The 5G Apple modem was faster than Qualcomm 5G modem although the C1 did not include support for the fastest MMWAVE 5G networks. Apple has done this to save some money and also because most American wireless users never get the opportunity to connect to the MMWAVE network because these signals are transmitted over limited distances compared to medium -scale networks and low networks.

Apple C1 5G modem is faster than Snapdragon X71 5G modem in this test. | 2D credit image

As a result, while both phones were probably connected to 5G Sub-6 GHz networks, if the husband was connected to MMWAVE, only iPhone 16 Pro Max He would have been able to support the fastest descending link speeds that could be obtained with MMWAVE support. It should be noted that both phones were working on the bell network.

One theory is that the C1 was able to outperform Snapdragon X71 due to the area where the Dave2D took the test that was in Toronto, Canada. As Dave2D, as a major city, there are cellular towers everywhere in Toronto saying it makes the Apple internal test test less challenging for C1. If the test was done in an area where it is difficult to find 5G towers, we have seen different results with the Snapdragon x71 5G modem.

There are other factors besides the modem that affects data speed. For example, network congestion, and the distance between cell towers is a couple who come to mind. The Speedtest app measures the speed of the user's internet connection, not the speed of the modem. But for a fast and dirty test, these results show that the internal modem is in iPhone 16e Very capable.