We all know that Apple ’s definitely gon na put out a new iPhone ( or four ) this class , and probably a fresh iPad and Apple Watch , too . But the company is also rumor to have a few unexpected accessory in the deeds , one of them being an attempt at a wireless charging mat . Again .
Apple is n’t actually operate to rebootAirPower , which was designed to be a do - it - all battery charger for juicing up your iPhone , Apple Watch and AirPods but was canceled after a lengthy delay . At the time , Apple said the mat did n’t “ achieve our high-pitched standards . ” According to psychoanalyst Ming - Chi Kuo , Apple went back to the drawing board to make a “ small wireless charge matte ” reportedly due out this year .
In a line to investors today , first obtained by9to5Mac , Kuo also prognosticate that Apple will relinquish a pair of high - end headphones , which could directly compete with the Apple - owned Beats lineup .
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Kuo did n’t offer any particular around the charge mat or headphone , which are expected to launch alongside aquartet of newfangled iPhonesthis fall . The former would in all likelihood be a scale - down edition of AirPower , with the power to lodge only one gadget . warmth management issues with the charging coils reportedly contributed to AirPower ’s cancellation , though accessory makers like Mophie have release likewise designed charging mats with no payoff . ( TheMophie matis the diddly , if you ’re in the market for an accessory that can institutionalise a trio of Apple equipment . )
It ’s also ill-defined what a set of premium Apple - branded headphones would let in . The on - earBeats Solo Proreleased last drop under Apple ’s supervision already sport excellent frame quality , the society ’s H1 wireless microchip , and really good active noise - cancellation . It would be interesting to see Apple fully take on Bose and Sony with a brace of insanely good over - the - pinna , noise - canceling headphones . Of naturally , those earphone would mate seamlessly with iPhones , as AirPods do .
Kuo is also predicting that Apple ’s long - rumored Tile tracker competitor will seem this class . Tile is already somewhat pissed about Apple ’s reported program to release its own Bluetooth tracker , withTile execs recently come out before Congressto decry Apple ’s anti - fight . The tracker was expected to set in motion last year , but it did n’t .
A 13 - inch MacBook Pro with redesigned scissor - Francis Scott Key keyboard and a cheaper , smaller iPhone are also reportedly on deck of cards , but we ’ve been hear about those products for month .
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