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Some AirPods Users Facing Battery Drain Issues With Charging Case
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I second this. There will always be some technical concerns announced when a product first launches, likely its mass produced and perfection doesn't exist in the millions. It's websites like Macrumors exploiting the reports given based off users and tech sites alike, which obviously will draw out those with their claims or opinions.
To many times, it's the negative aspects reported on tech than the positive reflections. When the 2016 MacBook Pro launched, there was an article that highlighted every complaint for almost two weeks on here, which ultimately creates controversy and varying opinions.
Anecdotal, but consumers are more likely drawn to skepticism rather than agreeance, because of how everyone differs on views. Macrumors intends to thwart the more positive news and condones the complaints noted, which attracts numbers.
More on topic: My Airpods arrived today. Very impressed thus far and looking forward to using them more frequently.
A integrated key chain/carabiner loop would be nice to have. When I get a set I may just have to rig something up to my EDC monkey fist. Sure would not want to loose it.
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No your right - Tim Cook doesn't crack the whip of quality control that SJ once did.
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No your right - Tim Cook doesn't crack the whip of quality control that SJ once did.
It was not an exaggeration. I checked as soon as i read this article and everything is reading as 100% and i havent used the AirPods since xmas eve.
I wonder if they go into an enhanced standby mode after a period of time? I do find the charging of the AirPods and the case to be a little... nebulous. I'm doing some lengthy testing on mine now.
At 9:20am, case and AirPods at 100%. At 10:20am, case at 100% and AirPods at 95%. Right now at 1:16pm, case is at 93%, AirPods at 100%.
So that's 7% drain in about 4 hours. Really not sure how normal any of it is.
Is there a product in Apple's (or anyone else's) history where a percentage of users didn't have a problem? I think everything has a failure rate and when we can communicate so readily, we all know about them and they sound bad.
Is the AirPod problem any more or less widespread than with any other product?
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You're charging it wrong.
Be nice, it took him all morning to decide between that and some variation of the "courage" meme.
You're charging it wrong.
Be nice, it took him all morning to decide between that and some variation of the "courage" meme.
They're in their 20s, honestly weren't interested in them.
Wasn't an ad, and I think I'd buy direct so I could handle returns/repairs most easily.
Reports aren't glowing, not everybody requires/want them.
Hey, now...
I just got a shipped notice from BestBuy on a second pair...
Because I'm a maroon and forgot to cancel.
The year of battery problems, or "The Year of Battery Management Software Fails?" I can't stop wondering with all the vast discrepancies out there. I know the MBP had to go to a different battery shape last minute, but the decrease was minimal. I'll wager we see a Firmware Update for Air Pods in the future. I think a lot of this battery drama is just Crap Code from Apple, IMO.
I guarantee you that we will be hearing about them forever as long as there is a desire for clickbait articles. You can't produce tens of millions of devices without having some number that have a battery issue. Apple will sell tens of millions of Airpods. Ditto for the laptops. They will sell close to 200 million iPhone 7's, as long as all it takes is for a few people to tweet about some problem for websites to run articles "Some users are reporting poor battery life," the future is clear. It doesn't matter if 99.999 percent were good, the click bait will serve its purpose. Or if it's users misunderstanding. That's how we ended up with "bend gate" and now Airpod batteries are an issue without any context. Sad.
That's excellent!
I'm assuming the AirPods were originally paired to your iPhone, and you didn't unpair or "Forget" them, correct?
Mine seem to be doing similar. Either its 'expected behaviour' (which i doubt), or Apple's going to be replacing an awful lot of these soon
I suspect the processor in the charging case does not go into standby/power-down, and as such it's draining power.
A firmware update could fix these, unless the issue is the assembly of the case components (as iFixit's x-rays imply there is cavities in some of the solder connections)
I'll add my math to the pile here:
20:37 case is at 68%
AirPods at 94% after 15 minutes of music playback. (that projects 5 hours of AirPods use outside the case, which is spot on).
I put them to charge inside the case and leave the case unplugged (but with the lid closed).
Exactly one hour later, at 21:37, my AirPods are at 100% and my case is at 57%.
If we were to assume that 10% loss was due to charging the AirPods, even with the slow charge past 80% factor; it means I won't even get 1 full charge from the case.
I'll be testing some more over the next day, but so far this is not normal behaviour.
20:37 case is at 68%
AirPods at 94% after 15 minutes of music playback. (that projects 5 hours of AirPods use outside the case, which is spot on).
I put them to charge inside the case and leave the case unplugged (but with the lid closed).
Exactly one hour later, at 21:37, my AirPods are at 100% and my case is at 57%.
If we were to assume that 10% loss was due to charging the AirPods, even with the slow charge past 80% factor; it means I won't even get 1 full charge from the case.
I'll be testing some more over the next day, but so far this is not normal behaviour.
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They probably just need a little time to complete Spotlight indexing, then battery life will improve.
I have a new MBP and a USB-C to Lightning cable. What dongle is it you think I need?
Really, all this dongle-worry is just crabby shortsightedness. I paid good money for a new MBP. Since USB-C is the standard moving forward, I'd prefer to have those ports built in, rather than legacy ports for the old stuff. As time goes on, new peripherals will have the speed and connector for USB-C/Thunderbolt. It would be kind of disappointing to have to lose the speed and buy dongles later, so that I can plug the new gear into slower legacy ports on a notebook that's only two or three years old.
Which do you want? Dongles now to adapt your older gear with zero loss of utility, or dongles later to adapt and choke down your new gear?
And again, I already have dongle-free connectors for new stuff like iPhones, iPads and AirPods. I don't see the problem.
Not as quickly as Samsung. They can only dream of battery issues as trivial as this. I seriously doubt anyone will be banned from flying because of this. Funny, I still get asked at the airport if I own a Samsung exploding surprise packet. That's something they will never live down, yet the anti Apple trolls that camp here just go ape shizzle over trivial things like this. Go figure.
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Nice fairytale
That's just as well, because I have absolutely no need of your sympathy or anyone else's.
Course if you forgot to charge them for some reason, tangled headphones will still work.
Seems like a lot of commitment to a device. All you had to do with wired headphones/buds is plug them in.
That's because all these kids want are Beats or similar. In my area, I see very few people 18 and under wearing earbuds, only over the ear headphones.