Who the heck is Mitchell?

[blimmins]

Yesterday, I bought a pair of brand new 2nd Gen AirPod Pros from Best Buy.
I charged it overnight.
When I paired them with my iPhone, the name of the device was: MITCHELL'S AIRPOD PROS
I have no idea who Mitchell is.
Also, I charged it overnight but the unit is only 70% charged.
Did Best Buy give me used 2nd Gen AirPod Pros?

 

[Sheepish-Lord]

Shouldn’t have anyone’s name associated with them. Pretty sure it’s illegal to sell 2nd hand items as new soooo

 

[PeterKG]

Yesterday, I bought a pair of brand new 2nd Gen AirPod Pros from Best Buy.
I charged it overnight.
When I paired them with my iPhone, the name of the device was: MITCHELL'S AIRPOD PROS
I have no idea who Mitchell is.
Also, I charged it overnight but the unit is only 70% charged.
Did Best Buy give me used 2nd Gen AirPod Pros?

Maybe you paired your next door neighbors AirPods? 😂

 

[beach bum]

Yesterday, I bought a pair of brand new 2nd Gen AirPod Pros from Best Buy.
I charged it overnight.
When I paired them with my iPhone, the name of the device was: MITCHELL'S AIRPOD PROS
I have no idea who Mitchell is.
Also, I charged it overnight but the unit is only 70% charged.
Did Best Buy give me used 2nd Gen AirPod Pros?

I hope that you’re making a trip to BestBuy today for an exchange. It sounds like they gave you a returned item.

 

[Apple_Robert]

You should return them. Sounds like you got used APP.

 

[Smoothie]

Was the box sealed?

 

[blimmins]

Two days ago, I bought a pair of 2nd Gen AirPod Pros from Best Buy.
When I paired them with my iPhone, the name of the device was: MITCHELL'S AIRPOD PROS
Having no idea who Mitchell is (and figuring Best Buy sold me a returned item), I brought them back for new ones.
I opened the new ones in the store and paired them with my phone.
The name of the device was AIRPOD PROS or something generic that seemed legit. I was happy.
But when I got home and used them, the name of the device was suddenly MITCHELL'S AIRPOD PROS again!!

How is that possible?
Should I take the second pair back?

 

[addamas]

When you go to Find My app isn’t there something wrong with them there?
I mean you should have them like this:

 

[PeterKG]

The name for the AirPods is associated with the device you paired them with. In Settings~General~About, what is the Name listed?

 

[russell_314]

I think the question that should be asked is were they sealed when you bought them?

Now they come with a pulltab and not a plastic wrap so you can tell if that pulltab has been torn. If you physically opened them, and they weren’t open previously then clearly this is some sort of glitch.

 

[Smoothie]

I asked the OP whether the box was sealed, but they never replied. I usually give people the benefit of the doubt, but I don’t find their story credible at this point.

 

[Ralfi]

I asked the OP whether the box was sealed, but they never replied. I usually give people the benefit of the doubt, but I don’t find their story credible at this point.

The OP replied today.

 

[antiprotest]

Two days ago, I bought a pair of 2nd Gen AirPod Pros from Best Buy.
When I paired them with my iPhone, the name of the device was: MITCHELL'S AIRPOD PROS
Having no idea who Mitchell is (and figuring Best Buy sold me a returned item), I brought them back for new ones.
I opened the new ones in the store and paired them with my phone.
The name of the device was AIRPOD PROS or something generic that seemed legit. I was happy.
But when I got home and used them, the name of the device was suddenly MITCHELL'S AIRPOD PROS again!!

How is that possible?
Should I take the second pair back?

You are Mitchell dude.

 

[Smoothie]

The OP replied today.

Did they say they were sealed?

 

[blimmins]

Yesterday, I bought a pair of brand new 2nd Gen AirPod Pros from Best Buy.
I charged it overnight.
When I paired them with my iPhone, the name of the device was: MITCHELL'S AIRPOD PROS
I have no idea who Mitchell is.
Also, I charged it overnight but the unit is only 70% charged.
Did Best Buy give me used 2nd Gen AirPod Pros?

 

[blimmins]

Hi, all.
Sorry for the late reply. The in-laws are in town.

The box was properly sealed with the pull tabs.

The odd part is: I changed the name of the device from MITCHELLS AIRPODS to AIRPOD PRO 2ND GEN. Now when I look up the device on Find My, MITCHELL is located at Best Buy and AIRPOD PRO 2ND GEN is located at my house.

I guess I give up. I’ll just keep them.

 

[PeterKG]

Hi, all.
Sorry for the late reply. The in-laws are in town.

The box was properly sealed with the pull tabs.

The odd part is: I changed the name of the device from MITCHELLS AIRPODS to AIRPOD PRO 2ND GEN. Now when I look up the device on Find My, MITCHELL is located at Best Buy and AIRPOD PRO 2ND GEN is located at my house.

I guess I give up. I’ll just keep them.

You need to remove the returned Mitchell AirPods from Devices in Find My.

 

[blimmins]

Thanks for the reply. I wonder if I hadn’t changed the device’s name from MITCHELL to AIR POD PRO 2ND GEN whether I would have two Mitchells!

The ear buds are great, but the whole thing taints the experience of buying them. I’ll always wonder.

 

[Chozun]

Pete Mitchell (ie, Tom Cruise) from Top Gun, and Top Gun: Maverick?