Ukusukela oko amarhe okuqala aqala ukusasazeka malunga nokuba i-Apple iyeke ukusebenzisa i-headphone jack, kuye kwakho izinto ezininzi esele sikwazile ukuzibona ukuza kuthi ga ngoku malunga nokuba ii-headphone zeBluetooth ezinokumiliselwa yinkampani. Kodwa iindaba ezinxulumene nesixhobo soluhlobo asikabinazo ukuza kuthi ga ngoku. Njengoko kuxeliwe nguForbes, I-Apple isebenza kwintloko engenazingcingo kunye ne-chip yeBluetooth ekhethekileyo Ingavumela ubomi bebhetri ukuba bube ngaphezulu kunoko kwezixhobo esinokuzifumana ngoku kwintengiso. Ecaphula imithombo enxulumene neprojekthi, u-Forbes uqinisekisa ukuba u-Apple usebenze iminyaka eliqela kwi-chip ekhethekileyo yeBluetooth ukusombulula iingxaki zebhetri ezijamelene nolu hlobo lweentloko.
I-chip yebluetooth yamandla asezantsi yenziwe yinkampani yePassif Semiconductor, isiqalo esathengwa yiApple kwi2013, kodwa ngexesha lophuhliso iApple yafumana iingxaki ezahlukeneyo. U-Apple wayecwangcise ukusungula ezi ntloko ngo-2015, Kodwa ezinye ukungasebenzi kakuhle nge-chip entsha yeBluetooth yenze ukuba kufuneke ukurhoxisa ukumiliselwa. Ngokuka-Forbes, ukuba utyando alukho kwi-100%, i-Apple iyasika kwi-bud kwaye iqale kwakhona. Ngokumalunga nale chip yeBluetooth entsha, asazi ukuba yenzelwe yi-Apple okanye ngaba kungene abantu besithathu.
Kwiminyaka yakutshanje, I-Apple iyile iichips zayo ukuzama ukunciphisa ukuxhomekeka kwayo kubantu besithathu Ukuthintela iingxaki kwityathanga lokubonelela elinokuphazamisa izicwangciso zemveliso. Ukusukela ngo-2010, iApple iyilele iichips zayo ngokusekwe kuyilo lwe-ARM, ke akunakulindeleka ukuba i-chip esetyenzisiweyo kwii-headsets zeBluetooth ayenzelwanga ngqo eCupertino.