Third-generation AirPods with AirPods Pro Design will cost $ 200 and will be launched in the first half of 2021

Apple’s third-generation AirPods, which are expected to adopt the AirPods Pro design but have no noise cancellation and transparency features, will be launched during the first half of next year for about $ 200 , according to a new report from TheElec today.

Not for the first time in the realm of rumors, today’s report refers to headphones as a “Lite” version of irAirPods Pro‌, but TheElec in addition, it suggests that they will be priced “20% cheaper” than the $ 249 “AirPods Pro,” which would place them around the $ 200 price tag.

Apple will launch a Lite version of its Airpods Pro wireless headphones without the noise cancellation feature during the first half of 2021, according to TheElec.

One person familiar with the matter said the Lite version will be priced 20% cheaper than the normal Airpods Pro, which has noise cancellation technology.

This is the same price as the current second-generation “AirPods” with wireless charging case, suggesting that the new model would replace them. If so, Apple’s AppleAirPods‌ line would adopt the design signature irAirPods Pro sign in general, or at least until Apple launches its second-generation irAirPods Pro‌, which could look more like Samsung’s Galaxy Buds, according to Bloomberg.

Rumors that Apple is working on third-generation irAirPods‌ for launch in the first half of next year first appeared in April 2020 in a note to Apple analysts Ming-Chi Kuo.

Kuo said the new irAirPods‌‌‌ will adopt the package (SiP) system used for the irAirPods Pro‌‌‌‌, and later suggested that this would allow for a factor similar to the ‌AirPods Pro‌, with a shorter stem and replaceable ear tips. Kuo also said that battery life could be improved and that the lack of noise cancellation features would make the irAirPods‌ 3 more affordable.

A South Korean supplier is developing the new SiP ‌AirPods‌ used for the H1 chip, which is said to be a “simple square shape”, in contrast to the SiP irAirPods Pro‌, which has “round shape like a mouse”, according to TheElec. The supplier will go through Apple’s quality review within the year and begin mass production next year, the report adds.