Apple is working with Taiwan supply chain partners to develop several upcoming products, including the so-called "AirPod Pro Lite", according to DigiTimes.
Other products include next-generation iPad, Apple Watch, and iMac models, all of which will be updated in the coming months, but products like the iPad‌ and Apple Watch‌ are unlikely to launch before September, the report said.
The report did not mention further details of the AirPod Pro Lite. It was buried in a report that Apple hopes to increase production with its Taiwanese partners. Apple is trying to geographically diversify Apple's supply chain because of the virus epidemic in China.
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The report said that Apple maintains cooperative relations with the supply chains of Taiwan and Mainland China, and its Taiwanese partners may handle more new generation iPad‌, Apple Watch‌, AirPod Pro Lite and iMac‌ devices, which will be released later.
Sources said that the epidemic has caused uncertainty about component suppliers and assembly plants to resume normal operations, increasing the risk of shortages in raw material supplies and disruptions in transportation.
It's unclear what DigiTimes refers to as "AirPod Pro Lite". Apple just released AirPods Pro in October last year, and the wireless charging box version of AirPods Pro‌ and regular AirPods‌ is only $50 away.
