Apple Airpods Pro Teardown Shows They Are Impossible to Repair
A teardown of the recently-launched AirPods Pro has confirmed that they are just as hard to repair as their predecessors. Performed by iFixit, the teardown shows that the pods are fabricated partly with recyclable materials, merely remain every bit un-repairable every bit ever due to size and build procedure, which includes copious amounts of gum to hold everything together.
Awarding the noise-canceling buds an accented '0 out of 10' on the repairability calibration, iFixit said: "While theoretically semi-serviceable, the "non-modular, glued-together blueprint and lack of replacement parts makes repair both impractical and uneconomical". Of course, it's nothing new for the AirPods lineup, given that the original Airpods and AirPods 2 also received identical scores after being judged to be nigh incommunicable to repair.
Interestingly, although all iii generations of the device take been found to exist equally difficult to repair, the teardown showed that there are several pattern changes in the latest version as compared to its predecessors. For one, the battery on the new model is glued just nether the earpiece. Equally for the battery case, information technology uses a button jail cell unit (like those found in wristwatches) that'southward rated at i.98Whr instead of the 1.52Whr units found on AirPods 2.
Meanwhile, in a surprisingly candid statement, Apple reportedly confirmed to Wired (come across embedded tweet below) that the AirPods Pro are not repairable, only replaceable, and are no meliorate in this regard than the before versions. Co-ordinate to iFixit though, the latest model is 'a tiny fleck' more repairable than its predecessor, but apparently non plenty to shed off the ignominy of a 'Zip' score.
An update to Monday'south report: Apple has confirmed that the new AirPods Pro are no more repairable than previous versions of the wireless earbuds. The pods are made partly with recyclable materials simply due to size and build process (i.e glue) it doesn't repair. Just supervene upon.
— Lauren Goode (@LaurenGoode) October xxx, 2019
Featured Image Courtesy: iFixit
Source: https://beebom.com/apple-airpods-pro-teardown-repair-report/
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