If you have an AirPods, you may have noticed that despite the revolutionary design and operation, they are not free from failures. Apple limited the physical capabilities of the technology available at the time of its launch to create them and now, 3 years later, these limitations are in the day to day of its users. Keep reading and We tell you what are the 5 most common problems of AirPods and what you can do to overcome them.
Apple limited the physical capabilities of the technology available at the time of its launch to create them.
1- A device with 0 reparability.
IFixit already said it when they were released, and comments about it were repeated with the second version and now with the Pro version, AirPods are irreparable. This has always been a critical point for Apple on many devices, but especially with the AirPods. If an AirPod is broken and we take it to the Apple Store for technical service, the solution that will give us is to give us a new headset, for a price of 75.00 for each one, and 65.00 in the event that what has been broken has been the charging case. There is no solution to this, and although it is true that Apple is covering the service, despite the fact that a new device is being delivered to us and the customer is “solved” the problem, we have to think about what to recycle and reusability refers. And more thinking that Apple premiums the recycling of products and materials.
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2- A battery that is not intended for the long term.
The batteries that we use in our electronic devices on a daily basis are made of lithium ions, and give a very good result when we use them in medium-sized devices. However, these batteries are not capable of offering the same long-term performance when we use them in devices that require very large batteries, or on the contrary, as with the very small AirPods. And is that given the size of Apple's headphone batteries, because of their physical limitations they are not designed to last over time. The wear and tear of the battery suffers makes users who use today the first generation AirPods, have a total battery life much lower than originally offered by this product, and therefore a user experience incomplete when having to charge the headphones every little time.
The solution to this? Checkout unfortunately. We explain it to you in the next point.
3- There is no real battery replacement for AirPods.
In the same way that our Macbook or our iPhones can replace the battery when it no longer has a good performance, in the case of AirPods it is not possible. Apple offers a “replacement” battery service at a price of 55.00 per headset and another 55.00 for the charging casehave you taken out accounts? You may have noticed that in the case of replacing the 3 batteries we would be talking about 165.00 in total, practically what a new AirPods cost. In addition, it is not a real battery replacement, Apple will keep your current AirPods and give you new ones. This is not a big problem but it again brings to light the limitation of marketing an irreparable product.
4- Connection failures between the AirPods.
A common fault is the disconnection of one of the AirPods and if this has happened to you, you are not alone. Internet is full of comments about this problem that It can occur mainly for two reasons. The first (again, again) for the battery, and that is It is common for us to see that the battery of one of the two headphones discharges a little above the other. This is due to the fact that one of our headphones, the one we decide from the configuration, always has the microphone working to be able to capture the interactions we carry out, such as invoking Siri with the “Hey Siri” command. Luckily this can be avoided by deactivating this function, although it means the loss of one of the most interesting features of this device. The second cause is due to some manufacturing failure of our unit. If we have detected that the battery of our headphones is in good condition, this could be the reason that we suffer this mishap. The solution? Apple technical service, and If it is indeed a failure in our unit and they are still under warranty, they will normally proceed to replace these.
5- Not for all ears.
Many users do not find the comfort and safety of AirPods in their ears. This is given because until the recent launch of the AirPods Pro it was a unique carving device, and that supposes certain limitations. This has been solved with its last revision, since being intraural headphones to which we can place the pad of the size that suits us can be adapted to the different sizes that are necessary.
In spite of everything, a revolutionary device.
If you ask people, you may find that this Christmas the AirPods are going to be a recurring gift and if you look down the street, you will also have noticed that more and more people use them. How is this if they suffer from these failures? The first is that the wear of each unit is unique and is conditioned by our use, so it does not have to occur in all AirPods users, and the second is that they are an incredible device, which despite its limitations works very well and it is integrated as an extension of the rest of the Apple devices that we can have.
