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AppleInsider · September 19, 2026 — 14:53

Teardown confirms US iPhone 18 Pro Max lacks Apple's C2 modem

Teardown confirms US iPhone 18 Pro Max lacks Apple's C2 modem
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A teardown of the iPhone 18 Pro Max has confirmed an oddity of the US-based model, in that it uses a Qualcomm modem instead of Apple's C2 chip.iPhone 18 Pro MaxApple's introduction of the iPhone 18 Pro line included a lot of hype about its use of the C2 modem. It turns out not to be the case for the…

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