Apple’s AirPods have had quite the Christmas season. Their popularity make them difficult to keep on shelves during the holidays, and they were a top contender on Christmas lists everywhere. The wireless headphones even became a trending topic on Twitter.
“AirPods for Christmas” actually stirred up thousands of tweets, at first making fun of AirPod users. Then seemingly overnight, the jokes turned to AirPods memes calling them must-have fashion accessory for the elite—and even the not-so-elite. They’re a status symbol just within reach for, well, a lot of people.
https://twitter.com/frown/status/1076619450776981504
In the first page of the AirPod instructions it says you’re aloud to spit on anyone who doesn’t have AirPods
— EMMY (@emmymhartman) December 26, 2018
https://twitter.com/MeninistTweet/status/1077761398787063809
https://twitter.com/Abd_HajYahia/status/1077679503676186624
https://twitter.com/martinsteezo/status/1077352290577727490
https://twitter.com/taIIant/status/1077969873677008896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1077969873677008896&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2F9to5mac.com%2F2018%2F12%2F26%2Fairpods-for-christmas-apples-truly-wireless-earbuds-became-a-hilarious-social-media-meme%2
The meme sarcastically implies that only the richest can afford the iPhone accessory. While not cheap, a pair only cost around $175, which is around the price of other wireless headphone brands.
People are comparing AirPods to Beats-brand headphones, joking that Beats equal broke.
https://twitter.com/M1_LCG/status/1078008486934573058
https://twitter.com/jackstandal1/status/1077612612966404096
https://twitter.com/Stxphyn/status/1077742572980850688
My mom buying me and my brother Beats instead of AirPods was a real subtle way of saying my Dad lost his job and we were losing the house.
— Aaron Rodgers, thank you. (@vincent196912) December 25, 2018
Many have out that Beats are even more expensive than AirPods. The Dre brand can run upwards of $300. Of course, memes don’t need logic, just retweets.
Wait.. $160 for AirPods makes you rich but when beats were $200-$400 nobody said a damn thing 😂
— Victor Madu (@GOAT_vicc) December 26, 2018
https://twitter.com/princesadaisyy/status/1077811179446300672
The fact that the wireless beats cost more then AirPods 😂😂
— QUEEN 🧚🏾♀️ (@sanderswere) December 27, 2018
The memes are new, but AirPods aren’t a recent addition to the Apple brand family. They’ve been out since 2016 and were released with the iPhone 7.
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