Based on the images–which we would tend to assume are legitimate, since they were used by multiple legitimate retailers and have been guiltily taken down since being spotted–the new headphones have a noticeably different design from the two currently available Beats over-ears. Unlike the Studio Pro and Solo 4, the Beats 360 has a separate padded section on the underside of the headpiece, as well as much more of an open mesh on the earcups.
Elsewhere in the listings it’s made clear that the padded section can be detached, as can the cushions over the ears, and that these are available separately as an Extra Cushion Kit. There seems to be two versions of the cushion: Performance Knit and UltraPlush.
The images also make it apparent that these are the same unreleased headphones which football star Lamine Yamal was seen with in multiple Instagram posts earlier this summer.
While we’re discussing design, it’s worth mentioning that the color finishes are very MacBook Neo-coded. The 360 is available in Sky, Black, Navy, Cloud, Pink, and Volt (a bright neon yellow and a good match for the Neo’s Citrus finish). That’s way more options, incidentally, than the Studio Pro, which comes in four colors, or the Solo 4, which comes in three.
But the leak spills far more beans than simply what the new headphones look like. We’ve got pricing, for example: £331.99 on Misco, and $299 in the DataVision listing.
In fact, product descriptions reveal almost everything about the new headphones. They offer active noise cancellation (“up to 1.75x more noise cancellation” than the Beats Studio Pro, the description claims), though they don’t appear to feature an H2 or indeed any other Apple chip. They are rated as IPX4 for water and sweat resistance. They’re compatible with both Apple and Android products. They have all-day battery life even with ANC enabled. They can be folded flat. They come with a “woven ripstop fabric carrying case.”
