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Title: AirPods Pro 2 Could Come in Two Sizes Post by: HCK on January 01, 2021, 04:05:08 pm AirPods Pro 2 Could Come in Two Sizes
Leaker Mr-white, who has in the past shared accurate details on Apple's product plans, today tweeted (https://twitter.com/laobaiTD/status/1343968958169288704) alleged images of internal hardware that will be used in the second-generation AirPods Pro (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/airpods-pro/) earbuds expected to be released sometime in 2021. (https://images.macrumors.com/article-new/2020/12/airpods-pro-2-hardware.jpg) In the photos below, the hardware on the right side of the image appears to be current ‌AirPods Pro‌ hardware, while the hardware on the left is designed for the next-generation ‌AirPods Pro‌. The cables are in two different sizes, which Mr-white suggests is an indication that the ‌AirPods Pro‌ 2 could perhaps come in two sizes. <div class="center-wrap"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">New ‌AirPods Pro‌ Mabey Two Sizes Still W2 Chips 🤨 pic.twitter.com/R5MpzUrUlg (https://t.co/R5MpzUrUlg)</p>— Mr·white (@laobaiTD) December 29, 2020 (https://twitter.com/laobaiTD/status/1343968958169288704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div> Rumors from Bloomberg have suggested (https://www.macrumors.com/2020/10/26/apple-new-airpods-2020-third-homepod/) that the second-generation version of the ‌AirPods Pro‌ will feature a more compact design that eliminates the short stem that sticks out from the bottom. The ‌AirPods Pro‌ could feature a rounded shape more similar to earbuds from companies like Google and Samsung, and for this design, it could make sense to offer different sizes for a better fit. Apple is said to be struggling to shrink the AirPods (https://www.macrumors.com/guide/airpods/) down to the appropriate size to eliminate the stem, so there's a chance that won't happen, and that could explain why the hardware designs shared by Mr-white appear to be similar in size to the current ‌AirPods Pro‌ hardware. Rumors have also said that the ‌AirPods Pro‌ will feature a new wireless chip. Mr-white says the new ‌AirPods Pro‌ still have a "W2 chip," but it's unclear what that means. The current ‌AirPods Pro‌ use an H1 processor that does have a wireless chip that's a successor to the original W1 chip in the first-generation ‌AirPods‌, so it's possible W2 here refers to the H1 and indicates no new wireless chip technology. Mr-white has shared accurate Apple details in the past, but is not always correct. Earlier this year, Mr-white shared images of a braided cable (https://www.macrumors.com/2020/09/24/leaked-iphone-12-braided-usb-c-to-lightning-cable/) said to be for the iPhone 12 (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/iphone-12/) lineup, but that did not pan out. He has also said that Apple is working on a black Apple Pencil (https://www.macrumors.com/guide/apple-pencil/), and that has yet to appear. He did, however, share early leaks of Apple's iPhone 12 casing (https://www.macrumors.com/2020/09/01/iphone-12-pro-rear-glass-photo-shows-lidar-scanner/) and display unit (https://www.macrumors.com/2020/08/06/supposed-iphone-12-display-unit-leaks/), which were accurate. There's no word yet on when exactly a refreshed version of the ‌AirPods Pro‌ will come out, but the updated earbuds are expected sometime in 2021.<div class="linkback">Related Roundup: AirPods Pro (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/airpods-pro/)</div><div class="linkback">Tag: Mr. White (https://www.macrumors.com/guide/mr-white/)</div><div class="linkback">Buyer's Guide: AirPods Pro (Neutral) (https://buyersguide.macrumors.com/#AirPods-Pro)</div> This article, "AirPods Pro 2 Could Come in Two Sizes (https://www.macrumors.com/2020/12/29/airpods-pro-2-two-sizes/)" first appeared on MacRumors.com (https://www.macrumors.com) Discuss this article (https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/airpods-pro-2-could-come-in-two-sizes.2277811/) 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=moa3UQdRmmc:QjBgw8bGhzc:yIl2AUoC8zA) <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MacRumors-Front?d=6W8y8wAjSf4" border="0"></img> (http://feeds.macrumors.com/~ff/MacRumors-Front?a=moa3UQdRmmc:QjBgw8bGhzc:6W8y8wAjSf4) <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MacRumors-Front?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img> (http://feeds.macrumors.com/~ff/MacRumors-Front?a=moa3UQdRmmc:QjBgw8bGhzc:qj6IDK7rITs) </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MacRumors-Front/~4/moa3UQdRmmc" height="1" width="1" alt=""/> Source: AirPods Pro 2 Could Come in Two Sizes (https://www.macrumors.com/2020/12/29/airpods-pro-2-two-sizes/) |