Apple has just revealed the 16E iPhone, its new budget telephone to replace the iPhone is old, but it is more than a cheaper version of the iPhone 16, since it comes with a new component: the C1 C1 c1 modem.
That is Apple's first modem chip for an iPhone and marks what could be an important movement of using Qualcomm modem chips, allowing even more than the Cupertino crew has greater control over the iPhone hardware at the granular level.
We do not have a lot of information about the chip of modem C1. Even so, Apple promoted that it is “the most efficient modem on an iPhone, which offers rapid and reliable 5G cell connectivity.”
It is expected a quick and reliable 5G connection, especially when the iPhone 16E is a phone of $ 599 /3599 / AU $ 999, so it is not a coup contender for our best list of cheap phones, at least in Its current content. But what caught my attention was the power efficiency claim.
Incredibly, I live in a part of London that still has to obtain fiber Internet connectivity, so when it comes to doing anything that requires a lot To my iPhone 16 Pro Max to take advantage of the fastest 5G connection.
This is fine until I look at how much battery is engulfed when using 5G sustained data transfer, in addition to the phone it becomes quite roasted to the touch.
If the C1 can significantly improve energy efficiency, we could see the 16E iPhone, and perhaps the tastes of the rumored family of the iPhone 17, fight this by gluteing less battery juice and get less hot under the silicon necklace.
In general, we could see that iPhones improve the duration of the battery already solid that Apple phones tend to offer, although they are far from being the most durable smartphones. At a time when we see that they demand tools and characteristics that work with AI they appear in the best phones, having better energy efficiency will be much more important.
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Another interesting point that appeared when I fell into the announcement of the Apple iPhone 16E is that the combination of the new C1 chip and the A18 chip, which can be found on the iPhone 16 and the iPhone 16 Plus, has allowed a new internal design with the iPhone 16E.
Apple has not come into details here, but as in the world of cars, especially formula one, new component packaging methods can lead to more efficient designs and potentially improved performance.
Or a new internal design for iPhones could produce new hardware features; Perhaps with next -generation iPhones, we could obtain a dedicated graphic processing unit from the A18 chip that could bring great graphic power to overheat the games and other demanding tasks graphically on iPhones.
This is just me reflecting, of course. But if nothing else, a new internal design could produce more compact and thin iPhones.
So, while a new internal designed modem chip might not be the most exciting of Apple's new components, it could be a major problem for future iPhones of what one might think.
