Even after the arrival of its in-house modems, Apple’s product lines still mostly rely on Qualcomm for cellular hardware. Here are all the Qualcomm chips Apple uses.
Apple still uses Qualcomm modems for products like the iPhone 17 Pro.
Apple still uses Qualcomm modems for products like the iPhone 17 Pro.
On June 30, AppleInsider revealed that the iPhone 18 Pro might ship in two region-specific modem configurations: a Qualcomm modem in the United States, and the Apple C2 elsewhere in the world. The information serves as the perfect illustration of Apple’s continued reliance on Qualcomm.
While the original iPhone featured an Infineon modem, Apple started using Qualcomm hardware in February 2011, with the Verizon variant of the iPhone 4.