what's happening everyone my name is Alex and welcome back in today's video I'm going to show
you how to easily spot the fake Apple Airpods Pro 2 so this is the second generation of the Apple
Airpods Pro and even though these were out for only about a month and a half well unfortunately
there are a lot of fakes out there already just to give you an example if you open the Facebook
Marketplace most of those Airpods being sold there are in fact fake so if you don't buy your Airpods
directly from Apple or an authorized reseller well there is a really high chance that you're
gonna end up buying the fake ones believing that you're buying the original ones so hopefully by
the end of this video you're gonna have enough information so you don't end up buying the fake
ones believing that you're buying the original ones because nobody wants to spend 200 on a pair
of fake Apple Airpods I've actually done similar videos in the past on other Apple products and
there are thousands of comments from people that got scammed into buying the fake ones so always
try to buy your Apple products directly from Apple or unauthorize them resell okay and with
that being said let's start by checking out the boxes and see what's different for the box of the
original one and the Box on the fake ones alright so the boxes are pretty similar now the colors on
them are a bit different but realistically if you don't have both boxes in hand you're not going to
be able to tell if you're looking at the fake ones or the real ones if you look at the stickers on
the side of the boxes they're all those stickers may actually be different depending on the region
where you are buying these my original Apple Airpods Pro 2 bought in Europe so that's how
the sticker will look if you're buying them in Europe but the sticker may actually be different
if you buy them in China or in North America so the stickers could be different than what you're
seeing on your screen right now now the easiest way to spot to spot if you're looking at a fake
or real box is actually on the back of the box so they both have those pulling tabs on the back
now if you look really close you're gonna notice that on the original box some just underneath that
um pulling tab we have a straight line if you look on the fake box close enough you're gonna
notice that we have little holes there so to make it easier to open that tab so if you have
the little holes there you're definitely looking at a fake box when you actually pull on those tabs
on the original box those tabs will be in one piece so it's just gonna open the box straight
and nice on the fake box those tabs will actually break because those steps are made out of um paper
where the tabs on the original box are made out of some plastified paper so that's not gonna break on
the original box so you can see the difference whenever opening an original box and will never
opening a fake box so that's probably your first thing that you should look at them whenever you're
buying these airpods Pro 2. so when you open the boxes you're gonna find that little cardboard
pouch that contains the user manual and some information on booklets now the user manuals are
pretty similar so you're not going to be able to tell them just by looking at those but pay
attention when you remove that little cardboard pouch that contains the user manual if you look
on the original box you're gonna notice that the charging case is nicely wrapped with a pull out
tab right at the top on the fake box the charging case is wrapped in plastic but there is no pull
out Tab and that wrapping job is not the greatest outer so that should be your second hint that
you're looking at some fake Apple airpods Pro 2. that plastic wrap around the charge in case it's
also much easier to open on the original on Apple airpods Pro 2. compared to the fake ones so the
fake ones you do have to work a bit to actually get that plastic off the case once you remove the
charging cases from the box take this out and take a look at it on the original box this is
actually made out of cardboard it does feel nice and sturdy where on the fake box this is actually
made out of plastic it does seem quite flimsy so this is another tip of something that you should
look at if you bought some on Apple airpods Pro 2 from a different place than Apple for example
once you remove those you can also look inside the boxes so you'll notice the original box is very
well made there are no gaps anywhere everything looks straight we're on the fake box there are a
lot of gaps those cardboard Parts there don't look straight so look for small details like
that also the cable that comes in the Box on the original ones is nice and round so you can see how
it sits there in the Box nicely where the cable on the fake ones looks kind of messy even those
that little box that contains they the ear tips is a bit different and you can see some holes the
way those some ear tips are positioned in there on the original ones that you cannot see on the
fake ones so look for small details all the time moving on to the charging cases well this time
around with these fake Apple airpods Pro to the charging case here looks pretty much identical
the only difference that I've noticed is on the back where we have the text so the text on the
fake one does seem a bit darker than the text that we have on the original however you're not going
to be able to tell if you don't have the original and the fake side by side so the charging cases do
look pretty much identical now when you open the charging cases at the top there um the writing
is a bit different on the fake ones compared to the original ones however that writing could also
be the difference depending on the market where you're buying the Apple airpods Pro 2 so keep that
in mind in my case the text is a bit different the serial number that we have on the fake ones there
also matches the serial number that we have on the box and of course this is also the case for the
original one so the serial number on the charging case matches the serial number that we have on the
box moving on to the actual airpods well when you first glance at them they do look pretty similar I
have to say that it's hard to actually tell which ones are the fake ones and the real ones now if
you look really really close the serial numbers on them so on the fake ones they have the same serial
number on both airpods and this is the same serial number that we also have on the charging case and
on the box for the original Apple airpods Pro 2 and pretty much all other airpods the serial
numbers on each airpod is different so they are not the same serial number that you get on the
box and on the charging gun case so keep that in mind if you have the same serial number on all
four things you're probably looking at some fake ones I've also noticed on the fake ones that that
black mesh material that probably covers some microphones that are used for noise canceling
seems to be fake so it's just a piece of plastic on the fake ones were on the real ones we do seem
to have an actual mesh covering those microphones so look for very very small details even though
you do need really good eyes to actually see those because well the airpods are pretty small next pay
attention what happens and what message you get when you first open the charging case next to your
iPhone so on the fake ones here we get a message saying not your Apple airpods Pro so a different
message than what you get with the original ones so always pay attention to what happens when you
first pair this to your phone once connected to your iPhone open the settings app and scroll down
till you see the Apple airpods Pro 2 that's how it shows up for the fake ones on the original ones
you actually get apple airpods and pro so click on that open that and scroll all the way to the
bottom basically with the original ones you're gonna see the warranty expiration date and that
should be basically a year from the time that you open them with the fake ones there is actually no
um warranty information there whatsoever now I did have other fake apple airpods and with those
my phone actually told me that I may be looking at some fake ones well I don't get that message
for this particular fakes that I got but keep in mind there is no warranty information when
you open uh that on your phone I've also noticed another small thing with this so open the case
take out the airpods out of the case and put them next to the case so not in your ears then
go to your Bluetooth settings and then you can actually turn on the noise cancellation on the
fake ones where on the original ones you cannot turn on the noise cancellation unless you have
them in your ears so if they're just sitting next to your phone there you shouldn't be able to turn
on the noise cancellation on the original ones the fake ones will allow you to do that now these fake
ones will also have noise cancellation but there is a massive difference for the noise cancellation
quality that you get from the original ones and the fake ones unfortunately if you don't try both
of them of course you're not gonna be able to tell the difference but yes there is a massive
difference how the noise cancellation works on the original ones compared to these fake ones now for
sound quality I was actually surprised by the sound quality that we get from these ones these
ones actually sound like the original Apple airpods Pro so even though the original Apple
airpods Pro 2 sound a bit better I was actually surprised by the sound that I got from this but
the biggest difference you're basically gonna notice for that noise cancellation feature and the
transparency mode so those don't work that well on the fake ones of course you can also check Apple's
website enter the serial number and see what comes up but realistically the serial number on the fake
ones is probably just copied from some real Apple airpods Pro 2 so that's not necessarily the way
um to go and checking to see if you have the real ones or um the fake ones so there you have it guys
hopefully I made it a bit easier buying your next apple airpods Pro 2 always remember that
if possible it is ideal to buy these directly from Apple or an authorized reseller this way
you don't have any issues you're gonna get the original product the original product works
better than the fake one and so on so always try to buy this directly from Apple alright
guys hopefully this video was useful thanks for watching and I'll see you guys in the next one