The level that fake copies of AirPods have reached reaches such a point that it is very difficult to know how to differentiate between original models and others of dubious origin. IF you don't want to be fooled, this is the simplest and most foolproof trick that allows you to discover if AirPods Pro are really fake.
How to know if AirPods are fake
There are many ways to tell if AirPods are fake, and traditional methods range from looking at the box carefully to checking the holes in the headphones themselves. Taking a look at the box will help a lot, since copies do not usually pay as much attention as Apple does. The details that should set off alarms about fake AirPods are:
- The top cover has poorly finished interior finishes and visible tabs.
- The instruction booklet is made with very light weight paper.
- The plastic base that holds the AirPods in the case is of very poor quality and is very thin in thickness.
- The cable included in the box must arrive perfectly mechanically coiled and not appear to have been coiled by a person.
- The back button of the charging case should be perfectly integrated and almost not felt. In the copies its presence is more evident.
- Laser-etched serial numbers and certification logos should be a very light gray color. The copies have very dark and striking engravings.
The infallible trick
But if there is a technique that definitively confirms that AirPods Pro are fake, it is the magnet test. The headphones have high quality coils inside, and this translates into the presence of a fairly strong magnet. This causes that the moment we bring one earphone closer to another, both tend to separate due to the magnetic repulsion that exists between both magnets.
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This is precisely not what happens with fake AirPods models, since they do not have speakers of as high quality as the original Apple ones, so if you bring them closer they will simply remain static and you can keep them next to each other.
This technique has gone quite viral thanks to a video published on Instagram where an Apple technician demonstrates it in an official company store. As it could not be otherwise, a wave of diverse opinions has raised a cry when they were surprised to discover that there are brands that put magnets in our heads, ensuring that it can be harmful to our health. Obviously they are somewhat wrong.