Next year the iPhone may ship with AirPods

It's hard to imagine Apple generously gifting a $ 159 headset for iPhone buyers.

According to DigiTimes , internal sources said that "smartphone vendors, including Apple , Samsung and Xiaomi are considering packing TWS headsets with phones sold next year".

TWS is the acronym for Truly Wireless Stereo (completely wireless headset) including types such as Apple AirPods and Samsung Galaxy Buds.

Macrumors is skeptical about this information because AirPods cost up to $ 159 . It is hard to imagine the bundled Apple iPhone an expensive accessory so without increasing the price. The credibility of rumors about Apple from DigiTimes is not as high as other sources.

AirPods are the best selling wireless headset model in the world today, accounting for over 60% market share of this type of accessory. Macrumors said there is no reason why Apple would generously donate a product that is currently out of stock, worth hundreds of dollars to tens of millions of users. In fact, AirPods Pro is in such high demand that Apple has to double production.

Over the past few years, Apple has included a Lightning EarPods headset for iPhone buyers. The production cost for this accessory is quite cheap, genuine retail price is only 29 USD .

If this rumor is accurate, it is possible that AirPods only come with the strongest iPhone 12 version and a significantly higher price than the iPhone 11 Pro Max.