Compact wireless headphones are a very popular accessory today. Apple introduced its first model of AirPods wireless headphones back in September 2016. The product turned out to be really successful, and even after a while, interest in it still remains stable.
Apple was able to bring a truly high-quality solution to the market for wireless headphones. And even though the device may initially scare off with its price, competitors of comparable level have similar prices.
The only confusing thing is that AirPods and AirPods Pro (like other wireless headphones), unlike wired EarPods, have a limited lifespan. New headphones, it seems, can be removed from the ears only occasionally. But after 3 years of operation, they increasingly have to be recharged.
The batteries housed in the compact AirPods headset turned out to be quite tiny. Despite this, Apple has managed to achieve up to 5 hours of battery life. Each AirPod has a 93 milliwatt battery, according to iFixit.
This parameter applies only to new headphones, because in the course of its operation, any battery will gradually lose its capacity. In reality, any AirPods user will face the fact that his wireless headphones will last less and less time on one full charge.
How quickly the battery capacity of AirPods or AirPods Pro decreases
If you've been using AirPods for a few years now, you're used to battery life gradually decreasing. But you hardly picked up a stopwatch and took accurate measurements. Nevertheless, we managed to get some approximate figures.
It's hard to call these AirPods battery statistics completely accurate, as there are still many factors involved. Someone just listens to music, and someone else makes or receives phone calls, which drains the battery faster. And even if you just take the headphones out of the case and leave them on the table, without playing music, they will still be discharged over time.
It should also be noted that in most cases there is a difference between the battery capacity of the left and right earbuds. This happens, for example, due to the fact that during a call, only one of the headphones works as a microphone, which is the reason for its accelerated discharge.
What to do in such a situation? Will replacing the battery help?
Can I replace the battery in AirPods or AirPods Pro?
Unfortunately, a seemingly simple and logical solution will not help in this situation. Replacing the battery in AirPods or AirPods Pro will not work due to the non-separable design of the device. Access to its insides is possible only after sawing the body itself. Of course, such an operation will make it impossible to reassemble the headset. This problem has only one solution - a complete replacement of the component with a new one.
Apple has officially set the following rates: it will cost $ 49 to replace one earphone or case under warranty and $ 69 if the warranty expires. Thus, it is easy to calculate that a complete replacement of all three components will cost the user even more than just buying new AirPods. And it makes no sense to change only one earphone - the second one will still discharge much faster.
A simple conclusion can be drawn from this situation.
For the sake of fairness, it should be noted that a similar problem is present in all compact devices of this class.
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