AirPods Pro 2 Teardown - Still Completely Unrepairable?

Apple’s AirPods are the most popular earbuds in the world-they are also among the most unfixable. With the AirPods Pro 2, the flagship line gets a boost, in all arenas, apparently, except the environment. Personalized spatial audio can give you a great sound experience, but can it mute the guilt from wearing unrepairable future-e-waste? With its new pods, could Apple finally be thinking different?
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Chapters
00:00 Introduction
00:24 Environmental Impact
00: 40 Rare Earth Magnets
00:59 Earbud Teardown
01:15 Earbud Battery Removal
01:33 Going Ultrasonic
01:46 Charging Case Teardown
01:55 Casie the Sad Case
02:11 Lanyard and Charge Port
02:35 Outro
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[@Iisakkiik]

Why not also make a teardown of some earbuds, that actually are designed to be repairable? Would be great to also show people an example of how it should be done. Sony WF-1000XM4 for example, isn't glued together and even has coin cell batteries that can be replaced relatively easily.

[@corey7219]

If only I can find those batteries on Amazon, or ebay. I have the Sony wf-1000xm4

[@QH96]

sony wf-1000-xm3 are easily repairable

[@corey7219]

@@QH96 this is true. I've taken apart my right Sony wf-1000xm3 as it wasn't charging. I couldn't find the replacement battery sadly

[@leansnscenes7806]

@@corey7219 aliexpress has anything you want

[@buttsexandbananapeels]

Sony earbuds are also poorly made unreliable junk. I haven’t touched Sony earbuds for 10 years because every pair I bought died within three months. Sometimes a product is poorly made rather than being “easily repairable.”

[@buixote]

I'm still hoping for an iFixit collabo with some makers to see "replacement shells" made, so that the guts of the iBuds can be transferred into a case that allows easier service. iFixit has been at this long enough, that more sophisticated teardown methods might be employed... cnc, for example. With the fancy lithography, you can see where the battery is, so that "ooh scary" part shouldn't really have been necessary, except as a public service...

[@flamingkillermc2806]

It is called *AirPods Pro 2nd Generation* 😂 not ibuds lmao

[@HearMeLearn]

@@flamingkillermc2806 reminds me of when people still call the Apple Watch an iWatch

[@JRC_]

No

[@jackwiegmann]

The same guy who put USB-C on the iPhone did that for airpods!

[@ExploringTheSimulation]

Working on it :)

[@KuyaMagik]

Love the video, just got mine today!

[@Rifumo]

“Can it mute the guilt of wearing unrepairable e-waste”??? Your writers are out of control. Power to you guys and your cause but literally no one who buys AirPods will ever feel said guilt

[@hughle9913]

Wearing them whilst watching the vid. Can definitely agree 👍👍👍

[@LoFi3]

99% of consumers don’t care about e-waste and it’s not our responsibility either. Big corporations should always be held accountable for big issues. I’m not wasting my life saddled with guilt over my “carbon footprint” and all that BS.

[@Rifumo]

@@LoFi3 honestly!

[@Rickiye]

Sorry dude but I feel differently. Concerns about repairability would show that they are being more conscious and considerate, since at Apple's scale they literally sell stuff by the million, it cannot be said to be a small deal.

[@baligo_brrrrr4057]

i care a little bit but at the end of the day there’s not much i can do other than keep them around as long as i possibly can

[@TheEndOfTime]

Apple advertises that they're going environmentally friendly and they are getting it in some areas, but how is their newest pair in the lineup even worse than the last. So much for being eco friendly! They have ofc been making progress, but again this is their NEWEST PAIR in the LINEUP. HOW?

[@sorrows_touch]

I like how they don't include a charger to help with waste but also make 4+ models of new phones every year

[@lodevandenberg5361]

@@sorrows_touch you know that 4 new models a year isn’t much at all right?

[@iustin1658]

@@sorrows_touch Samsung I swear makes 200 per year, apple only 5

[@leansnscenes7806]

@@sorrows_touch what about the fact that they dont repair their devices in most markets outside of the us. And with their software locks if your iphone breaks, apple just says chuck it in the ocean 🙄. Some serious environment saving.

[@sorrows_touch]

@@iustin1658 I didn't say that was right either, I think Samsung making so many models per year is way worse than what Apples doing but this video was about Apple

[@noizz4]

shenzhen repair shops have been able to replacing airpods batteries without leaving a mark for some time, and yet ifxit still don't know how to tear down airpods without a vibroknife

[@q3bing]

Exactly. They cried about Apple Watch ultra being too hard to repair and broke the screen during tear down, while I’ve seen loads of easy tear downs from Chinese repairers😂

[@ozordiprince9405]

Yes. I can't remember but I watched a KZbin video of a tech repair channel that has custom repair equipment for airpods. The dude changed the batter in both the case and the buds in like 7 minutes

[@deanosaur808]

So true! I opened the casing on these in just minutes by squeezing the casing, then sliding my 10mm filling knife in the gap! Obviously I still damaged the PCB because the cable connectos are bonded in 🙄 Thankfully I found it in the streets and only wanted the cells for a project 🥳

[@Hello-rl1mx]

ifixit teardowns are not as detailed as before

[@sebahernandez4977]

There is no need to, if you go to their website, you have a very detailed guide to open them

[@ozordiprince9405]

They are just being woke so potential woke investors can go through their videos and give them money

[@TheeDeeM]

@@ozordiprince9405 woke? elaborate please

[@cosmoslawlss]

@@ozordiprince9405what??? like literally who asked

[@bolttracks]

At least Apple themselves have engineered robots that separate AirPods and their cases into individual components but that only does so much until everyone getting rid of old AirPods does so at an Apple Store or via mail-in recycling

[@half-qilin]

I feel like the only real way to make the buds easily repairable would be to take the bottom and put a screw in that, attach the driver and wireless chip (whatever it becomes) with a magnet connector and have the rest of the bus slide out from the bottom iPod-mini style. I’ll say this, while it’s painful to know these are going to ewaste it’s hard to make something as small as a literal headphone jack repairable.

[@CondoreComputing]

If they could use an adhesive for the seam where the two halves connect that could be seperated at high temp but still durable enough to not come apart under normal circumstances instead of ultrasonic welding it together I think that would be the ideal situation. It doesn't even have to be easily repairible for a normal consumer, as long as a repair shop or confident DIYer or more importabtly even, make it possible for an ewaste recycler to pull the batteries out for disposal. The only thing they need to make replaceable is the battery.

[@james11h]

Guess I’m going to have to look elsewhere for an actual analysis of the changes…thanks for the PSA though

[@paulmitchell4544]

Are there any earbuds that you can replace the battery relatively easily?

[@hotfistVODS]

I wonder if dropping something like airpod case into a sous vide bag, sealing it and soaking it at 180f or whatever temp will soften the adhesive without damaging the plastics would be a reasonable solution at home? 3d printer bed works well for heating a surface but something like this it seems like just isn't really possible to remove at all.

[@The_Crazy_Monkey75]

Then you'd have a perfectly cooked medium-rare Airpods Pro 2 case...enjoy!

[@hotfistVODS]

@@The_Crazy_Monkey75 180f is for sure well done lol

[@studivan]

So what ear buds are repairable? Other than replacing the battery in the Sony WF-1000XMA.

[@TheSpotify95]

Fairbuds from Fairphone.

[@DenyTheZeitgeist]

I mean, I have ideas about how this could be repairable and even modular, but I’d bankrupt Apple in a week chasing my fever dream of RepAirPods.

[@sinbeard]

What is the tool you’re using at 1:56? Is that like a heated exacto blade? I’ve never seen one and I have a need!

[@iustin1658]

It would be cool to be able to repair them but the question is how? Didn't fairphone make ones and they still aren't repairable? I think it's not really easy to do

[@meowie64]

I know, right? Everyone argues that they should be repairable but considering the size, considering the need for them to be durable to a point.. It would take a lot of effort, and time to try to repair small earbuds without breaking them, no-one would want to repair them considering how small they are, how hard it is to complete. If you had them long enough to worry about the battery, theres going to be a huge amount of ear wax, along with dirt etc. It would cost bare minimum $100 to do it, even if the battery was free. You could fairly easily get a new pair of them for that price. Small electronics are difficult to repair quickly without breaking them Not to mention by the time theyre dead, new versions will most likely be out

[@Iisakkiik]

@@meowie64 What?? Check out Sony wf-1000xm4. Definitely repairable.

[@xyetian3465]

and... that is why wired is better.

[@phoenixyt124]

@@xyetian3465 ouchies.

[@phoenixyt124]

@@Iisakkiik he is right. when you bought airpods back in 2019, why wouldnt you now just get gen3s? theyre much better, repairing old ones would be a waste of time and money. phones are a different story, you can keep them for up to 6 years with apples updates. earbuds are not designed to be kept this long. especially the tiny batteries.

[@nightmoon90]

anyone know what kind of hot plastic scalpel he uses to melt the case 1:55 ??? Some model? Because I need to buy something similar...

[@PaprikaSergey]

Что за датчики стоят в крышке кейса? Рекомендуют фонариком светить, для определения оригинальных наушников на крышку кейса.

[@garrettjones8448]

Will you do and AirPods Max tear down with a repairability score?

[@Michael.Chapman]

Thanks for a great presentation! Can someone please explain the function the black shiny, smooth, grill-less sensor on the AirPods Pro 2 is used for? The other two sensors have distinctive grills-just curious…

[@adrianwillis2874]

It’s skin detection to let the AirPods know it’s in your ear. The previous gen had grills in that same spot but it would trick the AirPods to think it was in the ear even when it wasn’t. With the new gen, that shiny surface is to let the AirPods know that it’s in contact with skin and only skin, not any other surface

[@Pikminiman]

I love those 3D x-rays.

[@ChiHinNg]

So I still don’t know whats that one extra hole at the bottom left of the case is after watching nearly every AirPods Pro 2 videos… Please explain what the components are beside ranting on the repairability of these things

[@ArmyDAV]

$250 a pop, people expected these to be “repairable”.. video even said it, “crammed” in. What you expect, Lego setup for easy repair for a small earpiece! Smaller a product becomes, repairability is Zero

[@AaronFigFront]

It is tiny, even more stuff jammed inside this time. It is hard to beat physics. Of course larger ones are easier to repair.

[@ozordiprince9405]

Yeah I think ifixit expects apple to put freaking screw driver holes in them despite them not having enough space and being one single piece of moulded plastic meaning it obviously that can't come apart and cleanly and be re assembled

[@deanosaur808]

It's only the glue stopping these from being easily repairable! The casing is the easy part, but they went ott lol

[@AaronFigFront]

@@deanosaur808 emm… Glue is there to hold components in place. Screws or other mechanisms take up much more space. That is what I am trying to say. Screws at this size?

[@TheFunTechGuy24]

My AirPods Pro Gen 1 are 5 months old and gone for a replacement.Good to see the tear down and the warnings,” don’t try this at home or anywhere”.

[@jonioneeye]

Are some other earbuds better? Would be interesting to see a good example (if such a thing exists)

[@kilgard6462]

Sony WF-1000XM4's have a replaceable battery for the buds, not sure about the case.

[@Mistereify]

Good earbuds are no earbuds but cabled earphones.

[@aanilgizem]

do they have any inner grid for microphone or bass as the 1st gen airpods pro?

[@tamarockstar09]

No sure why people think AirPods would be fixable… like they’ve been out for years we should all know this

[@q3bing]

What’s the process after you recycle AirPods through Apple themselves?

[@trancenut81]

Literally just drop them off at Apple store.

[@neetop1557]

Ask Tim, he must know.

[@SentinelPrimek]

2:13 so is the single hole on the bottom just a vent for the speaker?

[@f.i.b3027]

It’s a mic

[@lavrodem]

Airpods Pro 2 Magsafe Box should be charge %100 ?? Otherwise, %20 - %80 should be charge ??

[@trilexfix]

If it's mainly the case what if you get someone to 3D print another case or if there is a company that sells the case without all the internals I mean then it would be possible to repair it. It's a work around but it still would be possible not sure if the cost would outweigh the repair price but at least that would make it repairable. I do feel you are right that it's pretty much gonna be thrown out which is sad especially bad that you risk puncturing the battery.

[@AJ-wf1vh]

Airpods are around 40gr with case. Your car radio has 100x more e-waste. You could get new airpods every year of your life and not accumulate enough e-waste for 1 tv, or 1 laptop, or 1 toaster. Not to mention a fridge, an oven or a stereo system. To make a case for Apple.

[@AJ-wf1vh]

Also repair what, exactly? The airpod batteries constitute more than half of the ewaste of the product. From an engineering perspective I don't see how repairable earbuds make sense, might be wrong.

[@Iisakkiik]

@@AJ-wf1vh lmao you're saying a repairable 300€ premium product doesn't make sense, but a disposable one does. You can eather waste money or get repairable ones like sony wf-1000xm4 where you spend like 20€ for new batteries instead of 300€ when the batteries go bad.

[@AJ-wf1vh]

@@Iisakkiik just say your problem is being Apple's paypig not the environment I don't use Apple products either

[@trancenut81]

@@Iisakkiik You can get them replaced for Apple for much less. And you wouldnt need to replace the case.

[@AJ-wf1vh]

Btw, I've been using 2 pairs of chinesium 20$ earbuds daily for 3 years that are not repairable The battery on both of them is still solid I don't even have an excuse to replace them I have no doubts that if apple engineered theirs correctly, they will last around 5 years until the battery goes bad. If you keep them for that long, they'll probably disintegrate before that point It's nice that the sonys are repairable, but they're also bigger

[@Tjoeb123]

I gotta say, I don't like how you jumpcutted the case teardown into about 30 seconds. That was the most interesting part of the set for me; I really wanted to see how all of those components work together, as well as any new chips on the board....

[@ozordiprince9405]

Yes they didn't even talk about how apple managed to add both regular wireless charging and apple watch' special charging in a tiny space and ifbthe method they used can be implemented into other devices. They also didn't show the speakers on the bottom of the case

[@PichReachsey]

I know it’s hard to open but some repair shops in China and my country manage to get batteries changed

[@Open6a-fx4qf]

Did they need to destroy the plastic cover and replaced it with new oem parts? If yes its still producing e-waste

[@PichReachsey]

@@Open6a-fx4qf nope they don't it's hard to open without destroy but not impossible

[@thekookaburr4]

There should be a law that all devices should have a reparability score of 8/10 or higher….

[@MrJacobCastro]

Where can I buy that hot knife?

[@mastamaddox]

Hi! What battery brand they have inside? Thank you

[@trancenut81]

How are they more environmentally damaging than plastic milk bottle cap? Unlike a plastic bottle cap, they can be used for years before they even end up in landfill. Mine are working fine at 3 years old.

[@el_micha]

Really? First of all because a milk bottle cap is made of one single material easy to recycle. Because they are a mix of circuit boards with electronic components, batteries, glues and plastic at a form factor so small and being so closed up, there's no way to dissasemble them with reasonable and economically viable effort. Also single Airpods are frequently lost quickly rendering them as dirty unusable trash so they also end up in regular trash bins apart from electronics recycling at least.

[@CanIHasThisName]

Recycling is a thing. Unlike airpods, plastic bottle caps are easy to recycle.

[@iceg0dd]

"guilt from wearing unrepairable ewaste" Me: NOPE, sry karen.

[@trancenut81]

Seriously. I going to avoid everything ifixit. Duckin ball washing bastards

[@icasemobileservicecenter3293]

it still can fix😍

[@PushyPawn]

Apple no longer cares about what anyone thinks, as long as millons of apple fanboys and fangirls continue to run out and buy the latest apple gadget as soon as it's released.

[@N3mroN]

Which manufacturer are the headboards in the headphones from?

[@TominatorT-]

Can you do a Teardown of the Dell G15 next?

[@torukbelvedre1869]

Which ones are the most repair friendly buds out there, also having a decent performance for the price. I want something that holds it value for a long time. Right now i am using airpods pro copy for $12 in China, this one seems an use and throw product for the price it comes and having excellent sound performance. Who buys Apple when c competition nailing its coffin.

[@jereburkholder5137]

iFixit always manages to make the most worthless teardown video ever. I just wasted three precious minutes watching this, which can’t be good for the environment.

[@hoonetic]

Spoken like someone who works for Apple. lol

[@jereburkholder5137]

@@hoonetic haha, well, I posted that, not because I think he isn’t right, but I got tired of the constant shitting on Apple narrative the entire video. Like come on, a comment or two is fine, but it gets old

[@a1white]

@@jereburkholder5137 they need calling out. They are the no.1 selling wireless earbuds in the world. Nearly all of it will end up in landfill in a few years, simply because you can’t replace a battery. Apple can do better and iFixit do praise them when they get things right (iPhone 14)

[@felipeacosta6356]

I think some of their other presenters are less insufferable

[@kornkernel2232]

Wasting one product which is calling out a product being unrepairable e waste problem is way better than leaving how the Apple and most companies making wireless earbuds that are disposable products in just few years. These kind of products will he a nightmare in the near future. Even the drivers works fine, but the batteries won't. The short lifespan of these kind of products will produce more waste than a smartphone that least can last longer if you don't care about getting latest and the greatest.

[@rkkasotiya]

Does right earbud also have h2 chip or just the left earbud only?

[@SinghalRishi27]

both of then have it

[@scottsmall9898]

I like the fit of these earpods so I bought some of the best fake apple pro 2 I could find only cost me $45. They sound pretty good and for the money can't beat them. Iphones think they are really and do what I real set would do when connecting them and setting them up. Best part is they can be serviced very easily. Just a little squeeze and they open right up, battery was right there and $10 spent on a batteries and 4 solder points and back together they went. No glue at all inside these. I get around 6-7 hours of play time and couldn't be happier.

[@shubh1dillpickle]

Someone, please explain to me how you can make AirPods repairable and literally not compromise on anything

[@greg6767]

A set of "repairable" wireless earbuds wouldn't be nearly as compact. Smaller devices just aren't going to be repairable and that's okay.

[@Summer-xu8qu]

Apple is the richest company in the world!!! Their engineer should be top notch!!!! I'm sure they can fit a micrometer sized nuclear reactor into the buds, make it removable, and still retain their IP69 water resistant up to 420m for 20 years, and a battery life that lasts 69 years on a single charge!!! The buds themselves aren't even that small, they are larger than my mega sized PP!!! With all the space they got, how hard is it to fit the removable battery inside???!!! They are purposely making this really hard becuz they want money!!!! /s in case it isn't obvious enough

[@Iisakkiik]

@@Summer-xu8qu I'm sure Apple can make repairable ones like sony also does.

[@trancenut81]

@@Iisakkiik - And as a buyer I dont care if they are not. By the way show me how can i get them repaired officially by Sony? Show me the text on their website if they are meant to be repairable.

[@Iisakkiik]

@@trancenut81 If you have more money than brains I can't really stop you.

[@ellaquin]

oops, you had an extra space in "00: 40 Rare Earth Magnets" in the description, so the number cant be clocked

[@josephcirpaci4299]

But how about the drivers???

[@nicknbg1981]

Do Samsung’s ear pods replaceable batteries?

[@Jutsch80HD]

I've opened, disassembled and closed an AirPods Pro case without destroying it ... just some light visual damage, but that's it.

[@blukettle]

So i've seen a few videos of people repairing the buds - it's not easy, but doable for sure

[@ishlight3772]

They talk so much about saving the environment, and then they make a practically un recyclable product.

[@TwistedShrapnel]

lumafield's ct scan is dope.

[@lazy9757]

now teardown for bose qc 2 let's see what's the secret of best anc in that earbuds

[@Pvillanueva80]

I need some Samsung ear buds fixed.. can you help?

[@tomjay2531]

Can you tell us how you sustainably recycled these “bought to be ripped apart” AirPods? And make sure you shout, it’s hard to hear you up there on your high horse….

[@Mr.2GD]

I mean your compressing battery, microphone, receiver, H1 chip, etc in a small compact space. Repairability is always the sacrifice.

[@daniel_960_]

I mean considering I threw away wired earbuds 1-2x a year and have my AirPod pros for 3 years now that's a win.

[@EdwinHubert]

Someone fire this guy and get someone with a technical background this guy literally destroys every tech he gets his hands on

[@peter_shadow7559]

The problem humans have is that they want everything about everything: good price, solid construction, practicality, good materials, good durability, good performance, resistant to drops and at the same time easy to take apart for "fixing". Good logic right there.

[@shashvatverma5673]

it is very possible to achieve, with todays technology and the money apple has. it just doesn't turn a profit. its not unreasonable to ask this from a company which is making earbuds which can cancel sound waves as they enter the bud before they enter your ear. its not that technically challenging

[@zhiyuzheng9761]

底部左侧的小孔里是什么传感器

[@parjau4554]

I came here for a teardown with analysis of the parts. Instead I got a lecture. The pragmatic truth is that it would be impossible to make something as small as the AirPods "repairable" without compromising the design or weather resistance. If Apple were to bulk up the design to satisfy environmentalists then their sales would decrease and then another group of people (potential purchasers) would declare their displeasure by not buying them.

[@deanosaur808]

Look at the state of that casing 🤣 Opening the casing is the easiest part. The rest is a nightmare on elm street 😱 Still I managed to salvage the battery 🥳

[@mattbrown292]

There are plenty of videos online showing how to replace the case and headphone batteries. Not sure where you guys went wrong. Also I feel you’re conflating ease of repairability with repairability. I’m willing to make the compromise on AirPods due to the size.

[@camphill]

What is that vibro knife?

[@em0_tion]

Very nicely described - zero love given back. 👌

[@americanpaisareturns9051]

It cracks me up how many people still believe Apple is all about saving the environment. 😂

[@IGoAAM]

Im not an professional repairer but i took these apart without destroying the case so i dont even know how you guys did a job like this

[@lucitribal]

Repair, Reuse, Recycle in that order.

[@infotech3397]

Please do a Motorola Razer 2022 teardown

[@volvo245glt]

You can always repurpose the circuitry inside the buds, fit a standard 18650 or pouch cell and build your own wireless headphones or bluetooth speakers, so not a total waste when the battery dies. But of course they wont be a pair of AirPods after that...

[@ozvol6141]

Galaxy buds 2 pro ?

[@himynameisryan]

Here’s the excuse for not increasing repair ability: In the US by law companies have to do what’s best for the shareholders And making unrepairable, super popular wireless earbuds that get replaced every 3-5 years is a great way to earn

[@trancenut81]

You dont have a gun to your head. You can use wired headphones if you like. Unreliable and super popular, the irony (and common sense) is totally lost on you.

[@vidzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz]

I searched this up because my brother broke some AirPods that I found and they came apart. I put them back together, but the top part won’t come back on and my mom said she will come home and fix it

[@ideatank5225]

Good thing you just ruined perfectly good airpods to add to e-waste! xD

[@namejust6287]

Did i just witness "Definition of Over-Engineering"?

[@michaelKOTD]

Bro what is your accent😂 Did you grow up in Ireland and move to the US or the otherway around

[@kennyha2642]

Not to mention wireless earbuds, I don't think regular wired earbuds are that repairable too. While yes, it is disappointing to see how bad it is from iFixit's POV but it was just a video cracking the buds open without any explanation on what goes where or how things changed internally from the last AirPods Pro. Repairablility of the buds and a more informative attitude of video making, both still has a long way of same length to go.

[@rizkimaulanap8697]

You can recable earbuds if the cable is broken, and a lot of them have removable cable anyway.

[@Iisakkiik]

In regular wired earbuds, there's really nothing to be repaired in there. It's just a very cheap plastic case, the driver and the cable, which actually is often replaceable in premium models, as it's the only part with high chance of breaking. If the driver breaks, there's really nothing left to repair, as they are such a simple product. A high tech product with a battery inside, should always be designed to be repaired. There's really no excuse for what apple does. My Sony WF-1000XM4 buds, use replaceable coin cell lithium batteries, and neither the case or the buds itself, are glued together and can be opened up relatively easily. It's not that it's particularly hard or impractical to make them repairable, it's that Apple doesn't want to

[@ProfessordevilL]

A battery is a consumable item. How are consumers going to replace it when (When, not if) it dies even nothing else goes wrong? also this is almost a computer, not comparable to the old wired buds. I have a wired pair 5 and a half years old still works good as new.

[@Doc_OLDGUY_Savage]

The Apple wireless device costs (give or take) 10 to 20 times more than the wired versions. Forty times (+) more for those 'dollar bin' buds. Apple pods last, only as long as the batteries last. A few years? Wired bud longevity could be in the decades. Your actual mileage may vary. Leaving out those still working Sony 'buds' from the 80's and 90's. My iPod Touch (2010) earphone is working fine. The iPhone 6 (2014) earphone is also fine. About $20 separately. The 2016 AirPod? Died after three years because of, batteries. Be nice to have a hearing aid and/or other swappable battery option. Looking at All of you wireless companies.

[@oyajixiami3700]

When talking about an true wireless earbuds worths like $10,I totally agree with you,there is no need to consider about repairable,now comes to Airpods Pro 2,it prices at $250,I suppose no one will accept(or consider it reasonable) that they have to discard the whole earbuds only bacause the battery is broken within 2 or 3 years.Wired earbuds has much longer lifecycle,besides,you don't have a "chance" to disassemble it beacuse they are hardly broken,and people replace it with a new or another model just for fun most of the time.

[@bananakuma]

A beautiful piece of engineering, head to head with its software

[@petershillito]

The subtitles being different to what was being said really threw me off at a few moments there.

[@BaconFaceMcGee]

Apple keeps giving me reasons to stick with my Lighting EarPods.

[@585585MC]

apple: we do support repair! we care of environment! michael myers is a good boy!

[@benchy5769]

So if the person doing the repair is skilled enough they can replace the battery in these things, I’ve seen some shop here in Thailand specializing in replacing AirPods battery, so it’s not impossible it’s possible you just have to be skilled enough to do it You want it to be recycled properly, sent it to apple if you have other brand see if they have a recycling program if they have such program send it to them

[@rjcarr316]

The whole “environmental disaster” seems super overdone. This is like 30 ccs you throw away every 3+ years or so. Do people not realize how much is thrown away every day?

[@toasterbread75]

Fr this is just a drop in the bucket

[@Iisakkiik]

@@toasterbread75 A pretty big drop in the bucker when tens of millions of these become trash in just 2-3 years. This also requires way way way more energy and precious metals etc to be made than say a plastic bag.

[@Iisakkiik]

Also this whole attitude of "this means absolutely nothing because it single handedly doesn't fix every environmental issue ever" is just so trash.

[@toasterbread75]

@@Iisakkiik so don’t buy it brother

[@trancenut81]

@@toasterbread75 Not even a drop in the bucket. The airpods themselves weigh less than the milk bottle top and I get milk almost everyday

[@Bvbdues]

Galaxy buds2 pro please it would be very cool

[@01mememememe]

Great video - feels evil defacing Apple but in the interest of repairs... Have you more details on the vibroknife?

[@astaldo]

Getting into these isn't as destructive as you guys make it. it's difficult, but you can replace the batteries in these without destroying them. That being said the Sony WF1000XM4s and LinkBuds S are much much easier to get into and don't require soldering

[@W4ZEL]

Even then, good luck finding the replacement battery and not having your buds become software locked by apple because of mismatched hardware.

[@TheEndOfTime]

I think it might've been a little over played in the video, but their point on the environment still stands. What normal average person would be able to confidently open a pair of airpods to change the battery? The average person would take them to Apple would've upsold them on getting Apple Care and they would've gotten a new pair chunking the old one. In my experience when my AirPods pros microphone was damaged, Apple had me "send them in for repair" and then it was in a "awaiting repair" queue for weeks. Eventually the repair tracking disappeared and got my "repaired" airpods back. It was a new pair. Another thing, how is Apple going to intergrade these into their recycling program? I really really doubt there is a magic machine they have that disassembles this in a cost effective way that Apple would be okay with. If Apple were upfront about it I wouldn't care. But given my experience and the fact Apple has all of this "we love the environment" stuff, it really shows the true values behind the company. It is a shame that we as consumers can be lied to and Apple will likely never be held accountable for their actions in misleading consumers that their products are some how more environmentally friendly than other electronics, when they all end up in the same place slowly polluting our world.

[@matthewmastrobuono582]

I bet when you recycle them at Apple they have tools to take them apart and reuse parts

[@astaldo]

@@W4ZEL they don't do that with AirPods

[@W4ZEL]

@@astaldo But no one has been able to confirm it since no one actually is able to replace them irl.

[@macanic5161]

Thank you for this insight. Along with the fact that the battery is supposed to last about 3 years, and after that time, the AirPods soon need to be replaced ... I will NOT buy them, period. I will not go along with this senseless waste.

[@kingalex29339]

this is why i keep all my e-waste until we have better solutions

[@ralphal7022]

2:34 i won't call something that deseable some functions if you fix it yourselft reparable

[@cmdrspacecroissant421]

I don't like the last couple of teardown made by iFixit, they don't have the same vibe in ly opinion and now it's just ranting and ranting without explaining much compared to before

[@gentabayu]

You forgot to teardown the charging case's cap

[@senzation01]

"But can it mute the guilt of wearing unrepairable e-waste?"

[@fish9468]

We should mail broken AirPods to apple en masse as a campaign

[@darrienrusseleangeles4255]

REWA: Hold my tools!

[@woodw5026]

In all honesty I am going to lose them before they break

[@xposed1168]

Another reason to not buy this trash

[@akashbodhane317]

For the most loved earbuds in the world, they sure aren't returning the favour. So true