Selokhu bangena emakethe ngoDisemba 2016 (bembulwa ngokusemthethweni ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule), ama-AirPod abe yi umthombo omkhulu wemali ye-Apple ngaphezu kokuba ngama-headphone angenantambo athengiswa kakhulu emhlabeni, cishe ingxenye yesabelo semakethe.
Isizukulwane sesibili sama-AirPod, anecala lokushaja okungenantambo, kanye ne-AirPods Pro entsha enohlelo lokukhansela umsindo olusebenzayo, bathengisa njengama-churros futhi ngaphambi kokuphela konyaka bazodlula imali eyizigidi ezingama-4.000 kumali engenayo kwikota edlule.
I-Asymco ishicilele umbiko lapho ihlaziya khona imali engenayo yekota ye-Apple emkhakheni wezingubo zokugqoka nokuthi singabona kuphi ukuthi ama-AirPods akwa-Apple abe ngumthombo obalulekile wemali engenayo.
Ngenkathi ukuthengisa kwe-Apple Watch kudlule u- $ 4.000 billion, ngekota yokugcina ka-2018, manje sekuyithuba lama-AirPods. Kufanele kukhunjulwe ukuthi i-Apple AirPods iyatholakala ngezinhlobo ezintathu: ngokushaja okungenantambo ecaleni kanye ne-AirPods Pro.
U-Asymco uthi kunzima ukwazi kahle ukuthi imali engenayo yanoma yimuphi umkhiqizo ngezigaba ngazinye ngaphakathi kwesigaba sokugqoka, kusukela I-Apple ayizonakalisi lezi zibalo, kepha kulinganiswa izibalo zokuthengisa ze-Apple Watch bakwazile ukufika kule mininingwane.
Ngokuya ngalezi zibalo, ama-AirPods akwa-Apple ingadlula inani eliphakeme lemali engenayo ye-iPod $ 4.000 billion ngekota eyodwa. Ngokusho kwale nkampani, ukuthengiswa kwama-AirPods ne-Apple Watch eminyakeni ezayo kuzokwenyuka ngama-50%.
IBloomberg ngenyanga edlule yathi u-AI-pple yayikuphinda kabili ukukhiqizwa kwe-AirPods ne-AirPods Pro, ngenxa yokufunwa yilezi zinhlobo zombili emakethe selokhu zethulwe, ikakhulukazi manje njengoba ukuthenga kukaKhisimusi kusondela.