Yeah I know about that, it just sucks to go through that process and even after replacing it, I know the AirPods won’t last the whole year!
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Apple Settles Class Action Lawsuit Over Powerbeats 2, Agrees to Pay $9.75 Million
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Understanding whether that's surprising depends on how often you used them and how much they degraded in that time.
I bought my first set of Airpods when they were first released. They lasted me a year and a half before I couldn't make it through a conference call with them any longer, and maybe 2 years before I had to give them up. By that point their life had degraded to about 50% from the day I'd purchased them.
Working the math, it comes out to something like $0.30 a day for something that I use all day for work and play.
No complaints from me.
My second generation set seems to be lasting longer even though I've been relying on them even more.
From patientlyapple Sept 12, 2017Are you kidding me? I’ve replaced MULTIPLE beats for this very reason. I had no idea this was an everyone problem.
In widespread advertising and marketing campaigns, Apple touts that its costly Powerbeats (which retail for $199.95) are "BUILT TO ENDURE" and are the "BEST HEADPHONES FOR WORKING OUT."
But these costly headphones are neither "built to endure" nor "sweat & water resistant" and certainly do not have a battery that lasts for six or twelve hours. Instead, these shoddy headphones contain a design defect that causes the battery life to diminish and eventually stop retaining a charge. Often, after minimal usage, sometimes only days or weeks, the Powerbeats stop accepting a charge and the indicator light blinks red.
But despite numerous consumer complaints, Apple has not publicly acknowledged the defect or attempted to fix it. Instead, when consumers attempt to take advantage of Apple's one year warranty and return the Powerbeats for a new pair, Apple sends replacement Powerbeats that often contain the exact same defect.
This is one example that Apple didn't seem to care about investigating this defect along with people concluding the product was not worth what you payed for it. It took three years for this case to work its way to a settlement. I remember this issue and convinced me to stay way from Beats anything.
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It's depressing to know so many people are still giving money to this overpriced garbage of a brand. If you really cared about listening to music you wouldn't even consider Beats, but I guess the majority of people think whatever is available in the Apple store are the only brands that exist
lets see, 9.75 million, less attorney fees; divided by the the number of plaintiffs; leaves around just enough to buy a new pair of silicone ear tips.
Well... this happens if a company that apparently stopped giving a crap about it’s customers gets confirmed by its shareholders. My AirPods Pro, a product which is comparatively very expensive, offering less value in hardware than its competition, fails in the single point it was supposed to outshine: its ux. Since months I struggle with one headbud getting out of sync, both getting stuck in noise canceling, the transparency mode getting stuck in a half noise cancelling mode or the earbuds just refusing to pair (in some cases even unpair on their own). With every month there is a new issue, while the old ones seem not to get fixed. Combine this with the fact that you can’t even let Siri create a new memo without unlocking the phone (the appropriate setting is enabled), renders this device pretty much useless for me.
There is actually known issues about these things, confirmed by Apple reps, but they just don’t care to fix them. It’s probably more lucrative to keep new shiny buggy stuff coming, so that people throw even more money at them. It just works... The only winners in this equation are Apple and it’s shareholders.
I should’ve never fallen for this ecosystem trap. I’m gonna stick with my Mac and my iPhone, with those being decent products (let’s see how this develops), but as for the rest, I think it’s best to minimize the amount of money one shuffles down apples throat.
There is actually known issues about these things, confirmed by Apple reps, but they just don’t care to fix them. It’s probably more lucrative to keep new shiny buggy stuff coming, so that people throw even more money at them. It just works... The only winners in this equation are Apple and it’s shareholders.
I should’ve never fallen for this ecosystem trap. I’m gonna stick with my Mac and my iPhone, with those being decent products (let’s see how this develops), but as for the rest, I think it’s best to minimize the amount of money one shuffles down apples throat.
Best was this funny video, they all jumping saying “how stupid” Apple was paying that high sum for beatsWait, what?
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Something is missing here, people who bought these don't get new ones or get their money back for repair costs.
I look forward to Apple settling with Epic whilst denying all allegations and simply wanting to avoid expensive litigation.
No he isn't, Oliver Schusser is.
Beats CEO Luke Wood Departs, Apple Music Boss Oliver Schusser On Deck
Beats CEO Luke Wood is leaving the company at the end of April. Apple Music executive Oliver Schusser is stepping into the role.
www.digitalmusicnews.com
Apple had to replace mine 4 times within the first year. Sweat stopped them working. The last ones, replaced a month before the warrantee ran out have given me no problems since!Are you kidding me? I’ve replaced MULTIPLE beats for this very reason. I had no idea this was an everyone problem.
Now I know you're just pulling my leg. Dre has never been the CEO of Beats. Luke Woods was president until he left. Beats is now run by Oliver Schusser. https://www.macrumors.com/2020/04/17/apple-music-beats-schusser/ Schusser is also not CEO of Beats. As head of Apple, that's Tim Cook.
Waiting as well. My left 1-st gen AirPods is disconnecting about 30 seconds after it connect. I read that so many people have this issue and now one know how to fix it.
Howdy bunty07,
Not that this excuses the issues with the AirPods and AirPods Pro, but you may be able to mitigate it. I had a pair of the original AirPods, ironically purchased because of my defective PowerBeats 2, which after about 3 months, would randomly seem to drain the left AirPod. I would use it, put it in the case, go to it the next day, and it would be completely dead. I went through Apple, first replacing the individual AirPod, and then just after the year warranty expired, they replaced the charging case. Both replacements solved for a little while, but the issue always came back, sometimes swapping between the left and right one being the drained one. Due to this, I eventually "upgraded" to the AirPods Pro, and afterwards, I discovred what was causing my issue. It seems over time, the contacts on either the AirPod, or the socket in the case get "dirty" (you can't see anything, so not sure what it is), and no longer makes good contact with the stem, causing battery to drain. The solution, is to take a cotton swab (q-tip) dipped in Isopropyl Alcohol and gently wipe the contacts inside the case. Be careful, and don't use so much that it drips. Let it dry (should only take a couple of minutes at most), and the AirPod should work normally again. After I started routinely cleaning the cases, this issue went away. Good luck!
Rich S.