Apple may launch high-end AirPods Pro later this month
The company is expected to launch AirPods Pro, with a new metal design, advanced sound quality and a $260 price tag, at a press event later this month, according to the China Economic Daily. Earlier this year, Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said two models of the popular Bluetooth earbuds were likely to hit production by the end of the year and launch in the first quarter of 2020. The company declined to share how many AirPods it's sold to date, although CEO Tim Cook previously called the demand "phenomenal." Apple analyst Gene Munster recently told the Wall Street Journal he's already gone through 10 pairs. "[Consider] what Apple has done to make this possible: by removing the audio jack from the iPhone ... Apple practically forces people's hands to get the AirPods too.