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Comment by JCharante | Hacker News Reader

> but they were essentially just generic bluetooth headphones.

I heard that there are fake airpods that will connect and behave just like a normal airpod to iphones, as if they have a fake H1 chip or something. Can anyone confirm?

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Might not even technically be “fake”. Apple has ghost shift problems just like every other major manufacturer that contracts out semiconductors to China.

I’ve heard that Apple drives such a hard bargain with some of their suppliers that selling ghost shift parts and the parts that fail QC to counterfeiters and repair shops is the only way they make any profit. The Apple contract pays for the factory and the bills but they make the real money on the side.

Yes. I have a set that appear to my iPhone to be legit, including auto-connect/disconnect, noise-canceling modes and all, though the functionality isn’t actually reliable. My iPhone doesn’t seem to know any difference between my real AirPods Pro 2 and these fakes.

I got my first AirPods off eBay recently that I was expecting might be fake, but they arrived new in the package with all the usual Apple paperwork and pull tabs and registered normally, even the Apple warranty, and everything seems to work, except if I get a notification when I'm playing audio, it just goes silent until I pause and resume the audio. It seems like other people have the same issue. Is this a real issue with genuine AirPods Pro 2, or is this potentially an incredibly good fake?

Feels like this could maybe be a pair from a fake/third shift or something?

Seems like that level of functionality with (fake) Apple products is super rare.

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