By: Manuel Avalos Mateos & Jefferson Palma
Whether you’re on the subway, or at a library, at your local gym, almost anywhere you go, you will almost always find a person walking by casually with a pair of white glossy pods attached to their own ears floating as if it were in the air. That’s where the name came from, AirPods, they are in Air and are Pods.
AirPods can easily be ranked as a top 10 most used wireless headphones as of 2023.
AirPods were invented pretty recently for modern technology as the first generations of AirPods were introduced alongside the iPhone 7 in 2016 by Apple.
It’s been estimated that 150 million AirPods were sold throughout its history. And it hit their 10 million milestone sales in 2019. Its revenue has been increasing since 2017 by almost 3 billion dollars each year to 2021.
Now that you’ve seen the data to show you its remarkable sales, we’ll now tell you why they’re so popular.
According to ‘The Strategist,’ high schoolers admit that second to their phones, AirPods are essential to their day to day lives and cannot live without them.
In the beginning of 2023, celebrities like Kyle Jenner, Timothée Chalamet, Sarah Jessica Parker, Dua Lipa and many more have become new users to the very recent headphone style AirPods, AirPods Max. The outfits of the celebrities were casual laid-back street outfits, which these headphones serve as a statement.
In TikTok, many people had posted TikToks of them reviewing it with many TikTok influencers suggesting outfit styles with them. Although these headphones are around $500, the bubbly plain look with these make a chill low-effort type of style and many people are trying it.
AirPods are most compatible with iPhones. As of the current time we live in, iPhones are one of the most used phones globally. Furthermore, it will be more adaptable on iPhones and have exclusive features like Siri.
Apple recently introduced the second generation to the popular AirPods Pro in early 2023. Apple has released 6 different models of AirPods: AirPods (1st Gen), AirPods (2nd Gen) AirPods (3rd Gen), AirPods Pro (1st Gen), AirPods Pro (2nd Gen), and AirPods Max (which are wireless headphones).
AirPods have a variety of features, such as having noise cancellation, and transparency mode. Noise cancellation being a feature that reduces unwanted background noise and therefore improves a user’s listening experience. This feature is exclusive to the AirPods Pro and AirPods Max.
Transparency mode is a feature that lets sound in so you’re able to hear what’s going on around you. Similar to this is adaptive transparency mode, which was a feature introduced with the second generation of the AirPods Pro. It reduces any sound over 85db (decibels).
AirPods are a very common sight here at Highland. So common it’s starting to become a problem. With how easy it is to use AirPods students have used it to their advantage. It’s no suprise that these bluetooth devices are so popular since nearly half Americans own or have owned an iPhone at least once in their life. AirPods can currently retail up to $250 depending on the model. (AirPods Max being the most costly).
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