Apple AirPods Max: this is how they are made inside between drivers, logic cards and microphones
Source: HW Upgrade added 19th Dec 2020
As per tradition as soon as they are presented new Apple products, also comes the so-called teardown or the disassembly of the various components. In this case a very interesting phase for the new Apple AirPods Max headphones. Here’s why.
by Bruno Mucciarelli published 19 December 2020 , at 14: 31 in the Apple channel
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Apple’s new AirPods Max have officially been unveiled a few days ago and are also all available on the most important stores including Amazon and even the official Apple store. Headphones that have undoubtedly made a lot of talk for the their very important price of 629 ?? but also for the quality they aspire to and to which Apple promises to have them realize. To find out clearly you will have to try it in the field but in the meantime it is possible with the classic disassembly of the components to understand what Apple used to make them and therefore how they are made .
Apple AirPods Max: here’s the teardown
As always fascinating is the iFixit teardwon which allows not only to understand a lot about the components of a product but also how the manufacturer has designed each single aspect of the product in an era, today’s one, where products are increasingly technologically advanced. In this case, as mentioned, it is the turn of the new Apple AirPods Max that is the first over ear headphones of the Cupertino company that have impressed the tech world so much.
Going to observe the particular steps of disassembly by iFixit, here we start immediately from the fact that the ear cups are not easy to open due to the large amount of glue placed by Apple. Once opened, however, it is possible to access the inside of the pavilion where the logic cards with the various chips
are stored of STMicroelectronics but also of Apple, Winbond and again Cirrus, Texas Instruments and Bosh. There is clearly the H1 chip made by the company of Tim Cook which is present in each of the ear cups and which allow for active noise cancellation and more.
Disassembly has not yet been completely completed. In this case iFixit has not yet fully analyzed the battery situation and its connection with the other components. From a first glance it seems that the battery is even welded to the rest of the components and this therefore does not allow to find any connectors. Moreover the battery pack seems to be present only in one ear since in the other there are the logic boards which, moreover, also change shape to better adapt to the headset.