The good news is that the cool cats at iFixit recent completed and posted a teardown of Apple’s AirPods 2 headphones to gauge how repairable they were.
The bad news is that they’re at the low end of repairability among Apple’s products.
Per the report:
“Let’s get the second of those points out of the way right away: they are not serviceable at all. iFixit had to go to almost comical lengths to open the AirPods up, and despite their expertise and tools, the iFixit team was unable to do so without permanently damaging the product. They described the product as “disappointingly disposable,” which is to say there is no practical way to service or repair them even at a professional shop.”
In short, if they break, you might be headed to the Apple Store to snag a replacement pair.
Take a look at the full teardown and if you’ve picked up a pair of second-generation AirPods and have any feedback to offer, please let us know about it in the comments.
Via The Mac Observer, Ars Technica and iFixit