Apple reportedly plans to combine its modem with future processors as a single software package

Apple’s first in-house cellular modem C1 announced last week, and while it doesn’t detail it, the company reportedly has some major plans for future iterations. according to ‘S Mark Gurman, “Apple intends to eventually incorporate modem components into the main processor.” Integrating modem into the main processor may have energy and cost advantages, but the design is still certain. We may see C2 and C3 first, which the company has tested against Gurman until the earliest “2028, integrated design won’t follow)

During its unveiling, Apple called the new C1 modem “the most powerful modem on the iPhone ever”. The $599 iPhone 16e also has an A18 chip (but with four GPU cores) and supports Apple Intelligence, if not.