A recent report indicated that the rumored Apple iPhone 6s will have a major upgrade in its internal board. This major upgrade refers to the redesigned wireless system technology featuring an improved Qualcomm LTE Modem chip for fast downloads, Macrumors reports.
The improved Qualcomm LTE Modem chip offers faster download speeds using LTE and has a greater energy efficiency. The Qualcomm MDM9635M chip, also referred to as the "9X35 Gobi Modem Platform," was reportedly designed to significantly improve iPhone 6s' performance. iPhone 6 and iPhone Plus are using the 9X25 chip models, according to Macrumors.
The Qualcomm LTE Modem chip in iPhone 6s, as Macrumors noted, is targeting a download speed of up to 300 Mbps, which is twice the speed of the current iPhone products. A similar report from 95toMac indicated that iPhone 6s will have a slimmer, narrower and compact motherboard, which means it could host a larger battery. The new Qualcomm LTE Modem chip was built using a newer 20nm production process compared to the 28nm process found in the current iPhones.
The "9X35" LTE chip is considered to be Qualcomm's first in its 20nm chip technology, which is power-efficient and has a reduced heat generation feature. These features are reportedly for preventing the device from warming up when used heavily. It can be recalled that the Qualcomm MDM9635M chip was first introduced in late 2013, which actually doubled the normal 150 Mbps download speed.
Qualcomm claims that the improved Qualcomm LTE Modem chip will still be compatible with and support all other major mobile communication technologies such as DC-HSPA, EVDO Rev. B, CDMA 1x, GSM and TD-SCDMA. The company added that with the Qualcomm LTE Modem TE chip, mobile phone companies will be able to develop "sleeker" devices without sacrificing the performance and instead boosting the phone's data usage and efficiency.
