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From the Article:

iPhone 16e may not have Wi-Fi 7 or mmWave, but it has a few tricks such as amazing battery life
The C1 is so power efficient, it gets four more hours of use than the comparable iPhone 16 with its Qualcomm chip.

Not sure about the basis for the above statements. One can look into the talktime duration of iPhone 16 Vs iPhone 16e against the battery capacity of each phone in the GSMArea battery life test Apple iPhone 16e review: Lab tests - display, battery life, charging speed, speakers. Apple designed C1 modem in iPhone 16e is about 20% inefficient than Qualcomm modem in iPhone 16 as per GSMA tests. It is iPhone 16 which is actually getting 4 more hours of use than iPhone 16e according to their automated battery tests. And that seems the most likely scenario, given that GSMA has observed that Apple has used inferior display as well in iPhone 16e when compared to iPhone 16. Not sure from where the battery life data is coming from for the AppleInsider.

Wesley Hilliard said:

jdw said:

Wow.  Just wow.

When otherwise staunchly left-leaning Tim Cook isn't quite left enough for the left, they pounce. 

Great job, folks.  Great job.

This has nothing to do with politics and it's an insane leap to try and make it so. Stop.

Agreed. And I usually enjoy reading @jdw's posts. Definitely, not this one. Not after, it was deleted for violating the forum rules.

My personal take on the topic at hand - Ok, Apple lied about an important feature - so what? Everything is fair in love, war and marketing. Apple's marketing is usually not as deceptive as competition and they are still far better than competition even after this situation. Of course. competition is not the gold standard for Apple to follow, rather Apple has to set the high bar for others to follow. But occasional missteps happen and that is inevitable. Is this misstep large enough for CEO to step down - I don't think so, considering the track record of the CEO in question for the last 10+ years.

MacPro said:

Just wait....   250% tariff on pharmaceuticals, vehicles, machinery, and medical equipment from the EU.

If the same 250% tariff is extended to imports from China (including iPhones), I am sure you would be 250% happier, right? As far as USA is concerned, China is a bigger adversary than EU, isn't it? Hang on - Is EU adversary of USA or not? Does anyone in the MAGA group who wants EU to be punished by POTUS know?

danox said:

Apple has many new devices coming up in the future they want to build, so iteration on the Apple modem and everything else Apple Silicon will continue on…..

As it goes with most things in tech, particularly the way Apple has executed in the last 25 years the design and engineering teams are probably working at least two years ahead, the R2,C2, M4,M5,M6 or some variants have been in the works for some time?

Like they were working on M4 Ultra in 2023, to release it in early 2025?

y2an said:

Moving to a smaller feature size process node isn’t really necessary for a modem. It’s more expensive and would take away capacity from chips which need it, in other words the M4.

You cannot be more incorrect on this point. Appel does need to come out with a more efficient modem for its mainstream iPhones. Please look into the talktime duration of iPhone 16 Vs iPhone 16e against the battery capacity of each phone in the GSMArea battery life test Apple iPhone 16e review: Lab tests - display, battery life, charging speed, speakers. The results are interesting, The Apple designed C1 modem in iPhone 16e is about 20% inefficient than Qualcomm modem in iPhone 16. One of the key areas to improve on this would be to move to a more efficient fabrication.