Understanding that iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus don’t have the same makeup or components helps the user to understand that he or she cannot just engage in ‘one size fits all’ mode of operation. One has to know what works and what does not work when it comes to the use of iPhones.
These same concepts apply to iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus. However, we are taking a look at iPhone 7 series A1660 and A1661 Qualcomm Modem against iPhone 7 A1778 and A1784 Intel Modem and which of these will favor the user. What is our major concern here? Smartphone performance.
Understanding iPhone 7 and 7 Plus Better
For the user to understand his iPhone better, he must also know that variants of iPhones mean variants of hardware. For example, if the user of iPhone 7 has one with model number A1660 or he has iPhone 7 Plus A1661, these two variants are equipped with the same Qualcomm MDM9645M modem.
However, if a user has iPhone 7 A1778 or iPhone 7 Plus A1784, then the smartphones are equipped with Intel XMM7360 modem. Our concern now is this – Which of these works better, or have better performance? Is it the Qualcomm modem or the Intel Modem?
Benefits of the Qualcomm Modem
It is established the Qualcomm modem is more all-inclusive and is able to adapt in many ways. For example, this modem works on any carrier in the United States. These include T-Mobile, AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint. An iPhone 7 user is able to make use of it on various network connections such as GSM, CDMA, WCDMA, TD-SCDMA, or LTE.
Even if the user travels abroad, he can still make use of it, because it is now sold as an unlocked SIM-free version on Apple Store. But the benefits even go further than that. The benefits we are going to reveal here were identified by experts recently.
There was a testing by Cellular Insights, a body of experts specialized in researching the RF performance in commercial devices. The team discovered that there is a significant difference between the Qualcomm and Intel modem. They compared the 4G LTE performance of the two modems on band 12 (10MHz), band 4 (20MHz) and band 7 (20MHz).
Qualcomm vs Intel Modems Test Results
The test results are shown below:
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So you see how Qualcomm modem performs more than Intel modems. Besides, please note that these test results may vary from place to place. However, it appears that the Qualcomm modem is more adaptable even outside United States than the Intel modem.
Furthermore, a user may try to do something about it if he uses iPhone 7 A1778 or iPhone 7 Plus A1784. Try to change your network SIM setting and see how things pan out. If you’re on LTE when the network is poor and your iPhone is 7 A1778 or iPhone 7 Plus A1784, you can switch to GSM instead, as it appears Intel modems get a boost when in GSM mode.
Conclusion
There is a considerable difference in the Qualcomm and Intel modem. It goes up to thirty percent and the data speed on Intel modem was 40Mbps slower. If you live in areas where there is no 4G internet, the use of Intel modem is an advantage, as it will work better with 2G, albeit slowly.
