Hidden features on the charging box of AirPods Pro 2

Tram Ho

At the iPhone 14 launch event, Apple introduced the new AirPods Pro 2022 model with a lot of hardware upgrades. The charging box of the new AirPods Pro, although the appearance is unchanged, but Apple integrated a speaker strip to support the Find My feature, and a small metal area on the right side, where the lanyard loop strap hook costs $ 13. Apple’s.

However, the area of ​​​​the AirPods Pro strap hook is not merely for having. Lumafield, the company that developed the CT scanner, recently posted a scan image of the inside of the new AirPods Pro charging case, and it reveals something interesting about this strap hook area.

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Partial CT scan of the new AirPods Pro charging box (Image: Lumafield)

Specifically, Lumafield’s CT drawing shows that the metal area of ​​​​the strap hook of the charging case is connected to the Lightning port below, ie indirectly connected to the control logic board. This helps the metal area to hook the strap can turn into a signal receiving antenna, supporting the Apple U1 chip to be able to determine the location of AirPods Pro more accurately through the feature. Find My.

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Photo: MobileSyrup

However, this is only Lumafield’s conjecture, it is also possible that connecting this area to the Lightning port will serve a purpose.

“The edge of the new AirPods Pro charging case has a metal area. Apple says this area is for fastening the strap, but seems to serve a different purpose with a depth of 4mm and a length of 18mm, as well as is connected to the Lightning port below. Perhaps this is an antenna that helps improve the accuracy of the Find My feature.”

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The strap hook area is connected to the Lightning charging port, which is indirectly connected to the logic board (Image: Lumafield)

The new AirPods Pro has a constant selling price in the US market of $ 249. In Vietnam, the expected selling price of the product is VND 6.99 million.

References: Lumafield, MacRumors

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