Apple to launch 3rd gen AirPods in Q1 2021-TechWeu
Apple is scheduling to begin mass manufacturing of new AirPods at the finish of 2020. This was unveiled by the analyst Ming-Chi Kuo where he disclosed the earphones will get there in Q1 2021.
The note to investors, quoted by Apple Insider, also disclosed the second-gen AirPods Professional are not coming any time shortly – Cupertino will begin mass output at the end of calendar 2021, so they need to be out in Q1 2022.
According to Kuo, the industry could possibly be expecting new AirPods, but will actually get a new Beats design. He also noted a shift in need from the 2nd-gen essential AirPods to the AirPods Pro, inspite of their better selling price.
Shipments of the non-Pro earphones is probably to decline up to 40% QoQ and arrive at 11-13 million marketed units in the 2nd 50 % of 2020.
Calculations of the analyst reveal that Apple could possibly ship up to 90 million sets of AirPods by the finish of 2020 – 50 to 55 million of the AirPods, the rest 35-40 million being AirPods Pro.