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Foxconn purportedly mass producing AirPods with USB-C connectivity

Leaker leaker ShrimpApplePro.says that Apple manufacturing partner Foxconn is in mass production of AirPods with USB-C instead of Lighting connectivity.

The Sellers Research Group (that’s me) thinks this makes sense. The upcoming iPhone 15 will reportedly replace the Lightning port with USB-C instead of a Lightning port, so it makes sense for this to be implemented with Apple’s AirPods line.

In a series of March tweets, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says that Apple will release new AirPods Pro with a USB-C charging case later this year. However, he says that the tech giant won’t release a USB-C version of “AirPods 3.”

Kuo expects the former will begin shipping n the second or third quarter. He’s uncertain whether there will be any physical changes to the AirPods Pro itself. 

As for the non-Pro version of AirPods, Kuo says Apple “currently appears to have no plans for USB-C versions of the AirPods 2 & 3. 

Dennis Sellers

Dennis Sellers is the editor/publisher of Apple World Today. He’s been an “Apple journalist” since 1995 (starting with the first big Apple news site, MacCentral). He loves to read, run, play sports, and watch movies.

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