Izindaba eziningi esizishicilelayo zisekelwe kumahemuhemu, amahemuhemu kwesinye isikhathi agcwaliseka, noma kunjalo ngamaphesenti amancane. Omunye wemithombo yezindaba onikeza imininingwane ethe xaxa unyaka wonke yi-Digitimes, okuphakathi okunezinga lokushaya cishe elingu-50%. Amahemuhemu wakamuva akhomba esizukulwaneni sesithathu sama-AirPods.
Isikhathi esingaphezu kwenyanga nangaphezulu konyaka, i-Apple isinikeze isizukulwane sesibili se-AirPods, isizukulwane sesibili hlanganisa i-chip entsha ngaphezu kokusivumela ukuthi sikhokhise ikesi lesitsha ngaphandle kwentambo, kepha abasanikeli ngohlelo lokukhansela umsindo.
Ngokuya nge-Digitimes, i-Apple isebenza nabathengisi nabakhiqizi ukuze isizukulwane sesithathu sama-AirPods sizotholakala ngokuhamba kwesikhathi kulo nyaka. Ngaphandle kokuthi isizukulwane sesibili besilokhu sitholakala kusukela ngenyanga edlule, amanye amahemuhemu akhombisa ukuthi i-Apple inganikela ngamabanga amabili ama-AirPods, okubiza kakhulu yikhona okuzosinika uhlelo lokukhansela umsindo. Njengesizukulwane sesibili sama-AirPods, lesi sizukulwane esisha sizokwenziwa yi-Inventec neLuxshare Precision.
I-Apple yenza sitholakale kithi isizukulwane sesibili sama-AirPods ngama-euro angama-229, uma sikhetha i- imodeli enecala lokushaja okungenantambo. Uma sikhetha icala elijwayelekile, elikhokhiswa ngombani, intengo ihlala ifana naleyo yesizukulwane sokuqala: ama-euro ayi-179. Uma sisanda kuthenga ama-AirPod ethu, i-Apple futhi isinika ithuba lokuthenga icala lokushaja ngokuzimela ngama-euro angama-89.
Emasontweni ambalwa edlule, i-Apple ingeze kukhathalogi yomkhiqizo wewebhusayithi yayo i- Powerbeats Pro, ama-headphone anezici ezicishe zifane ne-AirPods, kodwa nge-sukwesekwa nokujuluka kohlelo abasebenzisi abaningi abakufunile kuma-AirPod.