Ming-Chi Kuo is an expert dealing mainly with information leaks related to new devices manufactured by Apple. Very often his reports turn out to be true. If this time Ming-Chi Kuo is right about AirPods 3, then new Apple wireless headphones will not appear on the market until the third quarter of 2021.
Until recently, journalists reported that AirPods 3 could be presented on 23th of March at a special event organized by Apple, but according to Kuo, the headphones are not yet ready for the premiere and their mass production will not start until the third quarter of this year. Kuo also emphasized that due to the strong competition on the earphones market, the total number of earphones sold from Apple will probably decline in 2021. In 2020, Apple sold 90 million units of AirPods, while this year the American company is expected to sell about 78 million units of its own earphones from this series.