Having a router with multiple external antennas with amplifiers will help push back all that unwanted ... It’s an all-in-one device that looks like your typical modem but crams a router inside.

Instead, Apple is looking to play "the long game, hoping its modem will evolve into a more advanced component that could ultimately change the way an iPhone looks and works." Down the road ...

But while we don’t use them to connect our devices to the Internet anymore, that doesn’t mean the analog modem is completely ... the OpenModem looks like it would be a great choice.

Judging by a popular mobile device reverse-engineering forum’s investigations (Russian, translated), looks like the earlier versions of this modem came with the way more limited MDM9600 SoC ...

There also were concerns internally that Apple was simply developing a modem to get back at Qualcomm, following a legal battle over licensing payments that didn’t go the iPhone maker’s way.

The C1 is Apple’s first in-house modem to appear inside an iPhone, ditching the company’s total reliance on Qualcomm. However, there were also concerns about whether this modem is competitive.