Apple analyst Kuo sees updated AirPods with wireless charging support materializing in Q1 of 2019
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Well-known Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo calls Apple's AirPods, the company's wireless Bluetooth earphones, the most popular accessory ever offered by the tech giant. He estimates that shipments of the device will hit 100 million units by 2021, up from 16 million last year. Kuo says that current iPhone owners would prefer to buy a pair of AirPods than upgrade their handset.
Kuo says that the new AirPods carrying case will be more expensive to produce, and will include a "rigid-flex board" internal component upgrade, improved hinges to support the new design and a higher thermal requirement. The analyst also sees some changes to the Bluetooth specifications for the AirPods themselves. Apple is expected to sell the new AirPods carrying case as a separate item for current AirPods only.
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