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After coining the term "earbuds, " Apple has moved on and showed off EarPods on Wednesday.
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At their launch event this week, Apple announced an improved line it calls EarPods.
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Sadly, the EarPods included with the device are lacking in that regard.
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Lastly, Apple finally decided it should be involved in its own accessories and created its own EarPods as a stand-alone accessory.
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Apple noted the three years of research that went into the EarPods.
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One expects the margins on EarPods to be strong, and sales to be robust as a nice add-on accessory for those not yet ready to upgrade.
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That's to be expected, though -- the EarPods do sound better, and, well, they cost 29 bucks and ship with all of the devices Apple announced today.
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As we briefly mentioned in our EarPods review, iFixit was able to teardown Apple's latest generation of earbuds, which are currently shipping with the iPhone 5.
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Perhaps you could call the earpods innovation to some degree?
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To date, 600M earbuds have been shipped with Apple products, and the EarPods will be shipped with the new iPhone5, iPod Nano and iPod Touch as well as available for purchase immediately.
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