In a masterstroke of marketing prowess designed to help Apple-faithful customers justify shelling out fistfuls of money on yet another next-gen iPhone, Apple has generously offered a 23% discount on their AirPods 2nd Generation, sold on Amazon, with a rather convenient timing that suspiciously coincides with the launch of the iPhone 15. “Yes, you’re going to have to sell a kidney for the iPhone 15,” confirmed an overjoyed Apple fan who refused to be named for fear of alerting his bank's fraud detection department. “But Apple is softening the blow by giving us a discount on these sleek, white, plastic goodies that are incredibly easy to lose but totally necessary to own.” Indeed, alongside the much-touted improvements in sound quality, camera quality, screen resolution and the much-needed voice isolation feature - designed to ensure you can absolutely ignore all external reality while you nervously check your bank balance - the iPhone 15 continues to make an assault on wallets everywhere. “At least now when I’m living out of a cardboard box because I can’t afford rent, I’ll have 23% more affordable AirPods to keep me entertained,” another fan quipped. Apple CEO, Tim Cook, unavailable for comment, probably because he’s too busy counting incomprehensible amounts of money, would likely raise an approving brow at this level of customer loyalty. In the meantime, hurry and grab this deal before you're left literally and metaphorically out in the cold because you channeled all your money into the not-so-kindly priced iPhone 15, set to leave your pockets emptier than a politician’s promise. “But hey, even though we’ll all be left with gaping holes in our wallets and morally questionable levels of tech addiction, at least we’ll have peppy sound quality and a shiny new iPhone 15 to coo over," said a die-hard Apple enthusiast. So, hold your virtual horses and make one last dive into this digital fantasy before all your fiscal sense is thrown out the window by iPhone 15. At least your homeless encampment under the bridge will have the best soundtrack and your super-advanced tech gadgets will be the envy of all around you. Well, until the iPhone 16 announcement, of course.