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Title: Apple Reportedly Targeting WWDC for Over-Ear Headphones Launch, New 'AirPods X' Later in the Year Post by: HCK on April 08, 2020, 04:05:10 pm Apple Reportedly Targeting WWDC for Over-Ear Headphones Launch, New 'AirPods X' Later in the Year
Rumors of Apple-branded over-ear headphones have been circulating for quite some time, while more recent rumors have mentioned an "AirPods Pro (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/airpods-pro/) Lite" that could also be in the works, and Twitter leaker Jon Prosser's recent foray into Apple rumors provides a bit more detail on what we might able to expect for these products. (https://images.macrumors.com/article-new/2020/04/beats_studio3_beatsx.jpg)<center>Current Beats Studio3 Wireless and BeatsX</center> On the over-ear side, Prosser says that Apple is targeting a June WWDC debut with pricing set at around $350, putting them in the range of Beats Studio3 and Bose 700 headphones. Prosser says Apple's codename for these headphones is B515, which matches up with leaked icons (https://www.macrumors.com/2020/03/09/icon-over-ear-headphones-leaked/) for these headphones found in an iOS 14 (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/ios-14/) build last month. As for the "‌AirPods Pro‌ Lite" previously rumored by DigiTimes, Prosser says they are likely what he has heard are referred to as "AirPods (https://www.macrumors.com/guide/airpods/) X," which should launch in the September–October timeframe. He says these would be similar to the current BeatsX earphones, which are targeted at the sports market. He doesn't specifically say, however, whether the ‌AirPods‌ X would have a wire between the earbuds as BeatsX do. He also says the ‌AirPods‌ X, which carry a codename of B517, will be priced at around $200, which is double the price of BeatsX. <center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">You ready for this? 👀 Apple Over-Ear Headphones Codename: B515 (Think Beats 700) $350 Aimed for WWDC ‌AirPods‌ X Codename: B517 For sports/running (think Beats X) ~$200 Aimed for Sept/Oct ☝️ Probably what DigiTimes thought was “AirsPods Pro Lite” End goal: phase out Beats 🤫</p>— Jon Prosser (@jon_prosser) April 7, 2020 (https://twitter.com/jon_prosser/status/1247498140468547585?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></center> Generally speaking, Prosser believes that Apple's ultimate goal is to eventually phase out the Beats brand, as both of these new Apple headphones are similar to existing Beats products. That will take time, however, as Beats offers a fairly extensive line of headphone options, including the fairly new Beats Solo Pro and the Powerbeats lineup that has seen several recent updates.<div class="linkback">Tags: Apple over-ear headphones (https://www.macrumors.com/guide/apple-over-ear-headphones/), AirPods Pro Lite (https://www.macrumors.com/guide/airpods-pro-lite/), Jon Prosser (https://www.macrumors.com/guide/jon-prosser/)</div> This article, "Apple Reportedly Targeting WWDC for Over-Ear Headphones Launch, New 'AirPods X' Later in the Year (https://www.macrumors.com/2020/04/07/over-ear-headphones-wwdc/)" first appeared on MacRumors.com (https://www.macrumors.com) Discuss this article (https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/apple-reportedly-targeting-wwdc-for-over-ear-headphones-launch-new-airpods-x-later-in-the-year.2229889/) in our forums <div class="feedflare"> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MacRumors-Front?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img> (http://feeds.macrumors.com/~ff/MacRumors-Front?a=E9l4t1Vjo_k:qrY1ipfa5bI:yIl2AUoC8zA) <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MacRumors-Front?d=6W8y8wAjSf4" border="0"></img> (http://feeds.macrumors.com/~ff/MacRumors-Front?a=E9l4t1Vjo_k:qrY1ipfa5bI:6W8y8wAjSf4) <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MacRumors-Front?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img> (http://feeds.macrumors.com/~ff/MacRumors-Front?a=E9l4t1Vjo_k:qrY1ipfa5bI:qj6IDK7rITs) </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MacRumors-Front/~4/E9l4t1Vjo_k" height="1" width="1" alt=""/> Source: Apple Reportedly Targeting WWDC for Over-Ear Headphones Launch, New 'AirPods X' Later in the Year (https://www.macrumors.com/2020/04/07/over-ear-headphones-wwdc/) |