Rumors of a pair of Apple over-ear headphones have been circling for a while now, with numerous outlets reporting that the San Cupertino company is planning to release a pair of studio-quality cans this year. <\/p>\n
According to a report<\/a> (via 9to5Mac<\/a>) by respected analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who correctly predicted the release of the upgraded Apple AirPods<\/a> and the AirPods Pro<\/a> in 2019, the wireless headphones<\/a> will launch alongside a number of new products in the first half of 2020.<\/p>\n That means we could see the Apple over-ear headphones at WWDC in June. Saying that, Apple has been known to hold launches far earlier in the year, revealing Apple Arcade<\/a> and Apple TV Plus<\/a> in March 2019, as well as the upgraded AirPods.<\/p>\n Rumors surrounding a pair of Apple over-ear headphones are just that – rumors. There’s been no confirmation from Apple that it’s planning to release cans to compete with the likes of Bose, Sennheiser, and Sony headphones<\/a>.<\/p>\n The earliest reports of Apple over-ear headphones came in February 2018 from KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who claimed<\/u><\/a> that Apple was working on updated AirPods and “own-brand, high-end over-ear headphones with an all-new design”.<\/p>\n Since then, Kuo has elaborated on his initial claims. His latest report says that the next few months will see in the anticipated iPhone SE 2<\/a>, a new iPad Pro and MacBooks with scissor keys, as well as a “smaller wireless charging mat, UWB tag, and a high-end Bluetooth headphone” from Apple. <\/p>\n As we now know, Kuo’s prediction about the updated AirPods turned out to be right, as the release of AirPods (2019)<\/a> earlier this year, and the subsequent release of the AirPods Pro<\/a> demonstrated. <\/p>\n He was also right about the kind of upgrades Apple’s true wireless earbuds<\/a> would receive, predicting that they wouldn’t look very different from the original AirPods, but would have an upgraded chip and a wireless charging case. <\/p>\n With Kuo’s predictions being correct so far, we wouldn’t be surprised if he was right about the over-ear model being released in the first half of 2020 too. <\/p>\nCut to the chase<\/h3>\n
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