The AirPods seem to be one of the great products forgotten by Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC),. The company launched them at the end of 2016 and since then many have been waiting for an update from the Californian company that never seems to come. Now two key dates are beginning to gain strength. Let's see what each of them would bring us in relation to this renewal.
Ming-Chi Kuo is one of the industry analysts with best hit record when it comes to talking about Apple. This KGI Securities worker (at least that's what his resume says) has given us important clues in the past about new company products that have finally come true, so the data he now tells us about new AirPods we might as well take them carefully.
According to Kuo, some new AirPods with case with support for wireless charging They will appear on the market in the first quarter of 2019. Its design will be practically the same as the one we know now, only with the new charging function (in principle) as a novelty.
About his price Nothing has been commented, so that Apple could well replace the current headphones and increase or leave the same cost that we already know ($179); or failing that, lower the price of the AirPods now available and take out the wireless charging ones as a second purchase option at the price of the first ones.
If what you expect is a full renovationthen you will have to wait until 2020Or so this analyst says, of course. He has not given many details but assures that it will arrive in the first quarter and that they will have a completely new design. These launches should mean significant sales for the firm.
The headphones will also offer "an innovative user experience" and great integration with iOS and Mac products, in addition to being aimed at an audience that still has great growth potential.
expected this year
It should be remembered that last year Kuo predicted that Apple would launch an update to its famous headphones in the second half of 2018, however, the enormous difficulties of the house to launch the AirPower, its promised charging base -still delayed-, caused a delay in marketing plans for a new version of AirPods.
Let's hope that this time the forecasts come true, although, given the two launch phases, wouldn't it be better for Apple to skip next year's and directly advance us that big change that we all want to see in headphones?