Apple to start AirPods manufacturing at Foxconn’s Hyderabad manufacturing facility: Report

Foxconn Hyderabad manufacturing facility will make AirPods and the manufacturing facility is anticipated to start mass manufacturing by December, PTI reported.

Within the realm of true wi-fi stereo (TWS), Apple’s AirPods take the lead on a worldwide scale. Analysis firm Canalys reported that over the last quarter of 2022, Apple held roughly 36 % of the TWS market share, securing its dominance.

After Apple, Samsung held a market share of seven.5 %, whereas Xiaomi claimed 4.4 %, Boat held 4 %, and Oppo had 3 %. Xiaomi initiated the manufacturing of its TWS units in India this yr on the Optiemus Electronics facility in Noida, counsel the report.

In the meantime, the upcoming iPhone SE 4, the fourth technology of the smartphone collection set to succeed the iPhone SE (2022), is rumored to characteristic a USB Kind-C port, as indicated by a dependable supply. Apple’s transfer to interchange the Lightning port with USB Kind-C is anticipated to be launched with the purported iPhone 15 lineup subsequent month, and this transition is prone to lengthen to forthcoming fashions as effectively.

Notably, the Apple iPhone SE 4 can also be predicted to combine Face ID performance and may embody an Motion button, a characteristic anticipated to premiere on the iPhone 15 Professional later this yr.

As per info from tipster Unknownz21 (@URedditor on X), the design of the iPhone SE 4 is anticipated to bear similarities to the beforehand launched iPhone 14. This implies that the speculated machine may very well be the primary within the SE collection to undertake Apple’s notch-based show design. Nevertheless, the supply signifies that, akin to its predecessors and all different SE fashions, the fourth-generation Apple smartphone will come outfitted with a single rear digicam.

(With inputs from PTI)`

Up to date: 15 Aug 2023, 04:10 PM IST