The AirPods are Tim Cook’s most underrated achievement

The AirPods changed the absorption of existent wireless earbuds and became Apple’s astir important accessory. | Photography by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge

Apple Silicon chips. The iPhone's dominance. Apple Vision Pro. During Tim Cook's 15-year tenure arsenic Apple CEO determination were highs - and successful the lawsuit of the Vision Pro, possibly a debased - that helped specify Apple arsenic 1 of the astir ascendant forces successful tech adjacent without Steve Jobs. But 1 merchandise doesn't get the designation it deserves, arsenic evidenced by The Verge's Apple Top 50 products, wherever the original AirPods don't adjacent ace the apical 10.

Before AirPods, astir each earbuds were inactive wired backmost to your telephone oregon iPod. Apple's ads leaned into the aesthetic with vibrant neon backdrops to framework dark, dancing silhouettes connected by the iconic, stark wh …

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