Modern smartphones have become a kind of multimedia harvester, combining the functionality of a phone, camera, video and music player in one compact device. Together with them, complementing and expanding their functionality, headphones developed as well. Now, no one is puzzled by a person walking along the street in a headset or saying “with himself” using the microphone built into it. Apple has made a big contribution to this, with the launch of the iPod and iPhone. Headphones of this company are recognized from afar and have their own history.
From EarPhones to EarPods
The first model, released with the legendary iPod, was released in 2001. I must say that the "apple" headphones quickly won the hearts of users. Even in them, Jobs showed his ability to surprise the world with seemingly familiar things, looking at them from a different angle.
EarPhones, of course, differed from competitors, but, most interestingly, their calling card was not unique sound quality, but color. Nobody wanted to produce white headphones before. Apple tried and failed.
EarPhones received a new impetus for development and an incentive for recognition in 2007 with the release of the iPhone. Headphones purchased a small remote that allows you to control the playback of music tracks and answer calls without removing the phone from your pocket. Literally a year later, Apple released a separate headset called In-Ear. They never came bundled with the company's products and were sold separately as a fashion product. Their main highlight was the use of balanced anchor technology, characterized by high quality sound transmission.
In 2012, there was the release of the next, fifth in a row, iPhone model. The headphones that came with it, underwent a decisive redesign and received a new name - EarPods. From their predecessors, as well as from competitors, they were distinguished by a drop-shaped design. Four releases of the iPhone lived safely with him - these headphones turned out to be so successful. iPhone 5S, 6 and 6S were equipped with them without any external changes.
Without wires
Another historical change Apple made with the release of the seventh version of its smartphone. EarPods together with the "seven" lost the familiar audio jack. Instead, the same Lightning port is used as for charging.
In just a few months, Apple completely stripped its headphone wires. They retained the already famous drop shape, but now use advanced Bluetooth technology to transmit sound.
How to distinguish a fake
In stores, you can find different colors in which the headphones are made iPhone. Is it the original or not? As we said above, Apple released its white headset. From the very first model, the company did not use other colors. Consequently, all the color diversity with which the shelves are strewn is nothing more than the careful crafts of our eastern neighbor.
Usually the headphones that come with the iPhone outlive the smartphone. But if it happened that you broke or lost them, you should know that not all white EarPods on sale are original. Many articles and instructions have been written on how to distinguish Apple products, and it’s not difficult to find them.
Finally
So, in short, the almost twenty-year history of the development of the headphones of the "apple" company looks like. One of the popular products, in the creation of which the ideas of the legendary Steve Jobs were used.