Apple's Headset Exposed: Estimated $ 350, support volume control

Venus

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As the vane of the mobile phone industry, as long as Apple launches any type of product, friends and merchants will seriously "learn". Earlier, some netizens found the headset icon from the iPhone's background command, so many people thought that Apple headsets were coming.

Recently, a patent of Apple's headset was exposed, which seems to prove that this product is really not far away.

According to the patent, the touch input surface of Apple's over-ear headphones will detect clicks and slides to perform various operations, such as changing the volume or playing and pausing music. For example, it can be used to detect a gesture (e.g., swipe) on a user's headset touch interface, and the gesture can be made in a specific direction, for example, the user is head down.

Apple's Headset Exposed: Estimated $ 350, support volume control

Apple's Headset Exposed: Estimated $ 350, support volume control
In addition, Apple over-ear headphones can be worn in a variety of configurations, such as standing upright with the headband around the top of the head, down, the headband around the back of the neck, or anywhere in between. Therefore, the system and method described herein can be used to determine the rotation of the headset and perform corresponding preset actions.

Apple's Headset Exposed: Estimated $ 350, support volume control

The headset will also be worn in different positions, such as the strap behind the user's head. In this case, the headset adjusts the direction of the touch surface in the earmuffs and interprets the input gesture accordingly. One of the biggest complaints from AirPods users is that they don’t support volume control. The user must use an iOS device or Mac to adjust the volume, or ask Siri to change the volume, which is not convenient.

Apple's Headset Exposed: Estimated $ 350, support volume control

This may be due to the small size of AirPods and does not support any such gestures, but Apple also does not allow users to configure tap gestures on AirPods, or configure forced touch gestures on AirPods Pro to change the volume.

Previous news shows that Apple may set the price of the new headset at about 350 US dollars and the more high end version is expected to be about $700.
 
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venice123

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Currently, there are rumors that the company is developing advanced in-ear headphones called "AirPods Studio." Although there are few details about the function of the headset, it seems unlikely that Apple will use this system to add a touch panel on the side.
 
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