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I'm curious if they tested this in highly-congested cells, since that's when cellular modems have to do the most "magic" and probably hit weird implementation e

I'm curious if they tested this in highly-congested cells, since that's when cellular modems have to do the most "magic" and probably hit weird implementation edge cases. I think using the C1 in a packed football stadium is the real test of whether Apple has caught up to Qualcomm.

lxgr 2y ago
Other than mmwave (which this modem does not support), I don't think there's much more magic to do in an empty vs. a congested cell for a baseband. 5G spectrum is managed by the network, so the only thing that will happen is that each device will get shorter/narrower time/frequency slices, but there shouldn't be any unexpected cross- or same-channel interference of the type that is common for unmanaged protocols like 802.11 or Bluetooth.
tatersolid 2y ago
> whether Apple has caught up to Qualcomm My very recent Qualcomm-equipped phone sucks in every stadium, train station, shopping center, and high-rise I’ve entered in the last year. I’m not sure if that’s Tmo or the modem but Qualcomm is not a panacea for crowded 5G in my experience.