It seems that there is not enough with the rumors that Apple would be preparing the second version of the AirPods for the first half of this year that now the well-known Mark Gurman arrives, and tells us that the Cupertino firm would be preparing new headband headphones also called over-ear for the second half of the year.
On the other hand, the other manufacturer that sounds for headphones like these from Apple with a headband is Sonos. This company also has the intention, according to Gurman, to launch new headphones. In this case the firm does not currently have headphones in its product catalog, It only manufactures speakers, but speakers of excellent quality so we imagine that if you start making headphones they will do it very well.
Sonos' new headphones for 2019 would be a good way to compete with the rest of the brands that make these headphones, including Apple. In home speakers They have nailed it both in the price and in benefits -as we can see in the Sonos One review- so it is logical that we see some good headphones and with a reasonable price.
Apple has the Beats Solo3 and the Beats Studio3 Wireless for reference even though they do not carry the apple logo, this would be a starting point since they are the official Apple headphones. That is why this year and always according to Gurman, Apple could launch a new model of over-ear headphones. These are supposed to arrive for the second half of the year, so it is early to know any details, for now what we have is a rumor that both Sonos and Apple are working on it.