Counterfeit iPads cost Apple $ 3.2 billion a year

In a strange move, Apple removed the 3.5mm audio jack from the iPhone 7 in 2016 and unveiled its first fully wireless headphones, called the AirPad. At that time, Apple was not the first company to introduce fully wireless headphones (TWS); However, it was the first company to extend the impact of its work to other companies. The introduction of the AirPod and subsequently the Pro version led to the popularity and flourishing of fully wireless headphones; More than tens of millions of these headphones are sold annually, and Apple is considered the undisputed ruler of the market with its popular headphones (AirPod).

Now, it is said that the popularity of Apple ipads is so great that it has led to the recording of an unprecedented number of counterfeit wireless headphones. In the past nine months (September 2020 to June 2021), about 360,000 counterfeit wireless headphones worth approximately $ 62.2 million have been seized, according to a new US Customs and Border Protection report.

This number is estimated to be only 2.5% of the global counterfeiting industry; That means a company like Apple is losing $ 3.2 billion in wireless headphone sales this year alone. U.S. Customs says more than 50 percent of the seizure volume has increased over the past five years since Apple introduced the first-generation AirPad, and  a surplus has been recorded since the introduction of the AirPad Pro in the country.