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| Apple AirPods (Representational image) |
Apple is planning to make its AirPods wireless earbuds at a factory run by Foxconn in Hyderabad. This factory, with an investment of $400 million from Foxconn, is set to start making AirPods on a large scale by December 2024.
Apple's AirPods are really popular wireless earbuds, and they're leading the market worldwide. A research company called Canalys found that in the last part of 2022, Apple had about 36% of the market for wireless earbuds. Samsung came next with 7.5%, then Xiaomi with 4.4%, Boat with 4%, and Oppo with 3%. Xiaomi has also started making its wireless earbuds in India this year.
Now, there's talk about the upcoming iPhone SE 4, which is the fourth version of a series of smartphones that started with the iPhone SE in 2022. The iPhone SE 4 might have a USB Type-C port, which is a different kind of charging port. Apple might start using this new port with the next iPhone lineup, possibly in a month. The new iPhone SE 4 might also have Face ID, a way to unlock the phone using your face. There might be a new button called the Action button, which could first appear on the iPhone 15 Pro later this year.
According to a person who often shares inside information (@URedditor on X), the design of the iPhone SE 4 might look like the iPhone 14 that came before it. This could mean that the new iPhone SE might have a screen with a notch, which is a small cutout at the top of the screen. However, like the older SE models, the new iPhone SE 4 will probably have only one camera on the back.
