longer use Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 5G modem. Instead, it will have Apple’s own C1 5G modem chip. This shift gives Apple more control over ...

The 5G FRMCS modem will support specific 5G frequency bands for railway communication. Credit: Kontron. Kontron has entered into a partnership with Qualcomm Technologies to develop a 5G FRMCS (Future ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. Apple launched its new iPhone Air smartphone last week, with the new ultra-thin iPhone featuring the company's new in-house C1X 5G modem on the custom A19 ...

Our smartphones come with modems, because otherwise, how would we connect to the internet? Just like modems we use at home, not all smartphone modems were made equal. Some are designed to be cheaper ...

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 new report commissioned by Qualcomm finds ...

Qualcomm announced the modem that we will likely see in next-gen Snapdragon flagship SoCs. The new Qualcomm X85 5G platform is the eighth generation of 5G modems from the company. It is also the ...