The well-known iFixit is a store dedicated to offering components for electronic devices so that you can repair them yourself, although for this they have to first know the guts of the product, which is why their articles and videos have already become very popular by demolishing them. The turn of the recent Apple AirPods Max has already come, so we already have some first impressions of what the interior of these long-awaited headphones of the Californian brand is like.
First of all, don’t do this at home
Seeing photos like the ones we are going to see from iFixit are much less interesting and we understand that the most curious and “potters” may want to try these disassembly techniques at home with their devices. Well, it is not advisable to do so for several reasons and we are not only referring to the case of AirPods Max, but in general. These products are not usually cheap precisely, but if you also add the fact that when you open them you lose the guarantee, this is already a problem in order to solve possible failures with the brand. Regardless of whether you have more or less experience, this is not recommended, but if you also do not have the required knowledge and techniques, this becomes even more visible.
AirPods Max. a complicated disassembly
Before this disassembly by iFixit took place, we already knew that the interior of these headphones harbored surprises such as having two H1 chips , so it was expected that in each headset we will find a motherboard to accompany them. In technical data, Apple affirmed that it served to give the device greater solvency when it comes to processing sound, having the possibility of carrying out millions of operations per second without the user even being aware. Obviously these operations are not visible, but the physical electronic part in which these mechanisms are housed is.
Something that has attracted attention and that they have made known is how complex the process has been due to the glue that Apple has used to adhere the components well. At the end of the day it is not intended that they are easily opened and in fact it is possible that on many occasions not even the company’s own technicians will do so in case of repairs, since it is understood that the affected user would be offered a new model replacement. The amount of magnets that these headphones have, to be able to align the ear muffs among other things, has also been very striking.
Of course, there is a part that could not be disassembled, for which X-rays have been used to see the internal components in greater detail. It is said that this is still a first look and that more details will be explained later and an assessment will be made about whether or not these headphones are easily repairable, but at first we already have the intuition that they are not. In any case, it is interesting to know more details about this process, along with the published images. You can see the full article by clicking here .
