AirPods charging instances with a USB-C port rather than the Lightning one are already being produced, based on a tipster.
These might be prepared when, or probably even earlier than, the introduction on an iPhone that makes use of USB-C for knowledge/charging.
USB-C is coming to iPhone, AirPods and different equipment
Apple is undoubtedly dumping Lightning in favor of USB-C. The transition is being compelled by the EU, and this fall’s iPhone 15 might be the primary with USB-C — The professional model would possibly even have Thunderbolt. And the handset’s equipment are making the change, too.
That features the AirPods charging case, which is effectively on its approach to launch, based on a put up from an Apple tipster. “USB-C MFI cables and Earpods are in mass manufacturing,” claims ShrimpApplePro on Twitter.
An earlier report from analyst Ming-Chi Kuo additionally mentioned a case for AirPods Professional 2 with the business customary charging port is within the offing. It might be out at any time between now and the tip of September.
However this can be the one model of Apple’s wi-fi earbuds to make the transition. The non-Professional fashions supposedly will stick to Lightning.