The suggested retail price for Apple for the successful AirPods Pro It is 279 euros (about 340 US dollarsIn some reputable stores you can get realistic deals up to approx 200 euros.
According to the German trade journal “c’t” in issue 4/21, anything below or well below this figure should be handled with caution.
The edition warns that the offers in digital markets are currently drawing attention, where the AirPods Pro are offered, such as substandard items or returned merchandise, for a few 170 euros. The experts of the German publication have conducted tests with some of these products to verify their legitimacy.
Steps to Identify Original Airpods
The first impression: high-quality packaging; When I unpacked the headphones, they looked good and they looked original. However, when they were put into service, the incongruities began: from routine misconfiguration to repeated and momentary freezing of the iPhone.
When entering the serial number of the AirPods on Apple’s page, the question revealed a valid serial number even though the warranty had expired.
When they were first put into use, the worst fears were confirmed: “The AirPods Pro sounds so bad it’s hard to believe.”
The attempt to update the operating system cleared all doubts: the installed version (0B896) was never published by Apple.
The experts’ conclusion: the work that the crooks to produce fake headphonesDue to the high quality of the counterfeits, there is a danger that non-tech-savvy consumers will not even notice the fraud.
On the other hand, anyone who suspects the legitimacy of the items purchased should have it fake sellers on the Apple page planned.
Since forgeries with different characteristics circulate, some material deviations are noticeable only in direct comparison with an original, and forgers actually learn from mistakes and make changes, it is difficult to make recommendations that are valid in all situations.
However, experts have summed up the features that suggest a fake. First, they point out that there are spelling mistakes in the box along the “Designed by Apple”, and that the letters on the charging case and on the earbuds themselves are almost illegible.
They add that on the case cover the battery power is indicated with a value other than the 519 mAh real. Also, the headphones’ active noise cancellation doesn’t work and the weight varies – the dummy box is weighed 43.3 grams (original box: 45.8 grams) and the fake headphones 7.5 grams (original headphones: 10.9 grams).