Last updated: January 2024

Wireless headphones have been in the market since 2004 but gained its momentum around 2010 as a substitute to the wired one.

Around 2011, Jorge Fino from Apple filed a patent for a wired and wireless earbud-like headphones but has encountered a lot of issues with regards to connectivity and bandwidth.

Moving forward to 2016, Apple released their first wireless earbud called AirPods and an upgraded version of it, AirPods Pro.

Even greater audio experiences are now possible with AirPods Pro with its external noise being greatly reduced even further via adaptive transparency and next-level active noise cancellation.

Immersion is elevated to a strikingly personal level by spatial audio and with touch control, you can now swipe to change the volume.

Furthermore, an increase in power results in a battery life of 6 hours on a single charge.

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How Can You Tell If It Is A Real AirPods Pro?

How to spot fake AirPods from the real ones – Fake vs Real AirPods Pro

Since the iPhone products have been released, AirPods Pro is one of Apple’s most well-liked products being sold over a hundred of million quantities around the world.

With its much more upgraded features such spatial audio, longer battery life and much enhanced active noise cancellation, it is truly a masterpiece.

However, the price of it can be pretty expensive and this can only work efficiently with other Apple products – which only means you also have to buy either an iPhone, iPad, Macbook or iMac to make it work and get its feature into a pretty good use.

Being that said, tons of imitators appear anytime a new hit product is introduced.

On the market, there are countless imitation AirPod Pro brands, and it’s not always simple to distinguish the fakes at first glance.

Here are three methods for figuring out whether the item you own is an actual pair of AirPods Pro:

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Packaging – The earphones didn’t arrive as the standard AirPods Pro did.

How to spot fake AirPods from the real ones – Fake vs Real AirPods Pro

A sealed box containing an AirPods Pro set was snuggled inside the crudely made box as the buyer opened it which is definitely a warning sign that you have bought a counterpart item

The plastic cover wasn’t taut, which is being observed before opening the AirPods Pro box and the imitation shrink wrap is thinner and occasionally baggy, whereas Apple’s shrink wrap tightly encloses the package.

They replicated Apple’s pull tab for simple opening.

Although it isn’t as thick, the box’s shape is uncannily similar to Apple’s, resulting in the sides bowing slightly.

All the standard suspects are present inside, including the instruction manual, the Lightning cord, and the headphones themselves.

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AirPods Hardware – Even more challenging to spot are the variations if a customer examines the actual hardware.

How to spot fake AirPods from the real ones – Fake vs Real AirPods Pro

Even though Apple’s tolerances for hardware are unmatched, the rear button doesn’t fit as flush to the case as the official version does, despite being close.

A darker ink than that used by Apple is printed on the interior of the casing and each earbud.

On the fake earbuds, the bottom cover below the charging connections isn’t as smooth, and the seam from the mold can be seen.

Compared to the silicone Apple uses, each of the ear tips is a little bit stiffer.

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Software and Features – There aren’t many other hints from the software as to which set is phony.

How to spot fake AirPods from the real ones – Fake vs Real AirPods Pro

Nearly all of Apple’s features may be accurately imitated by well-made imitations.

An identical modal box will show up when the fake AirPods Pro case is opened by the buyer which used to be a distinguishing characteristic that was exclusive to actual AirPods Pro.

They will appear legitimate and appear in the Control Center and the Settings app once they have been linked.

The serial number has also been tampered with if the buyer copies it and even though the coverage has ended, when the buyer enters it on Apple’s website, it will indicate that it is an actual serial number.

With the new update from IOS 16, a fake one can be easily detected as it will appear “Cannot Verify AirPods”.

Difference Between Fake And Real AirPods

AirPods Models	What is the difference?
AirPods 2nd Generation	Plastic Wrap of the Original is Almost Perfect
AirPods 3rd Generation	Real AirPods 3’s Serial Number can be checked through Apple’s Check Coverage
AirPods Pro 2nd Generation	Different Design Details on the Earbuds
AirPods Max	Fake AirPods Max has too large charging holes and too thin internal inscriptions

1. AirPods 2nd Generation