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Real vs. fake AirPods with industrial CT

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Re: Real vs. fake AirPods with industrial CT

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Post by fyloraspit »

baz00 wrote: post #46
acomjean wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wired earbuds are back (Acording to some… and I’ve seen a few more lately out and about). I’m still using full over the ear headphones I bought 15 years ago. I had to get new pads but other than that they still sound great. https://www.wsj.com/articles/are-airpods-out-why-cool-kids-a... https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/blog/wired-earbuds-are-so...

I do use wired ones when I'm at the PC. I have some Sennheiser HD25's my ex wife bought me over 20 years ago.

Great longevity as they tend to be for club / dj environments but I find they have way too much pressure on the ear to be comfortable as regular headphones for use at a computer.

Re: Real vs. fake AirPods with industrial CT

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Post by ewzimm »

thomasqbrady wrote: post #60
JCharante wrote: post #53

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> but they were essentially just generic bluetooth headphones. I heard that there are fake airpods that will connect and behave just like a normal airpod to iphones, as if they have a fake H1 chip or something. Can anyone confirm?

Yes. I have a set that appear to my iPhone to be legit, including auto-connect/disconnect, noise-canceling modes and all, though the functionality isn’t actually reliable. My iPhone doesn’t seem to know any difference between my real AirPods Pro 2 and these fakes.

I got my first AirPods off eBay recently that I was expecting might be fake, but they arrived new in the package with all the usual Apple paperwork and pull tabs and registered normally, even the Apple warranty, and everything seems to work, except if I get a notification when I'm playing audio, it just goes silent until I pause and resume the audio. It seems like other people have the same issue. Is this a real issue with genuine AirPods Pro 2, or is this potentially an incredibly good fake?

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Post by civilitty »

JCharante wrote: post #53
latchkey wrote: post #2

My partner bought fake AirPods off ebay. We kind of had a feeling they'd be fake but felt it was worth the risk. We got a refund from the seller pretty quickly and they told us to keep them. The pods themselves looked exactly the same. The case was the real sign. It was clearly not the same as an original case. They actually worked, but they were essentially just generic bluetooth headphones. We ended up listing them…

> but they were essentially just generic bluetooth headphones. I heard that there are fake airpods that will connect and behave just like a normal airpod to iphones, as if they have a fake H1 chip or something. Can anyone confirm?

Might not even technically be “fake”. Apple has ghost shift problems just like every other major manufacturer that contracts out semiconductors to China.

I’ve heard that Apple drives such a hard bargain with some of their suppliers that selling ghost shift parts and the parts that fail QC to counterfeiters and repair shops is the only way they make any profit. The Apple contract pays for the factory and the bills but they make the real money on the side.

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Post by autoexec »

JCharante wrote: post #58
AlecSchueler wrote: post #34

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Poverty and desperation can often drive people to bend their moral compass quite a bit.

How many people knowledgeable to mass produce fake chargers are in poverty? My assumption is that it's greed.

Wasn't it just two years ago that apple was caught using slaves? And that was after years of their factories and suppliers abusing children and keeping workers in inhumane living and working conditions. I think we can pretty much guarantee that a massive number of people who are intimately familiar with making apple products, including chargers, are living in poverty. Some people at Foxconn were even caught selling genuine apple parts that failed QA to be used in making counterfeit apple products.

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Post by threeseed »

acomjean wrote: post #42
baz00 wrote: post #4

I'd be interested in some fake airpods if they lasted twice as long and sounded 80% as good. Literally I get perhaps a year out of a set of genuine bought at Apple Store airpods before the case gives up or one airpod goes muffled or craps out. After a year Apple don't want to know or care unless you have AppleCare. Decided I wasn't going to fish out for a fourth set, so I bought some Sony ones for £20 with a wire bet…

Wired earbuds are back (Acording to some… and I’ve seen a few more lately out and about). I’m still using full over the ear headphones I bought 15 years ago. I had to get new pads but other than that they still sound great. https://www.wsj.com/articles/are-airpods-out-why-cool-kids-a... https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/blog/wired-earbuds-are-so...

Those articles from 2 years ago.

And in that time I can't think of a single manufacturer who has brought back 3.5mm headphone jacks.

Meanwhile Qualcomm recently announced WiFi-Audio which brings lossless audio.

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Post by everly »

frou_dh wrote: post #8
latchkey wrote: post #2

My partner bought fake AirPods off ebay. We kind of had a feeling they'd be fake but felt it was worth the risk. We got a refund from the seller pretty quickly and they told us to keep them. The pods themselves looked exactly the same. The case was the real sign. It was clearly not the same as an original case. They actually worked, but they were essentially just generic bluetooth headphones. We ended up listing them…

Seems kinda like "kids eat free" at restaurants... fake-spotters eat free at eBay.

Until this happens a few times and their algorithm flags you as an 'abuser' of the refund system (despite you doing nothing besides correctly calling out fraud) and you're banned or automatically ruled against in all disputes going forward.

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Post by civilitty »

MarkusWandel wrote: post #45

On the real vs. fake Apple product front: I get a lot of my electronic bric-a-brac from garage sales. The little iPhone cube chargers are so cute and practical, but: Is it a real one, or a dangerously cost-reduced fake? By comparison, less cute chargers from other major brands, that aren't a target for counterfeiting, are therefore more trustworthy. This is another "why we can't have nice things" kind of problem.

Now all you have to do is bring your $3,000/mo CT scanner along!

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Post by dspillett »

latchkey wrote: post #70
dspillett wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you charged the going rate for pre-used, maybe the buyer is planning to put them in official looking packaging (likely really official packaging picked up elsewhere, perhaps from their own purchase of an official product) and sell them as new for a profit?

Probably more likely: 1. Buy a new pair off Amazon. 2. Return the fake and get a refund from Amazon.

That does seem a more reliable option. I need to update my thinking of I want to be a good scammer!

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Post by somehnguy »

baz00 wrote: post #22
somehnguy wrote: post #12

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AirPods or AirPods pro? My current set of AirPods Pro have long outlasted my original set of AirPods in terms of battery longevity. Both very heavily used. It seems the switch from pouch cell (in regular AirPods) to button (in Pro) made a huge difference.

I killed two sets of plain Airpods. The Pros I bought crapped out after 14 months of ownership. They do get used heavily but no excuse at that price.

My Pros are over 2 years old with an hour minimum per day use, usually a few hours. Still working flawlessly.

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Post by autoexec »

threeseed wrote: post #75
acomjean wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wired earbuds are back (Acording to some… and I’ve seen a few more lately out and about). I’m still using full over the ear headphones I bought 15 years ago. I had to get new pads but other than that they still sound great. https://www.wsj.com/articles/are-airpods-out-why-cool-kids-a... https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/blog/wired-earbuds-are-so...

Those articles from 2 years ago. And in that time I can't think of a single manufacturer who has brought back 3.5mm headphone jacks. Meanwhile Qualcomm recently announced WiFi-Audio which brings lossless audio.

A quick search shows that the Samsung Galaxy A14 5G and the Sony Xperia 1 V both have headphone jacks. They've got expandable storage too! If I had to get a cell phone today, the Sony one is probably what I'd be looking at.
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