Njalo ezinyangeni ezintathu, sibheka ukuthi ibhizinisi lika-Apple likuthengiswa kanjani kwama-iPhones, amele ngaphezu kwe-60% yemali engenayo eyenziwe yinkampani, ukuncika kwe-iPhone okufanele i-Apple izame ukukuhlukahluka, kepha okwamanje akubonakali ngathi kuhlose ukukwenza futhi ukunyakaza kwamuva akubonakali kukukhuthaza kakhulu.
Inkampani ezinze eCupertino isanda kumemezela ukuthi, lapho uhla lwe-AirPort luphela esitokweni, ezinhlotsheni zalo ezihlukile, le mikhiqizo ngeke isatholakala Nge-web noma ngezitolo ezibonakalayo inkampani enazo emhlabeni wonke. Njengoba kwenzekile ngenkathi i-Apple imemezela ukuthi iyekile ukuthengisa abaqaphi bangaphandle, labo abaseCupertino bashicilele uchungechunge lwezincomo zokuthuthukisa inethiwekhi yethu ye-Wi-Fi.
Ukulahlwa kwalolu chungechunge lwemikhiqizo bekuvele kuza. NgoNovemba 2016, iBloomberg yamemezela ukuthi i-Apple iqede i- iqembu ebelibhekele ukudala lolu hlu lwemikhiqizo, futhi ngoJanuwari walo nyaka, i-Apple yaqala ukuthengisa ama-routers wezinkampani zangaphandle ukudala amanethiwekhi anezikhala ngesitolo esiku-inthanethi se-Apple. Kuhlala kuphela ukuthi i-Apple yenze isimemezelo esisemthethweni, isimemezelo sokuthi kubo bonke abathandi balolu hlobo lomkhiqizo ngokungangabazeki izindaba ezimbi.
Ngaphandle kwesimemezelo, uhla lwe-AirPort lusatholakala ngentengo efanayo, okukhombisa ukuthi i-Apple ayijahi ukugeleza ngokuphelele lolu hlu lomkhiqizo, noma ingahlosile ukuhlala igxile kulayini womkhiqizo. Uma ufuna ukwenza nganoma iyiphi yale mikhiqizo ngaphambi kokunyamalala kwayo kokugcina, kuzofanele ukhokhe ama-euro angama-109 nge-AirPort Express, ama-euro angama-219 nge-AirPort Extreme, nama-euro angama-329 / ama-429 ama-euro we-Time Capsule ka-2 noma 3 we-TB ngokulandelana. . Kungaba yisikhathi sokuqala ukucabanga ngamanethiwekhi anezikhala, njengoba i-Apple incoma.