GEN 2 AIRPODS PRO LID WOBBLY/CREAKING

[sorgo †]

I think Mr. Wang deserves a pay cut here. We’re going to have to call this creak-gate!

Sorry, that one’s taken already.

 

[russell_314]

Sorry, that one’s taken already.

Maybe lid-gate 😂

 

[jeremydc]

Yup . Just got my personalized AirPods and they rattle .

 

[jeremydc]

Just compared to my gen 1. A bit looser but doesn’t bother me in the slightest. Will prob exchange it in a later batch if it gets intrusive.

 

[MrLoL]

I though that it was only me, amazon is shipping me a replacement unit. Tell me what happens with yours

Well, I just got out of my appointment and it seems all models, especially second-gen has this issue. Employee came back with another pair and it was also loose unfortunately. Not as much as mine but still loose. I was advised to return the pair, buy again and hope for the best.

 

[AppleB]

Mine are creaky too but with the upgraded noise cancellation I can’t hear it.

 

[diego.caraballo]

Here's why:

Apple AirPods Pro (2nd Generation) CT teardown

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[MrLoL]

Here's why:

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Apple AirPods Pro (2nd Generation) CT teardown

Discover the secrets of Apple's new AirPods Pro (2nd gen) with our nondestructive teardown using the Neptune industrial CT scanner.

www.lumafield.com

Yeah when I read that I instantly thought about it. It may be the reason why the creaking is that frequent now.

 

[teh_hunterer]

Having the same thing with my 2nd gen AirPods Pro. I noticed it right away and it doesn't seem normal. He's a comparison to my 1st gen AirPods Pro. There is supposed to be some wiggle, but the sound is quite annoying.

 

[teh_hunterer]

Many of us have gen 1 APP with PERFECT hinge mechanisms and zero squeaking. I've been using and abusing my gen 1 for years and the hinge is still perfect. Snaps closed without a rattle, zero wobble, zero creaking. If Apple themselves set the bar with gen 1 then we are entirely entitled to complain about a drop in quality with gen 2.

The same people like you that are bemoaning "OCD" complainers were probably the same people praising gen 1's excellent hinge as "another brilliant Apple attention to detail moment." Almost every gen 1 review I remember praised the case hinge quality over competitors, were you complaining about that praise back then? I guess attention to detail is only valid when praise is the outcome rather than critique.

If you dare notice something wrong with an Apple product, there will always be a cabal of people who descend and try to make out you're the problem. Sometimes the person really is OCD and the complaint is ridiculous, but in this case the issue is real, and immediately obvious to anyone who switched from the 1st gen (which didn't have this issue). If your unit has this problem, you'll notice it even when you're trying not to notice it.

If this is just what the 2nd gen is like, then it's annoying, but I'll live with it. If most people are walking around with 2nd gen AirPods Pro that aren't like this however, I'll take mine in to be swapped. That's why threads like these are valuable - getting more information about the issue.

But the cabal always tries to shut down the discussion from being had in the first place. Get a life, ya weirdos.

 

[Ralfi]

If you dare notice something wrong with an Apple product, there will always be a cabal of people who descend and try to make out you're the problem. Sometimes the person really is OCD and the complaint is ridiculous, but in this case the issue is real, and immediately obvious to anyone who switched from the 1st gen (which didn't have this issue). If your unit has this problem, you'll notice it even when you're trying not to notice it.

If this is just what the 2nd gen is like, then it's annoying, but I'll live with it. If most people are walking around with 2nd gen AirPods Pro that aren't like this however, I'll take mine in to be swapped. That's why threads like these are valuable - getting more information about the issue.

But the cabal always tries to shut down the discussion from being had in the first place. Get a life, ya weirdos.

Someone’s taking things a bit too personally.

There are examples uploaded in this thread proving people are making this into a bigger deal than it is. That’s not to discount there are faulty cases in circulation, but from what’s seen here, it proves you calling people weirdos & stating they get a life is you getting too worked up for the discussion at hand 😏

 

[teh_hunterer]

Someone’s taking things a bit too personally.

There are examples uploaded in this thread proving people are making this into a bigger deal than it is. That’s not to discount there are faulty cases in circulation, but from what’s seen here, it proves you calling people weirdos & stating they get a life is you getting too worked up for the discussion at hand 😏

Now that, is called projection, my friend

And if it wasn't describing your own behaviour, you probably wouldn't have gotten so snippy about it just now.

 

[Ralfi]

Ok, so you’ve taken it that way…

Look, sometimes people need to be told that they’re making a mountain out of a molehill. The help works both ways - some, as you say, to point out legitimate issues, but others to inform others that there’s bigger things in life to stress over, especially when millions of others don’t fret over such things.

& again, yes I agree there are dud AirPods cases out there, but there are also many many more that aren’t faulty, but people think they are because of minute movement/noise & others online complaining about it.

 

[teh_hunterer]

Look, sometimes people need to be told that they’re making a mountain out of a molehill. The help works both ways - some, as you say, to point out legitimate issues, but others to inform others that there’s bigger things in life to stress over, especially when millions of others don’t fret over such things.

& again, yes I agree there are dud AirPods cases out there, but there are also many many more that aren’t faulty, but people think they are because of minute movement/noise & others online complaining about it.

Sure, I agree with that.

 

[Knowlege Bomb]

Zombie incoming folks.

I just got a set of APP2 and there’s a lot of play on the lid. I got a leather case for them and it would just be so much better if the case wasn’t clicking around.

Unfortunately, this seems to be normal with this iteration. I immediately swapped them out and the second one has the same issue. The Apple guy pulled a pair out of his pocket and another from a drawer and they all felt and sounded the same. I said fine, whatever and left with them.

This is insane. How is this a thing this far into their production cycle? I have a set of gen 2 and 3 AirPods and both of those have solid lids; 100% wiggle-free and smooth as butter.

Something stinks.

 

[seggy]

After every product launch these Apple forums especially seem to attract newby OCD sufferers complaining about minutiae imperfections in their newly-purchased mass-produced tech. The last one was someone complaining the lid on his M2 MBP didn't form a perfect seal to the base all the way round and there were small gaps where you could actually slip in something as thick as a piece of paper. The horror of it.

How Apple positions itself as the purveyor of premium products is, I think, partly to blame for this. People visualise Apple products hand-assembled over a period of weeks to micrometer tolerances by a team of highly-paid specialists in white surgical overalls and loupes in their glasses. In truth they're mostly assembled by robots and quality-checked by Mr Wang who checks 1,000 of them a day for the price of a sachet of rice.

Its nothing new but it never stops being hilarious

But the worst part is that many people like this eventually go on to being tech " " reviewers " "

 

[Knowlege Bomb]

For anybody interested, I took a couple of tiny rectangles of medical tape and put them on the larger part of the flat surfaces outside of where the AirPods sit. It’s now perfectly solid and feels like a little leather pebble I can enjoy rolling in my hands when I’m idle.