Report: Apple wants to get rid of Qualcomm in Apple Watch, C2 is already planning

After Apple, finally a self-developed 5G mobile radio modem, has managed to integrate C1 into its own product, it should continue as soon as possible with the navel from the previous radio technology supplier Qualcomm: Apple Watch too The one is a new transmission and received part. This US-IT message report gives information from Silicon Valley.

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LTE to 5G Redcap

According to the report, a first step is not related to installing Apple technology (yet). Instead, the iPhone group wants first Switch to Taiwanese component group MediaTekAccordingly, Qualcomm should fly from Apple Watch Ultra this year – which then “real” after the third generation, Apple added only a new color to 2024. Similar rumors were already in December, now they are becoming more special.

Apple currently uses only 4G-LTE radio modem in all Apple Watch models, watches do not master in 5G. Thanks to MediaTek, so much in Ultra – 5G Redcap Service Supported, a 5G is adapted for the highest wearballs and IOT devices. In addition, Ultra 3 should also support satellite radio – as the possibility of sending text messages, as you already know from the iPhone. It is still not clear that Apple is also planning a radio modem for Apple Watch – it should take some more years. In addition to Qualcomm, MediaTek is one of the few companies that can produce 5G modem chips.

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How does it move with C1

Information also lists some news about C1. In 2026, there will already be a “C2” that first supports the MMWAVE spectrum, which Apple already uses with the Qualcomm Modem in the US variants of the iPhone. MMWAVE provides another even more thrruput rate, but is still rarely used in Europe. “C2” should wear code name “ganimade” and, according to the information, also ends in at least one iPhone. After that, “C3” is already planned, which may appear from 2027 and tolerate the code name “Prometheus”.

It should include all the features of the Qualcomm competition and even cross them – along with mmwave, but other features. Appe the appearance worked on his own radio modem for at least seven years and is said to have invested billions. According to old rumors, if the base station participates, download the measurement from 2026 to 6 GBPS 2026. Chip Should have started long agoIt is believed that the first internal tests are already running.

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