When Shrimp 🍤 says something you know it’s true. X80 confirmed for the iPhone 17 Pro’s ya’ll 😉
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Only on the Pro's? 🤔 I mean I know for Air they have their own. But 17 base?
That was the models this particular account looked at, the Pros. So we don’t know yet for base.
I would get the Pro to be on the safe side. No telling with Apple 🍎 and their budget cuts.
🍎🤔💸✂️❓👉 Are we talking cheaper parts ⚙️🧩🔩⬇️ for iPhones 📱📱, or company-wide cuts 🏢🧑💼🧾📉🪓❓
Qualcomm charges a ton for their Modems, hence why Apple 🍎 wants to get away from them. If Apple 🍎 uses a older generation Qualcomm modem instead of the latest modem then they can obviously save some money 💴 Apple knows that the majority of their customers don’t buy the iPhone for the modem.
That’s total speculation and opinion from you though right?
Yes its my thoughts but I could be wrong. If you don’t want to wait for the tear-down then the safe bet is to get the X80 in the iPhone Pro Models. Shrimpapplepro 🍤 confirmed that the X80 is indeed in the iPhone Pro Models. 📱
I would not be surprised if they also use X80 in the base. They have been very generous to the base this year lol.
Also if the rumours are true the base is here until around march/april 2027 so they may want to make sure it’s not outdated by then
First teardown shows an x80!
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From the iphone community on Reddit: Breakdown of 17 Pro Max shows a Qualcomm x80 modem!
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I have TMo (USA) and in my house download speeds are great between 650 Mbps and 1.1 Gbps. Upload is horrendous normally about 1.04 to the max of 10 Mbps. Today it was 30 ul so that’s a good sign.
In a comment in that Reddit thread, somebody said it is also on the 17. Here’s their comment:First teardown shows an x80!
From the iphone community on Reddit: Breakdown of 17 Pro Max shows a Qualcomm x80 modem!
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“17 also has X80 modem. Source yang.ycs instagram”
I don’t have instagram so I’m unable to look at this myself. But if it’s true, I’m glad that the 17 is also getting the X80. Apple really went all out on the 17, for being the base model it is really good.
I’m curious to see how much difference the antenna system in the pro makes
Are any phones actually using X85 yet?
Peak speeds go from 4.4Gb/s to 10Gb/s. Newer modems have more carrier aggregation and give users access to omre bandwidth at a time. Which is better for speeds and also performance in crowded areas.