Apple’s popular accessory could face stiff competition in 2019 as Google and Amazon are believed to be targeting the market for wireless earbuds that Apple’s helped mainstream.
AirPods, which Kuo calls Apple’s most popular accessory ever, should sell a hundred million units by 2021. That’s a huge increase over an estimated sixteen million units sold in 2017.
Apple has dropped about 16 percent since early November because narrow-minded investors continue to focus on unit sales rather than the booming Services revenue.
The revered Apple analyst has turned his attention to Apple’s camera, Face ID and photography improvements slated for iPhone models coming in 2019 and 2020.
Any significant talk about a possible Apple car or autonomous driving project is, of course, coming from Kuo, everyone’s favorite (and most reliable) Apple analyst “out there”.
Reliable analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has predicted in the most recent note to clients that Macs might adopt Apple’s own chip technology used in iPhone and iPad starting in 2020 or 2021.
Trusted Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has expressed his belief that the Cupertino tech giant won’t integrate an infrared depth-sensing system on the rear of iPhone models to be released in 2019. This isn’t necessary a bad thing, here’s why.
Apple Watch Series 4 is expected to support electrocardiography (ECG). Additionally, all upcoming watch models should be equipped with ceramic backs (currently, some models use composite backs).
Apple’s inexpensive Mac notebook model is said to incorporate Touch ID, but not a full-out Touch Bar like we saw on select 13- and 15-inch models of the 2016, 2017 and later MacBook Pro models.
Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo claims the upcoming iPhone refresh won’t make a jump to USB-C I/O. Moreover, Apple will continue bundling the new phones with the slow-charging 5W adapter.
A revered Apple analysts says that refreshed iPad Pro models for 2018 will replace the proprietary Lightning connector with the USB-C standard, speeding up charging and data transfer.
Some conflicting rumors are swirling regarding what Apple might have in cards for future AirPod models, with a new analyst report claiming that we’ll see a pair of second-generation earphones some time this year.