The first Apple over-ear headphones could launch in a matter of weeks
The AirPods Studio could land in June
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TheApple AirPods Studio– the tech giant’s rumoredover-ear headphones– could launch within the next few weeks, according to a report byThe Information(viaMacRumors).
The report says that suppliers Goertek and Luxshare will assemble “at least a portion of the headphones in Vietnam and begin shipments toApplein June or July”.
That would coincide neatly with Apple’sWWDC 2020event on June 22, and corroborates earlier claims by KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo
Kuo – whose Apple predictions have been proven right in the past – claims that the AirPods Studio will enter mass production in mid 2020.
The first over-ear AirPods
We’ve been hearing rumors of Apple’s first over-ear headphones for a while now, but they really ramped up in early 2020 when two icons discovered in theiOS 14code were found to depict a pair of over-earwireless headphones.
Since then, we’ve had price leaks from prolific Apple leaker Jon Prosser who recently claimed that theAirPods Studio will come in a range of colors, citing the existence of three different product codes, all priced at $399 (around £320 / AU$610) – not unlike theBeats Studio 3 Wireless.
The headphones could also be the smartest headphones we’ve ever seen, ifrumors of clever ear-detecting sensors are to be believed. We’ll have to wait and see whether they actually materialize in June, but a mid-2020 is looking more likely by the day.
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The AirPods Studio aren’t the only Apple headphones rumored to launch in 2020; we’ve also been hearing about theAirPods 3, thePowerbeats Pro 2, and theAirPods Pro Lite, a cheaper version of the popularAirPods Pro.
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Olivia was previously TechRadar’s Senior Editor - Home Entertainment, covering everything from headphones to TVs. Based in London, she’s a popular music graduate who worked in the music industry before finding her calling in journalism. She’s previously been interviewed on BBC Radio 5 Live on the subject of multi-room audio, chaired panel discussions on diversity in music festival lineups, and her bylines include T3, Stereoboard, What to Watch, Top Ten Reviews, Creative Bloq, and Croco Magazine. Olivia now has a career in PR.
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