Amaya Toman Esihlokweni sanamuhla, esinikezelwe emikhiqizweni yakwa-Apple eyethulwe ngaphambilini, ngeke sijule kakhulu esikhathini esidlule. Sizokhumbula ukufika kwama-AirPods angenantambo esizukulwane sokuqala, ethulwa ngo-2016.
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I-Apple ibilokhu inama-headphone ekunikezeni kwayo, noma ngabe, ngokwesibonelo, ama-Earpods "anentambo", i-Apple ewahlanganise nama-iPhones ayo muva nje, noma ama-headphone ahlukahlukene ohlobo lweBeats, obekuphethwe yi-Apple iminyaka eminingana. . Esihlokweni sanamuhla, sizokhumbula unyaka ka-2016, lapho i-Apple yethula isizukulwane sokuqala samahedfoni ayo ama-AirPods angenawaya.
Ama-AirPods angenantambo ethulwa kanye ne-iPhone 7 kanye ne-Apple Watch Series 2 ku-Fall Keynote ngo-September 7, 2016. Ama-headphone angenantambo, afaniswa abaningi "nama-Earpod anezintambo ezisikiwe" ngemva nje kwe-Keynote, ekuqaleni kwakuhlelwe ukuthi zihambe. iyathengiswa ngo-Okthoba walowo nyaka , kodwa ukukhululwa kwagcina kuhlehlisiwe kwaze kwaba ingxenye yokuqala kaDisemba, lapho i-Apple ekugcineni iqala ukwamukela ama-oda okuqala aku-inthanethi ku-e-shop yayo esemthethweni. Kusukela ngoDisemba 20, lawa ma-headphones angathengwa ezitolo ze-Apple kanye nabathengisi be-Apple abagunyaziwe.
Amahedfoni esizukulwane sokuqala sama-AirPods angenantambo afakwe iprosesa ye-Apple W1 SoC, anikeze ukusekelwa kwe-Bluetooth 4.2 protocol, futhi alawulwa ngokuthinta, ngokuthepha okukodwa okukwazi ukwabela umsebenzi ohlukile kunalowo onikezwa ama-headphone kuzilungiselelo zabo ezizenzakalelayo. Ngokungeziwe kumadivayisi we-Apple, ama-AirPods angaphinde amataniswe namadivayisi avela kwezinye izinhlobo. I-headphone ngayinye ifakwe i-microphone. Ngenkokhiso eyodwa, isizukulwane sokuqala sama-AirPods athembisa ukudlala amahora amahlanu, ngemuva kokushaja imizuzu eyishumi nanhlanu, ama-headphone ayekwazi ukudlala amahora amathathu.
Ukubukeka okungajwayelekile kwama-AirPods ekuqaleni kudale inqwaba yamahlaya nama-memes ahlukahlukene, kodwa ama-headphone aphinde athola ukugxekwa ngentengo yawo ephezulu noma iqiniso lokuthi ayengenakulungiseka. Ngokuqinisekile ngeke kushiwo ukuthi ayizange ithole ukuthandwa okuthile ngesikhathi sokukhululwa kwayo, kodwa yaba yi-hit yangempela ngoKhisimusi 2019, lapho isihloko esithi "AirPods ngaphansi kwesihlahla" sasithandwa kakhulu, ikakhulukazi ku-Twitter. I-Apple yamisa isizukulwane sokuqala sama-AirPods ngoMashi 20, 2019, ngemuva kokukhishwa kwesizukulwane sesibili sama-AirPods.
