TORONTO -- As kids, teens and young adults alike tackled wrapping paper Christmas morning, many had only one thought on their minds: is this the year I finally get those AirPods I asked for?
For a lot of people, it seems that answer is no. But the worst part? The biggest injustice, they say?
Many received what they鈥檙e calling 鈥淔ake Airpods.鈥�
AirPods are Apple鈥檚 wireless earbuds, which boast up to five hours of listening time, according to the tech giant鈥檚 website.
They also cost CAD$219. And that鈥檚 just for the basic model. For another $100, you can get the AirPods Pro, which are sweat- and water-resistant and have a customizable fit.
This holiday season, parents looking to cut corners -- and avoid buying a teenager who can鈥檛 even remember to clean their room an extremely expensive tech device they will likely lose in a week -- found every other alternative to fill the brief of a) earbuds, b) without wires.
Skypods, Smartpods, Souljapods -- every pod possible, it seems, except the coveted AirPods.
The disappointment is real. So real that numerous downtrodden, heinously wronged folk took to Twitter to express their despair.
A called 鈥淭he great AirPods disappointment of Christmas 2019鈥� compiled some of the best of the sadness.
Users tweeted out they had and then attached photos of the imitation brand they had received instead. Some Twitter users lamented that their siblings had received the Apple product instead of them.
In , a photo-shopped Baby Yoda clutches a pair of socks underneath the caption 鈥淢e watching my brother get AirPods and an Apple Watch while I get socks.鈥�
Others tweeted out their own versions of AirPods. One user into the familiar 鈥淟鈥� shape of the iconic Pod. Another had gotten them AirPods and was the 鈥渂est when it comes to Christmas鈥� -- and then attached a picture showing an empty hand with a sketch of earbuds drawn on top of it.
AirPods were first introduced in 2016 when Apple decided that the headphone jack was a thing of the past and removed it from all of its phones moving forward. At the beginning, the move was soundly mocked, and AirPods were viewed as inaccessible and silly.
But after celebs started repping them, the AirPods quickly became a status symbol. What better way to signal your wealth and success than by having two strips of white protruding from your ears at all times?
Once the AirPods caught on, it wasn鈥檛 long before other companies put out their own wireless earbuds, many with significantly smaller price tags than Apple鈥檚.
For the uber-trendy, it seems a cheaper copy is not good enough.
But there鈥檚 good news for those who didn鈥檛 receive AirPods this Christmas, or who were broke enough to never consider asking for them in the first place.
Model Bella Hadid was spotted wearing headphones WITH WIRES only a few days ago -- an event so thrilling it . Maybe the wires are coming back.
The original earbuds, with wires, are on Apple鈥檚 website. They go for only $40.
