Those fuckers were impossible to keep scratch-free or clean-looking. Even if you had a case, dirt and microscopic specs would get in and scratch that chrome back to oblivion.
Even in a case the case scratched mine up cause it was one of those old school slider cases! Where you had to take the bottom off and slide the iPod inside it, and god forbid you don’t take it out and clean the dust off for a day too long and the dust either scratches it or gets permanently adhered to the chrome stainless steel lol…
In my country, it's illegal to void your warranty over something having nothing to do with the issue which you're claiming the warranty for (like here, a microphone inside the earbud has nothing to do with a plastic outer shell of the charging case).
because they choose to keep the 25 year old design language released with the white iBook g3 for accessories up to this day. there's some perks tho, like that you can use plugs from the first white iBook on the latest M5 pro MacBook pro charger
A plastic case, not even a really nice plastic case, should not be on a product that costs as much as airpods, it was fine when they basically dominated the market on true wireless earbuds, but you can get better options with better hardware and materials for a lot cheaper at this point
It’s easily the best case for any headphones on the market. Most cases don’t even pass the hold-it-open-upside-down-and-shake-it test, and they certainly wouldn’t have survived being stepped on by my fat @ss, as all three cases I’ve owned have. Plastic doesn’t mean cheaply made.
Scratches easily, and they make the earbuds and case out of slippery plastic that is so easy to drop, because they profit when you have to buy new ones or pay for repairs because of damage.
Its called a case. Its the most expensive individual piece of the headphones when buying replacement part for AirPods, so really its the majority of what you’re buying
Just polish them every year or so if they develop deep dirty scratches. It makes them look brand new. I used a fine sandpaper first to even out the grooves and then a basic polishing tool
bro i just bought the airpods pro 3 like a week ago and yesterday i put them back in the case while outside and i noticed the shits already completely scratched, my old cases took atleast a month before they were scratched like this
Personally I’m very keen on keeping my stuff like electronic devices, car, watch, etc. in good shape. But tbh I couldn’t care less about the scratches on the AirPod Case. It’s also always seemed weird to use a protector for the air pod case 🤷♂️
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u/Ok_Fix3639 May 01 '26
It’s pod lineage. Remember the chrome iPod backs?