On December 8, 2020, Apple "quietly" launched the latest wireless noise reduction headset AirPods Max on its official website. On January 20, the AirPods Max, famous for its noise reduction quality, 384.3g weight and RMB 4399 price, was finally dismantled by ifixit.

AirPods Max has two 40mm dynamic units, magnetic absorption earmuffs, two Apple H1 chips, and eight microphones for active noise reduction. It uses the Lightning interface (there is an independent Lighting to 3.5mm audio cable for sale, and the price is 279 yuan). It supports up to AAC Bluetooth encoding (Bluetooth 5.0). It can play music continuously for 20 hours when starting noise reduction, and the price is 4399 yuan.

After unscrewing the screws of AirPods Max, the headset is still fixed with adhesive. Double batteries in parallel, 664mAh, 2.53Wh in total. In contrast, the Bose NC 700 is 2.39Wh (also 20 hours of life), while the Sony WH-1000XM4 is an exaggerated 4.1Wh (30 hours of play time).

Both earphones have circuit boards. Unexpectedly, there is 256MB flash memory inside. The audio decoder and amplifier are works of ancestral partner Cirrus Logic.

The structure of the telescopic rod with spring is very complicated, and we know the method of removing the head beam of the SIM card needle before.

Corresponding to the battery of the right earphone, a large antenna is placed on the left earphone. The ifixit originally thought it was a counterweight, but it found that the component was light (so the secret of 384g is in the aluminum alloy earmuff?).

At last, the ifixit rated the disassembly as 6 points, and the main deduction point was that a large number of screws and glue were used, which increased the difficulty of disassembly.

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