The Apple AirPods 3 were announced last month and recently began shipping out to those that ordered them. These come with an upgraded design, plenty of which has been inspired by the AirPods Pro, minus the rubber tips of course. But while the AirPods 3 and AirPods Pro may share plenty from the outside, a teardown video has revealed that the insides are a different story.
52audio is a YouTube channel specializing in headphones and they took apart the third-gen AirPods to reveal its innards. The disassembly isn’t exactly an easy job since most of the parts of the Pods are glued together. The same holds true the other way around as well, making successful reassembly quite a feat, and repairs a nearly impossible task.
Each earpiece of the AirPods 3 has a new skin detection sensor that accurately discerns if the AirPods are in the ear and pauses playback when removed. It is a first for the AirPods family. An FPC cable connects all of the components, with a tiny battery between the speaker and the microphone. The AirPods 3’s internal battery has a capacity of 0.133Wh.
As for the AirPods 3 charging case, it now has a new set of magnets that are used to attach it to the MagSafe charger, something no other AirPods have. The case packs a 345mAh battery along with a Lightning port and a logic board. It also sports a graphite thermal pad to ease heating when charging.
Interestingly, the AirPods 3 charging case only has one large battery. The AirPods Pro case on the other hand is powered by two.
The AirPods 3 teardown video has been given below:
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