For the moment, two models ofAirPodsare available for iPhone owners. The first, which is already in its second generation, costs 179 euros or 229 with the wireless charging case. The second, for its part, sells for nearly 280 euros, but offers active noise reduction functionality, better sound and above all a more in-ear design.although improveable.
Unfortunately, this iteration still remains too expensive for many users, who sometimes prefer to turn to the competition to benefit from more advantageous prices. To avoid losing customers, Apple would have launched AirPods production operationsProLite.
Unveiled in March?
At this time, unfortunately we do not know more, except that these are the printed circuits which would have been ordered fromsubcontractorUniversal Scientific Industrial, subsidiary of the Taiwanese ASE Technology group. The source, for its part, has a mixed history and it is therefore important to remain cautious: it could also be a completely different device.
This alternative, if proven, would nevertheless be an ideal solution for small budgets who could, for example, benefit from a pair that fits better in the ears, but perhaps without cutting off sounds from the environment like the Pros.
This is the third time that such leaks talk about Lite. The latest, published three days ago,foreshadowed an exit during thesecond semestre 2020and therefore downstream of the keynote that we expect at the end of March, during which theiPhone SE2 has a good chance of being revealed.
Updated February 23, 2020
New information in favor of a new AirPods model has appeared on Twitter. Employees of the American store chain Target have indeed seen AirPods appearXin their database, without however any image of a potential product being associated with it. The price, on the other hand, is higher and displays almost 400 euros. Which could lead some to think that it is also a helmet... To be continued.
Multiple Target employees have started reaching out to me about this ?
Showing up in their systems and on UPC scanners is this mysterious “Apple AirPods (X Generation)” listing, priced at $399. ?
Potentially Apple’s over-ear “StudioPods” headphones. Launch soon (March)?pic.twitter.com/NVcqH8As47
— Jon Prosser (@jon_prosser)February 22, 2020
