Ua hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻo Apple i ka hanauna mua o nā headphone kelepona i ka makahiki 2016, i ka wā i hoʻolauna ʻia ai me ka iPhone 7. He hana hou ia me ka manaʻo e hoʻonohonoho i kahi ʻano hou. Akā ʻo ka paradox ʻo ia ma hope koke o kā lākou hoʻolauna ʻana, ʻaʻole i loaʻa i ka hui apple ka mahalo nui, ma ke ʻano ʻē. I ka manawa like, ua wehe ʻia ka 3,5 mm jack connector, pono ʻole a hiki i kēlā manawa, a ua hōʻole nā mea hoʻohana he nui i ka manaʻo holoʻokoʻa o nā headphone uila. No ka laʻana, aia nā hopohopo e pili ana i ka nalowale ʻana o nā headphone pākahi a me nā mea like.
Akā inā mākou e neʻe i kēia manawa, 6 mau makahiki ma hope o ka hoʻokomo ʻia ʻana o ke kumu hoʻohālike mua loa mai ka hale hana o ka pilikua Cupertino, ʻike mākou he ʻokoʻa ke ʻano o ke kaiāulu i nā AirPods. I kēia lā ʻo ia kekahi o nā headphone kaulana loa, i hōʻoia ʻia e nā ʻano loiloi like ʻole. No ka laʻana, no ka makahiki 2021, ʻO Apple ka māhele o ka mākeke headphone US he 34,4% nui, kahi i hoʻokomo iā lākou i kahi kūlana maikaʻi loa. Ma ka lua o ka wahi ʻo Beats e Dr. Dre (no Apple) me ka 15,3% mahele a me BOSE ma ke kolu o ka wahi me ka 12,5% kahele. Wahi a Canalys, ʻo Apple ke alakaʻi honua i ka mākeke leo home akamai. ʻO Apple (me nā Beats na Dr. Dre) i kēia hihia e lawe i ka 26,5% mahele. Ua ukali ʻia e Samsung (me Harman) me ka "wale" 8,1% kaʻana a me ke kolu o ka wahi e hele iā Xiaomi me 5,7% kahele.
ʻO ka kaulana o nā AirPods
Akā i kēia manawa i ka mea nui loa. No ke aha i kaulana ai ʻo Apple AirPods a he aha ka mea e kau ai iā lākou i kahi kūlana maikaʻi? He mea ʻē loa. Aia ʻo Apple i kahi pōʻino ma ke kelepona kelepona a me ka mākeke kamepiula. I ka hihia o ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻōnaehana hana, ua ʻōwili ʻia e Android (Google) a me Windows (Microsoft). Eia nō naʻe, aia ma mua o ka pihi ma kēia ʻano, hiki i kekahi manawa ke ʻano like me ka mea nona ka poʻe āpau a hoʻohana i nā AirPods. ʻO kēia ka mea e hana ai i ka makemake o Apple. ʻO ka pilikua Cupertino ka manawa kūpono i ka hoʻokomo ʻana i kēia huahana. I ka nānā mua ʻana, ʻike ʻia nā headphone e like me kahi huahana hoʻololi, ʻoiai ua lōʻihi nā headphone kelepona.
Akā ʻo ke kumu maoli e hele mai me ka manaʻo o Apple, kahi i hoʻokumu ʻia i ka maʻalahi maʻalahi a ke hana wale nei kāna mau huahana. Ma hope o nā mea a pau, hoʻokō pono nā AirPods i kēia. Ua paʻi ka nui Cupertino i ka hōʻailona me ka hoʻolālā minimalist ponoʻī, ʻaʻole wale me nā headphone ponoʻī, akā me ka hihia hoʻopiʻi. No laila, hiki iā ʻoe ke hūnā i nā AirPods i loko o kāu ʻeke, no ka laʻana, a mālama pono iā lākou e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka hihia. Eia nō naʻe, ʻo ka hana a me ka pilina holoʻokoʻa me ke koena o ka kaiaola apple he kī nui loa. ʻO kēia ka alpha a me ka omega o kēia laina huahana. Ua wehewehe maikaʻi ʻia kēia me kahi laʻana. No ka laʻana, inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi kelepona komo a makemake ʻoe e hoʻololi iā ia i kāu headphone, e hoʻokomo wale i nā AirPods i kou mau pepeiao. A laila ʻike koke ka iPhone i kā lākou pilina a hoʻololi koke i ke kelepona iā ia iho. Hoʻopili pū ʻia kēia me ka hoʻomaha maʻalahi o ka pāʻani ke lawe ʻia nā headphone mai nā pepeiao a me nā mea like. Me ka hiki ʻana mai o AirPods Pro, ua hoʻonui hou ʻia kēia mau mea hiki - ua lawe mai ʻo Apple i ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka leo ambient + mode permeability i kāna mea hoʻohana.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole ʻo AirPods ka mea liʻiliʻi loa, ʻike maopopo lākou i ka mākeke headphone kelepona. Ua hoʻāʻo ʻo Apple e hoʻohana pono i kēia ʻano, ʻo ia ke kumu i hele mai ai me ka mana headphone o AirPods Max. Ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia ka Apple headphone hope loa no nā mea hoʻolohe koi. Akā e like me ka mea i ʻike ʻia, ʻaʻole huki hou kēia kumu hoʻohālike, ma ke ʻano. Pehea kou manaʻo e pili ana i nā AirPods? Manaʻo paha ʻoe he pono lākou i ka wahi mua, a makemake paha ʻoe e hilinaʻi i nā hoʻonā hoʻokūkū?
ʻOiaʻiʻo, loaʻa iaʻu kahi hanauna ʻelua aʻu e make wale nei. Ma hope o hoʻokahi makahiki, ʻo KO kekahi leo pepeiao i hoʻokahi hola a pāʻani maʻalahi kekahi no kekahi hola ʻē aʻe, i kekahi manawa ʻaʻole lākou makemake e hoʻopili i ka iPad a pono wau e hoʻokomo iā lākou i loko o ka pahu a lawe i waho. Mai koʻu hoʻololi ʻana i kaʻu iPhone me kahi Fold 3, hoʻohana maʻamau wau i nā headphone kahiko mai Philips ma koʻu poʻo no ka mea ke pilikia nei ke ola pākaukau pōkole iaʻu. Ka leo ʻino. ʻAʻole loaʻa iaʻu nā pahu pepeiao, akā ʻo nā pōpō no ka hāʻule ʻana o nā pahu pepeiao mai koʻu mau pepeiao a pilikia iaʻu ke lohe i nā kamaʻilio ma ke kaiāulu. ʻO nā headphone Philips i loaʻa iaʻu he 4 mau makahiki a ke hana mau nei lākou i ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana i nā Airpods i kūʻai ʻia he 3 mau manawa hou a ʻike ʻia ka luhi ʻoiai ʻaʻole wau i hoʻohana nui iā lākou. ʻAʻole wau makemake i nā Airpods wale nō, akā ʻaʻohe headphone liʻiliʻi. ʻAʻole ia ma luna o nā headphone maʻamau ʻaʻole pono iaʻu e hoʻopau i ka walaʻau e pale aku i ka lohe ʻana i ka poʻe a me ka walaʻau.