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kingston73

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I'm just curious and haven't found this information here, what has been the average life people have gotten from the original air pods? Ive read several accounts of air pods losing battery life over time but how long have they been lasting and still been usable? I'm considering getting a pair of 2nd gen and my wife currently has a pair of 1st gen that are about 8 months old. She has told me they seem to be getting less playtime than they did when new but they are still very usable and she hasn't had any issues with sound dropping or anything.
 
I bought my AirPods in december 2016. Use them every day for several hours. Although the playtime has decreased to 2 hours, they still are very useable.
 
I changed mine over at 22 months. Batteries were probably noticeably depleted at ~20 months.
 
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