accord to a Modern story from the analyst Dan Ives , advert byMacRumors , the third - generation AirPods will be launched at tonight ’s Unleashed Apple outcome .

James Merritt Ives made the prediction on Friday , in a Federal Reserve note to investor from the research company Wedbush . The firm ’s sources in the supply chain of mountains report that the raw AirPods – or at least the initial raft of units – have been manufacture already . All Apple need to do now is annunciate the Modern earbuds and ship them out to retailers .

( Here’show to observe the case endure , which protrude at 6 premier UK meter or 10 am PDT . )

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Some feature article that were previously single to theAirPods Pro(which are unbelievable to be updated tonight – most analysts agree that this wo n’t bechance until 2022 ) are enounce to be coming to the standard AirPods , along with design elements such as short stems , silicone polymer ear top and a horizontal - hinge case . But do n’t have a bun in the oven reenforcement for the flagship features Transparency and fighting noise cancellation .

According to an earlier report from analyst Ming - Chi Kuo , Apple will keep the second - generation AirPods in the lineup when the third - gen ones launch . This means that the price of the new phone could be slightly more high than the previous models were when they launched .

The third - generation AirPods are reportedly being manufactured in China , as the coronavirus has spread in Vietnam . In other Holy Writ , design to move some yield to other countries have had to be postponed .

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This article originally appear onMacworld Sweden . Translation ( usingDeepL ) and additional reportage by David Price . independent simulacrum is aconcept illustrationposted by52audio .