Apple has said customers who lose one of the new wireless Airpod earphones will be charged \u00a365 for a replacement.<\/p>\n
The devices went on sale via Apple’s website this week and a pair costs \u00a3159 in the UK.<\/p>\n
They are sold with a charging case and connect to Apple devices such as iPhones and Macs via Bluetooth.<\/p>\n
One tech analyst said the Airpods would be “easier to lose” than conventional, wired earphones but pointed out that the design also had some advantages.<\/p>\n
Customers will also be charged \u00a365 to replace a lost charging case. It costs \u00a345 to service the battery in a single Airpod or the charging case itself.<\/p>\n
It is not surprising that replacing a lost product would incur a charge, noted IHS Technology analyst Ian Fogg.<\/p>\n
‘Easier to lose’<\/strong><\/p>\n “What’s striking I think about this is more that, because the Airpod is so small and doesn’t have a cable, it’s going to be easier to lose,” he told the BBC.<\/p>\n He added that one benefit of wireless, miniaturised devices like the Airpods was the fact that connecting wires would not snag on clothing, for example.<\/p>\n But it might be possible to develop features for wireless earphones in the future that would help users find a lost Airpod and avoid having to pay for a replacement.<\/p>\n “Apple could have a ‘find-my-Airpod’ feature,” suggested Mr Fogg.<\/p>\n Other companies making wireless earphones also have replacement charges.<\/p>\n For example, Bragi’s The Dash earbuds – which retail for $299 (\u00a3240) as a pair in the US – can be replaced for $129 each.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Apple has said customers who lose one of the new wireless Airpod earphones will be charged \u00a365 for a replacement. The devices went on sale via Apple’s website this week and a pair costs \u00a3159 in the UK. They are sold with a charging case and connect to Apple devices such as iPhones and Macs […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":277558,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-277555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=277555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277555\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=277555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=277555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=277555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}