There ’s been a lot of chatter lately about thenext - coevals AirPods . Mostly , several leaks suggesting they ’re go tolook like the AirPods Proand that the bud will found ata bruit March eventthat Apple is supposedly organizing . But do n’t get your hopes up . Reliable Apple psychoanalyst Ming - Chi Kuo is throw stale weewee on the idea of the AirPods 3 launch anytime before fall .
In an psychoanalyst note , per9to5 Mac , Kuo aver that Apple has slated mass production for the AirPods 3 in Q3 2021 . If true , that would rule them out of the supposed March 23 upshot , which Apple has yet to confirm is even fall out . It ’s also Kuo double back onhis before predictionsthat the new AirPods would derive in the first one-half of 2021 . As for a reason why the AirPods 3 might be delayed ? Not a word from Kuo , though there is aglobal silicon chip shortagegoing on .
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In general , Kuo was down on Apple ’s audio destiny . After transport around 90 million AirPods in 2020 , Kuo says that number is expect to fell to 78 million this twelvemonth . That ’s not help bylow expectationsfor theAirPods Max , which are predicted to sell a mere 1 million units for the entire year or a meagre 1 % of full loading . Who would ’ve guessed those $ 549 headphones might not deal like gangbusters ? Hmm . ( Though it would be kinda suspicious if the AirPods Max went the way of the OG HomePod , which Applemurdered over the weekend . ) But apparently , Kuo asserts that the lackluster shipments are because there ’s no self-coloured AirPods ecosystem , and well , other company make middling good headphone that cost a fraction of the price .
A singular tidbit : Kuo say it ’s possible that Apple wo n’t sack out the AirPods 2 once the AirPods 3 launch . That would go a long way in brush up out the AirPods lineup , as Apple could make up one’s mind to intemperately discount the AirPods 2 as the “ tawdry ” option in the same wayit did for the Apple Watch Series 3this retiring fall .
This is n’t to say theAirPods 3 leakswe’ve realise thus far are totally bunk . All the signs goingas far back as summer 2020point to the AirPods 3 cribbing some of the AirPods Pro ’s feature . It ’s more that you maybe should n’t carry them this month . As for that rumour March 23 result ? Perhaps we ’ll last see those damnedAirTags .
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