With the Pixel 10 just over a month old, rumors about its successor are beginning to pick up. The Tensor G6 for the Pixel 11 is said to switch to a MediaTek modem. In late 2024, a report said that Google would use a MediaTek modem for the Pixel 10 series. That did not end up being the case, with …
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Ookla, the network intelligence company known for its Speedtest tool, today published the results of its second iPhone 16e cellular speed test. In short, Ookla found that the iPhone 16e with Apple’s custom-designed C1 modem “performs similarly” to the standard iPhone 16 with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X71 modem in the “vast majority of markets” that it examined. However, results sometimes varied …
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Apple has been working for many years on developing its own mobile data modem to replace the Qualcomm ones on which it has traditionally relied. The first of these, the C1 chip, was used in the iPhone 16e, and is also expected to be used in the upcoming iPhone 17 Air. There have so far been mixed messages on how …
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Home routers and cable modems are now extremely powerful devices, but they all suffer from the attention of their manufacturers’ design and marketing departments. Instead of neatly packaging them in functional cases, they impose aesthetics and corporate identity on them, usually resulting in a curvy plastic case that’s difficult to integrate with other network infrastructure. [The Eccentric Workshop] did something …
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The internal specifications surrounding the foldable iPhone share some polarity. On one hand, Apple’s most cutting-edge smartphone will be loaded with top-end hardware, but the company is also reported to make compromises elsewhere, such as the device supposedly lacking Face ID due to design complexities. The Cupertino firm could make trade-offs in other areas, such as camera configuration, with analysts …
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Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR The Google Pixel 10 and Pixel 10 Pro XL have passed through the FCC website. Both phones apparently have satellite support, and there are hints of a Samsung modem once again. Meanwhile, the Pro version has Thread and UWB support while the standard model misses these features. Google is expected to launch the Pixel …
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