Sometimes innovations just need to solve a problem, give comfort to consumers. #%AirPods. The wireless earphones made the company an estimated $7.3 billion (£5.6 billion) in revenue in 2019, up from an estimated $3.3 billion in 2018 – a 121% year-on-year increase. Not bad for a product that was launched with virtually no fanfare, given just five minutes of stage time at Apple’s iPhone and Apple Watch event in September 2016.
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