Futhi abafana baseBloomberg, ikakhulukazi uMark Gurman, sebeqale ukusebenza futhi bashicilele amahemuhemu amasha, amahemuhemu akhombisa ukuthi Abakwa-Apple bangakhipha uhlobo olusha lwamahedfoni, azimele ngohlobo lweBeats, amahedfoni angahle abe ohlobo lwe-circumaural, owaziwa nangokuthi ngaphezu kwendlebe futhi angabi nazintambo.
Izindlebe zokuqala zakwa-Apple, ama-AirPods aphumelele kakhulu emakethe, futhi kubonakala sengathi bakhuthaze inkampani ezinze eCupertino ukuthi yehlele ebhizinisini. I-HomePod yayiwumkhawulo wokuqala we-Apple ongena embonini yezipikhaEsikhundleni sesibili kuphela kusipika se-HomePod, futhi kubonakala sengathi i-Apple ibone imakethe enkulu kulo mkhakha.
Ngokusho kukaGurman, ukuthuthukiswa kwalezi zikhulumi ezingenazintambo ezisezingeni eliphakeme kuye kwaba nokuthuthuka okungatheni, okufana nalokho kwe-HomePod, idivayisi i-Apple ebisebenza kuyo eminyakeni yamuva nje, ngaphambi kokuthi i-Amazon yethule isikhulumi sokuqala esihlakaniphile emakethe. Ukwethulwa kwale modeli entsha yama-headphone kungahlelelwa ngaphambi kokuphela konyaka, kepha kungenzeka kakhulu ukuthi izobethula ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule, njengoba kujwayele ukwenzeka.
Lawa mahedfoni amasha, abengavala yonke indlebe, angasinikeza i- uhlelo lokukhansela umsindo futhi luzophathwa yi-W2 chip, isizukulwane sesibili esingakuthola njengamanje kuma-AirPod nakumamodeli ahlukene we-Beats anikezwa yi-Apple emakethe futhi angenazintambo. Akushiwo ukuthi ngabe lawa mahedfoni amasha angasinikeza yini ithuba lokukwazi ukuxhuma amahedfoni ngentambo, ukuze sijabulele lonke ikhwalithi, ngokombono, lawa mahedfoni angasinika wona, ngoba noma ngabe i-W1 ne-W2 inhle kangakanani i-chip, kuseyi-bluetooth futhi ikhwalithi eliyinikezayo ayifani neyentambo, noma ngabe basebenzisa inguqulo 5.x ye-bluetooth, inguqulo ethuthukisa ububanzi ngenkathi igcina ikhwalithi yomsindo efanayo.