苹果公司在iPhone 16e中首次采用自研C1芯片，这款芯片由基带调制解调器和收发器组成，分别采用先进的4纳米和7纳米技术制造。经过在55个国家与180家运营商的测试，确保其全球适用性。C1芯片显著提升了iPhone 16e的电池续航能力，视频播放时间长达26小时，远超iPhone 16的22小时。据郭明錤透露，C1芯片还将应用于传闻中的“超薄iPhone 17”。苹果表示，C1芯片是其技术发展的起点，未来将不断改进，以实现产品的真正差异化。

🔋C1芯片是苹果公司首款自研调制解调器，它由基带调制解调器（采用4纳米技术）和收发器（采用7纳米技术）构成，是苹果在芯片设计上的一次重要尝试。

🌍为了确保C1芯片的可靠性，苹果在55个国家与180家运营商的网络中进行了广泛测试，以保证其在全球范围内的兼容性和稳定性。

📱iPhone 16e得益于C1芯片，在电池续航方面表现出色，视频播放时间长达26小时，显著优于iPhone 16的22小时，这表明C1芯片在功耗控制方面具有优势。

🚀苹果计划持续改进C1芯片技术，并将其发展为一个平台，用于实现产品的差异化。据传，苹果已经在研发C2调制解调器，有望在能效和5G连接方面带来进一步提升。

If you go by definition, Apple's new C1 chip isn't the sexiest thing in the world.

Per Apple, it's "the first modem designed by Apple." Given that all previous iPhones also had some sort of modem chip inside — for example, the iPhone 16 sports a Qualcomm Snapdragon X71M — it's easy to overlook the C1 as just another chip that makes the iPhone do basic iPhone stuff like connecting to the internet.

But the Apple C1, which debuted in the company's new iPhone 16e, could be a bigger deal than you think. Apple says that C1 contributes to the iPhone 16e's "extraordinary battery life."

The C1 chip was actually a very complex endeavor. Speaking to Retuers, Johny Srouji, Apple's senior vice president of hardware technologies, said that that the baseband modem was manufactured with advanced 4-nanometer chipmaking technology, while the transceiver was made with 7-nanometer technology. It had to be tested with 180 carriers in 55 countries to make sure it works, well, everywhere.

Indeed, the iPhone 16e beats the iPhone 16 in battery life by a large margin (up to 26 hours of video playback vs. the iPhone 16's 22 hours of video playback), despite the two phones being roughly the same size.

Now, Apple sleuth Ming-Chi Kuo claims that Apple's C1 chip will also be used for the rumored "slim iPhone 17."

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And while Apple rarely discusses future products or plans, the Srouji told Reuters that "C1 is the start."

"We're going to keep improving that technology each generation, so that it becomes a platform for us that will be used to truly differentiate this technology for our products," he said. According to MacRumors, who quoted a source with a good track record as saying that Apple is already working on a C2 modem, which could be even more power efficient, as well as offer faster and more reliable 5G connectivity.

In practical terms, this could mean that Apple's rumored slim iPhone 17 will have a longer battery life than one might expect given its thin profile. The rest of the iPhone 17 lineup will still feature Qualcomm modems according to Kuo, but in the future, Apple silicon might finally take iPhones to a place where you can forget to charge them overnight and still have battery left at the end of the next day.