Apple’s sales for higher end AirPods Pro have been growing steadily since its launch in October 2019, likely to equal those of AirPods 2 by the end of 2020, DigiTimes reports, calling it “an encouraging development for SiP substrate suppliers including Taiwan’s Nan Ya PCB and Korean makers.”
Jay Liu and Willis Ke for DigiTimes:
PCB and IC substrate suppliers have seen their shipments for TWS [True Wireless Stereo] earbuds pick up significantly since the start of second-half 2020, and expect the shipment pull-in momentum to last through the end of this year, according to industry sources.
Unitech PCB lost all of its rigid-flex board orders for AirPods 2 to Korea’s Young Poong in first-half 2020, but has managed to equally share the orders with Compeq Manufacturing and Young Poong in second-half 2020, with their shipments all growing steadily due to seasonal demand, the sources said.
MacDailyNews Take: AirPods Pro offer so much more for a mere $90-$50 (depending on AirPods charging case; wireless or standard, respectively), it make sense that sales of Apple’s most advanced TWS earbuds will match and soon eclipse those of regular AirPods.