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Apple’s New Wireless Chips Tighten Its Grip On The iPhone

The iPhone Air debuts Apple’s C1X and N1 chips, boosting 5G, Wi-Fi 7 and efficiency — another step toward full control of iPhone components.

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10 months ago

September 10, 2025

Nour Nasir

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Apple used the launch of the iPhone Air to debut two in-house wireless chips — the C1X modem and N1 wireless processor — a move that signals its long-term plan to control every major component inside the iPhone.

The C1X modem handles sub-6GHz 5G and 4G LTE, doubling the performance of the C1 modem first seen in the iPhone 16e. Apple says it delivers those gains while drawing 30% less power — critical for the iPhone Air, which runs on a slimmer battery than other models. The company also made a pointed comparison: the C1X is faster than the Qualcomm modem inside last year’s iPhone 16 Pro, at least for equivalent cellular standards.

The N1 chip takes over Wi-Fi duties and adds Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6 and Thread for smart-home accessories. Together, the C1X and N1 pair with the new A19 Pro processor. Instead of a raw spec string, the A19 Pro brings more CPU and GPU headroom alongside a larger Neural Engine — enough to put pro-class power into Apple’s thinnest handset yet.

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Beyond this year’s redesign, the chips show Apple’s steady push away from external suppliers. Reports last year suggested the company’s ultimate aim is a single combined modem-processor, though that’s still some way off. For now, the iPhone Air illustrates the trade-off: thinner design, more wireless range, and less reliance on anyone else’s silicon.

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Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 9 And Ultra 2 Specs Leak Ahead Of Unpacked

An 800mAh Ultra 2 battery and a switch from Exynos to Qualcomm silicon headline the expected changes for Samsung’s next smartwatches.

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5 days ago

July 15, 2026

Nour Nasir

samsung's galaxy watch 9 and ultra 2 specs leak ahead of unpacked

Samsung’s next smartwatches have little left to hide. A new leak reported by Android Authority has surfaced most of the remaining details about the Galaxy Watch 9 and Galaxy Watch Ultra 2, just over a week before the company’s Galaxy Unpacked event on July 22.

The biggest change is an invisible one: Samsung is expected to drop its own Exynos W1000 chip in favor of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Wear Elite SW6100, a chipset unveiled only this year, according to the outlet.

Battery capacity looks like the other notable upgrade. Citing a report from Winfuture, Android Authority says the Watch Ultra 2 could reach 800mAh, well beyond the 590mAh cell in the current Watch Ultra. The 44mm Watch 9 reportedly gets a 445mAh cell — the same capacity as last year’s Watch 8 Classic — while the 40mm model stays at 325mAh.

The 40mm Watch 9 will reportedly feature a 438 x 438-pixel panel, with the 44mm Watch 9 and the Watch Ultra 2 sharing a larger 480 x 480-pixel screen. Samsung leaker Ice Universe has separately claimed the Ultra 2’s display could reach a peak brightness of 5,000 nits. RAM and storage vary by model, topping out at 2GB and 64GB.

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The Ultra 2 keeps its titanium case and 100-meter water resistance; the standard Watch 9 remains aluminum, rated to 5 ATM. All models are said to include Bluetooth 6.0, NFC, and dual-band WiFi, with the usual LTE variants, and ship with One UI 9 Watch running on Wear OS 7.

A separate leak puts the Galaxy Watch 9 at €409 (about $468) for the 40mm Bluetooth model, rising to €489 (about $560) for the 44mm LTE version, with the Watch Ultra 2 LTE at €749 (about $857) — figures Android Authority said were partially corroborated by Winfuture. Confirmation arrives on stage on July 22.