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Gen1 airpods basically suck after 1.5 years in because they only hold 30 min of call battery life.

Don't tell that to my Gen1 AirPods which I use daily and get me from 8:00am to 11:45am (3.75 hours) before they need to be recharged. I got them for Valentine's Day in 2017, so they're 2 years and almost 11 months old.

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The parent poster did specify “call battery life”. I can listen to music for hours, but a call with two-way communication drains my AirPods battery very quickly.

This exactly. I use them for both calls and listening to music. They've been rendered almost useless for calls (which used to be 1-1.5hrs, perfect timing for a full conf call).

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