Zolemba zotsikitsidwa kuchokera kwa mnzake wopanga Apple Tata Electronics zikuwonetsa kuti Apple ikukonzekera kugwiritsa ntchito tchipisi ta modemu mu iPhone 18 Pro kutengera komwe chipangizocho chimagulitsidwa. Zambiri zimachokera ku kuphwanya kwakukulu kwa data kwa 630GB kutsatira kuwukira kwa chiwombolo pa Tata, yomwe imasonkhanitsa ma iPhones pamodzi ndi Foxconn.
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Malinga ndi zinawukhira bilu ya zipangizo, U.S. mitundu ya iPhone 18 Pro ipitiliza kugwiritsa ntchito zida za Qualcomm, kuphatikiza Snapdragon X80 5G modem ndi tchipisi ta RF monga SDR875, QDM8771, QDM8720, PMK75, PMX75, ndi QET7100A. Zitsanzo zapadziko lonse lapansi, mosiyana, akuyembekezeka kutumiza ndi Apple's in-house C2 modem, kodi Ganymede.
Chifukwa Ma modemu Awiri? Vuto la mmWave
Chifukwa chachikulu chikuwoneka ngati chithandizo cha mmWave 5G. Ma modemu aposachedwa a Apple C1 ndi C1X samathandizira mmWave, ndipo mafayilo omwe adatsitsidwa akuwonetsa kuti C2 isowanso izi. mmWave ndiye gulu lapamwamba kwambiri la 5G logwiritsidwa ntchito ndi U.S. onyamula monga Verizon ndi AT&T kuti ipereke kuthamanga kwachangu kwambiri pamipata yayifupi. Popeza onyamula amenewo adayika ndalama zambiri muzomangamanga za mmWave, akufuna mafoni apamwamba ogulitsidwa ku U.S. kuthandizira ukadaulo.
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Zomwe zidatsitsidwa zikuwonetsa Apple ikugwiritsa ntchito mitundu iwiri yosiyana ya bolodi. Nambala ya board 820-04340-06 imaphatikizapo zolumikizira za mmWave ndi zida za Qualcomm, pamene board 820-04305-06 amagwiritsa ntchito modemu ya C2 ndipo ilibe zida za mmWave. Izi zikuwonetsa kugawanika kwa zida zakuthupi m'malo mosiyanasiyana kusiyanasiyana kwamapulogalamu. U.S. chitsanzo ndi chosiyana mwathupi ndi mtundu wapadziko lonse lapansi pamlingo wa board.
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Njira yapawiri-modemu iyi imabwera ndi malonda omwe angakhalepo. Ma modemu apanyumba a Apple amadziwika kuti ndi amphamvu kwambiri kuposa mayankho a Qualcomm, kutanthauza U.S. iPhone 18 Ogula a Pro amatha kuwona moyo wa batri woyipa kwambiri kuposa omwe amagula chida chomwecho kwina. Daring Fireball's John Gruber akunena kuti mmWave imapereka phindu lochepa kwa ogwiritsa ntchito ambiri, kuyitcha chabe kuwononga moyo wa batri ndikuwonetsa kuti dalaivala weniweni ndi malo onyamulira onyamula m'malo mongogwiritsa ntchito.
eSIM yaku China ndi Zowonjezera Zina
Kutayikira kumalozeranso ku iPhone zina 18 Zowonjezera za Pro, kuphatikiza sensor yatsopano ya kamera ya Sony IMX905. Mndandanda wamasinthidwe m'mafayilo otayidwa ukuwonetsa kuti kuyambira mtundu wa V64 P2 kupita mtsogolo, sipadzakhala chithandizo cha ma SIM apawiri amthupi, ndi kasinthidwe ka CN kusonyeza kuphatikiza kwa eSIM ndi SIM yakuthupi. Izi zikutanthauza kuti mtundu wa msika waku China uyenera kuyambitsa chithandizo cha eSIM koyamba pa iPhone 18 Pro.
Njira Yaitali ya Apple yopita ku Ufulu wa Modem
Apple yakhala ikugwira ntchito kuti ichepetse kudalira kwake Qualcomm kuyambira pomwe idapeza bizinesi ya modemu ya Intel $1 biliyoni mu 2019. Modem yoyamba yamakampani ya C1 idayamba pa iPhone 16e koyambirira 2025 ndipo wakhala akuwonekera mu iPhone Air ndi iPhone 17e. Komabe, zitsanzo zapamwamba kuphatikizapo iPhone 17, 17 Pro, ndi 17 Pro Max amagwiritsabe ntchito tchipisi ta Qualcomm. The iPhone 18 Pro ikhoza kuyimira kukulitsa kwakukulu kwa njira ya modemu ya Apple, ngakhale italephera kusintha kwathunthu kutali ndi Qualcomm.