A new leak suggests that the iPhone 6 will not supportย the latest LTEย modem from Qualcomm. The leak comes from Chineseย repair firmย Geekbar ย (via GforGames)ย who posted a picture of the iPhone 6 LTE modem. According the repair firm, the iPhone 6 will useย Qualcomm’s Category 4 LTE MDM9625 modem, an LTE chip released back in 2012. Although no carrier has deployed LTE-Advanced in the states, theย MDM9625 chip supports it with a data transfer speed of up toย 150 Mbps. Although it’s not the latest chip, it has many improvements over the LTE modem found in the iPhone 5s. This Category 4 chip isย faster and more durable when heavily being used.
Many Android phones such as the Samsungย Galaxy S5 LTE-A,ย LG G3 currently support aย Category 6 LTE modem which is capable of delivering up to 300ย Mbps. Unlike most Android manufacturers, it appears that Apple will not jump on theย bandwagon of launching their devices with not-so-well established technologies just to please the “it has better specs so it’s better” fans.