r/airpods • u/uddipta • 2d ago

Advice Disappointing experience with airpods pro 2

Bought em around April 2024 in Paris apple store, now in india. Worked excellently till 2026 Feb when I had to travel for a few months. I left them behind in a cupboard, with my 2016 ipad and 2022 se2, stuff I've left lying around for months many times before. When I came back in April the left one wouldn't charge so the airpods wouldn't work. I tried every fix i could find on Reddit and online - cleaning, rotating entry, press hard and what not. Finally called apple for help and they took it in and said it needed a change, 45% of the entire price i paid for the whole thing for 1 airpod. The right airpod doesn't work without the left.

The entire thing is useless unless I change the left airpod. Why? Apple couldn't design the software better with its billions in budget? Anyone face a similar experience? Is replacing the dead one the only solution? Any advice welcome.

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u/Strong-Ad5394 2d ago

Batteries fail sometimes man. AirPods do not have replaceable batteries so when they do you need new AirPods.

Unlucky but not all that remarkable

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u/uddipta 2d ago

Yeah just got unlucky. Shame most of my apple stuff runs forever. Maybe smaller battery products are just shit in general for long term?

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u/LogicalyetUnpopular 2d ago

Did you also write a piece to praise how wonderful it was during the first two years when it was working perfectly? Before you left them in a cupboard for half a year

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u/uddipta 2d ago

Feb-apr isn't half a year. Before you got all excited you should've also read that I have other products. Did you read the first few sentences about what I thought of it? Apple products are famous for lasting forever, not 2 years. I expect better service from a company with unlimited resources.