The following technology of Apple’s fashionable AirPods may launch within the second half of 2024 or the primary half of 2025, based on a brand new prediction from noted Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. The lineup will reportedly embody a extra reasonably priced $99 pair of AirPods, in addition to a brand new mannequin of Apple’s over-ear AirPods Max (launching in 2020).
The rumored $99 AirPods would undercut the worth of Apple’s present most reasonably priced AirPods (the second-generation mannequin) by $30. In the meantime, third-generation AirPods at present promote for $169 for a mannequin that solely fees through a wired Lightning cable, or $179 with a case that may cost wirelessly through MagSafe. The value lower of the entry-level AirPods mannequin mirrors what Apple did with its Apple TV lineup final yr, when it launched a brand new set-top field that was $50 cheaper than its earlier most reasonably priced model.
Kuo beforehand reported that Apple will launch a brand new USB-C charging case for “all” of its AirPods fashions in 2023, a few yr sooner than he now predicts the arrival of the next-generation headphones. However the two experiences don’t essentially contradict one another. In spite of everything, Apple may refresh its AirPods charging circumstances in 2023, however depart the precise earbuds unchanged till 2024 or 2025.