Since the launch of the M-series processors and now the C1 cellular modem , Apple has been slowly but surely moving toward complete chip independence. The company is even working on its own Bluetooth and Wi-Fi solution , which is reportedly coming with new Home products and the iPhone 17 lineup in the Fall.

One obvious benefit of developing chips in-house is energy efficiency. Apple toated this with the introduction of Apple Silicon what feels like a hundred years ago, and this week with its first-ever

Apple’s first product of the year, the iPhone 16e , debuted this week. But there are five more launches expected in the next few weeks and months. Here’s a look at what’s coming.

The iPhone 16e is a unique phone for many reasons. The most notable feature, however, is that it includes Apple’s first-ever cellular modem , the C1. In an interview with this week, Johny Srouji, Apple’s Senior Vice President of Hardware Technologies, teased that the C1 is “just the start” of Apple’s work in this industry.

Meanwhile, the opportunity to tour Apple’s modem testing labs for a behind-the-scenes look at what

The iPhone 16e is powered by the A18 chip , but there’s one difference between its GPU and the version in the chip that powers the iPhone 16. While the iPhone 16 has a 5-core GPU, the iPhone 16E has a 4-core GPU.

New Geekbench results for the iPhone 16e reveal just how much of a performance impact buyers can expect, plus a few other tidbits about the device.

The Geekbench results were spotted by this morning. In