They Obviously Lied - Fake Apple Airpods Max

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Published 2021-10-21
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An Apple counterfeiter sent us a pair of fake AirPods Max to review, claiming they are the best replicas on the market and the best headphones under $200. Let's see if they're up to snuff.


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MUSIC CREDIT
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Intro: Laszlo - Supernova
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CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro
0:58 Counterfit Apple Products
1:55 The Note
3:29 The Boxes
5:32 Unboxing the "Fake" Headphones
6:13 Realizing They Are Actually the Real Headphones
6:23 Unboxing the Real Fake Headphones
6:43 The Pairing Process
7:10 PlasticGate & the Scale
8:39 Noise Cancellation
11:25 The Insides
11:50 Listening Test
13:42 EQing the Fake Headphones
14:14 Bluetooth Sluething
15:21 Teardown
15:40 Battery Life
17:00 Latency & the Android Experience
17:22 Should You Buy Them? & Outro

All Comments (21)
  • @Beregorn88
    "that was a straightforward disassembly process..." and from that you unmistakably recognise them as non Apple
  • @MrThijmenmees
    17:46 Linus: "Are these a great value? No, but you were shopping for AirPods Max so you probably didn't care about that anyway" Gotta appreciate the little roasts he throws in there
  • I imagined them to say “da Bluetooth de device is ready to pair” xD
  • @hahabred
    "The mesh seems....... pretty meshy." Ah yes, the floor is made out of floor.
  • @thexgamer8240
    Haven’t seen Linus reviewing knock-off products for a while. This sure brings back nostalgia.
  • @_talhaamir
    Really appreciate the time stamps youtubers are doing nowadays
  • @fftechsupport
    "We guarantee that this is the best headphone under 200 bucks" Audiophile community : Bruh
  • @rcnumbers3562
    It's weird seeing a headphones review without hearing 'walk through the park' through some freakish ears on a stick
  • @CarthagoMike
    When even the counterfeit is much more expensive than an actual good pair of different-branded headphones.
  • @techjan3247
    Slowly but surely, everything in the studio is getting foiled with Linus' Face lol
  • @paulbrooks4395
    “Are these a great value…no…and because you’re looking to buy AirpodsMax, you don’t care anyway.” Oof.
  • @jb888888888
    I would have liked to see a blind listening test. Have a person who didn't know which one was which, put the headphones on their heads, and let them tell you which sounded better.
  • Everyone else: "DJI's new camera is going to change everything!" Linus: "Check out these knock-off headphones!"
  • Yep total garbage, only decent clones worth their money are propulse pods for me. My son works in an apple store and he couldn't even tell they were clones when i gave him his christmas present lol
  • To my ears these 3rd Gen Air pods are more comfortable compared to the newer Pro version with the soft gel tips. youtube.com/post/Ugkxgl8SzyQoymMu-S3V55Dskg5QJ8xr1… That said, compared to the 3rd Gen, I notice these do not stay planted in the ear as well. One design issue I think, is you squeeze the stem and click it twice to advance your songs. On 3rd gen you tap the large speaker. The difference is by grabbing the stem each time, you tend to loosen the bud fit in your ear. Not always, but the bud falls out a few times while running. The old tap to change never had that problem for me. I would not have changed that tap function. That said, the newer Pro version sticks in the ear, almost airtight if you want that. I do not like that Airtight fit. So that's why I'd stay with this version as the best trade off of comfort, use, and overall feel.
  • @licht4808
    It's way higher of a value to get sony's or senheisers instead of these knock-offs. No warranty on these bad boys, even if they look and act similar to the real deal.
  • "We can guarantee that this is the best headphones available under the $200 mark" quick, someone hold DankPods' beer
  • @AuthenTech
    the ProMax MAX max is where it's at 💪
  • @1337GameDev
    14:49 - How they sleuthed it: They have a development system for bluetooth (essentially a modified bluetooth radio to provide every packet to a dev machine connected to usb / serial) and just investigated the handshake and identifiers transmitted and replicated that into the bluetooth module for the clones. Apple has a standard way of doing this for airpods, and they used this framework for airpod pros, and the airpod max. So they have a starting point from the airpod clones they've likely made too in the past.