If you’re tempted to open up and modify or repair your brand new AirPods Pro 2 earbuds, you probably shouldn’t.
On Wednesday, repair website iFixit posted a teardown video of Apple’s second-generation AirPods Pro, providing a closer look at the internals of the new earbuds and charging case. The teardown confirms that AirPods Pro remain largely unrepairable.
Opening up the AirPods Pro and the charging case continues to result in unfixable damage, preventing battery replacements and other repairs.
As noted before, the video shows the metal insert on the charging case for attaching a lanyard is welded to the Lightning connector inside the case. iFixit doesn’t offer an explanation as to its function, even though CT scanning company Lumafield has speculated that the new lanyard insert could double as an antenna for the U1 chip, which boosts the Find My feature.
There aren’t too many new suprises to be found with the internals of the new AirPods Pro 2 and charging case, which remain environmentally unfriendly.
The new AirPods Pro launched last Friday and retail for $249 in the United States.