The famous Apple analyst Guo Mingji released the latest report predicting that the new AirPods 3 is expected to be mass-produced in the first half of next year. Among them, the biggest change in internal design is to abandon the soft and hard board + SMT used in the second generation AirPods and then switch to SiP. The main supplier of the product.
Guo Mingchi said that because the demand for second-generation AirPods is declining, Apple may advance the shipment time of the third-generation AirPods.
In addition, the report said that the second-generation AirPods Pro will enter mass production in the fourth quarter of 2021 or the first quarter of 2022. The product will continue to use the SiP design of AirPods Pro. GoerTek may be the main supplier of this product.
Guo Mingji also gave relevant forecast data for AirPods 2 and AirPods Pro: the first two quarters of 2020 are expected to have shipments of about 18-20 million units and 6-7 million pairs, and the AirPods series is expected to ship in 2020 The volume is about 80-90 million pairs.