Apple only just revealed the C1 modem with iPhone 16e on Wednesday, but there’s already a rumor about the C2 being tested internally.
iPhone 16e has the C1 modem. Image source: Apple
Apple has spent years trying to distance itself from Qualcomm and use its own in-house modem. The company has finally landed on the C1 modem used in iPhone 16e, calling it a “platform for generations.”
According to a report from MacRumors sourced from an accurate leaker that uses a private account on X, Apple is already working on the future of the C-series platform. The leaker called it the C2 and shared it has the identifier C4020.
Rumor Score: 🤯 Likely