iPhone 15 teardown reveals updated Qualcomm 5G modem

Instead of keeping the iPhone 14 Pro’s 5G Qualcomm modem, Apple has included an updated one in the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus, with Qualcomm’s X70 5G modem in use for this year’s releases.

Tweets by iFixit lead teardown technician Shahram Mokhtari on Sunday reveal Apple is using Qualcomm’s X70 in the new models, rather than reusing the X65 used in the iPhone 14 generation.

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