Why It Matters: Apple’s EarPods, recognized for their ergonomic ... $6.5 billion by removing chargers and earphones from the packaging of its new iPhones.

Apple used to include a set of wired earbuds called EarPods in the iPhone box — first with a headphone plug, then a Lightning connector. These stopped being offered after the AirPods were ...

Despite bundling in wired Apple EarPods with all iPhone models, this marked Apple's first jump into the wireless earbud space. The AirPods were brilliantly easy to use thanks to the Apple W1 Chip ...