Apple’s first real effort to cut ties with Qualcomm’s modem dominance appears to have stumbled out of the gate. Qualcomm commissioned Cellular Insights to run real-world 5G tests on T-Mobile’s sub-6GHz standalone network in New York City. The results, reported by Bloomberg, MacRumors, TrendForce, and Mobile World Live, showed Android devices with Qualcomm modems consistently outperforming Apple’s iPhone 16e—Apple’s first handset powered by its self-developed C1 modem.