Ukusukela nge-14 kaDisemba ophelileyo, iApple yavula ithuba lokuba ikwazi ukugcina ii-AirPods, ii-AirPods eziqale ukufikelela kubasebenzisi ngoDisemba 20. Kodwa njengoko iiyure kunye neentsuku zidlulile, ixesha lokuhanjiswa kwee-AirPods lenyukile kakhulu kwaye okwangoku ixesha lokuhambisa, kwamanye amazwe, lifikelela kuFebruwari. Ukusilela kokubona kwangaphambili ukuba iApple inayo mva nje kubonakala kuyinto eqhelekileyo, Kodwa ekubeni iyinkampani yemilinganiselo eyiyo, kufuneka ithathele ingqalelo imfuno enokubakho yokuba isixhobo ngasinye esitsha esivelisa kwintengiso sibe nako ukwanelisa bonke abasebenzisi.
Ngenxa yemfuno ephezulu yokuba ezi ntloko zingenazingcingo, u-Apple uqhakamshelane ne-Inventec, umvelisi wale sixhobo, ukwandisa imveliso ukuze ahlangabezane nenani elikhulu lokhuselo analo ngoku kwii-AirPods. Imfuno ephezulu yesi sixhobo unyanzele inkampani ukuba yandise iishifti zomsebenzi, Eziza kuzisa izibonelelo ezinkulu ukongeza ekomelezeni ubudlelwane bayo nesigebenga seCupertino, esinokuthi kwixesha elizayo siyivumele ukuba yenze izixhobo ezingaphezulu.
Kwiintsuku ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo, uTim Cook ubanga ukuba ii-AirPod beziphumelele ngokumangalisayo ukusungulwa kwabo, ukongeza ekuchazeni oko babesebenza ukuhlangabezana neemfuno eziphezulu ababenazo. Okwangoku ii-AirPods ziye zagxekwa ngokugqibeleleyo ngabasebenzisi kunye noonondaba abakhethekileyo, nangona iingxaki zokuqala zokulayisha ibhokisi ye-AirPods sele iqalile ukuvela, ibhokisi ekubonakala ukuba iyothula ngokukhawuleza ngaphandle kokuba yenziwe yisebenzise ukubiza ii-AirPods.