Kuo: iPhone 12 buyers won’t be getting free earphones in the box
Apple may stop bundling free earphones with new iPhones by the time the next iPhone model launches this fall, a major change considering that the company has been shipping its free wired earphones, called the EarPods, ever since the original iPhone launched back in 2007.
As a result of this alleged move, would-be iPhone 12 buyers who don’t already own a pair of wireless earbuds will need to factor in the added cost of separately purchasing AirPods or similar Bluetooth earphones (or a set of wired MFi-certified, Lightning-based earphones).
That’s according to TF International Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who in a research note issued to investors today and seen by MacRumors speculated the Cupertino company might not include the $29 EarPods earphones in the iPhone 12 box.
The revered analyst hasn’t provided specific as to why Apple will take that action, but the thinking (I’m just speculating here) could be that leaving out the traditional wired earphones that come with iPhones may prompt iPhone 12 buyers to choose one of the company’s AirPods-branded earphone models.
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Kuo previously speculated the third-generation AirPods would enter mass production during the first half of 2021, although the very reliable leaker Jon Prosser called for the third-generation model to launch in 2020.
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Photo: contents of the iPhone 11 box
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