A:Answer Please be warned in response to the other comments now they’res a different way to tell now because even with the serial number a fake can be sold as a real set of AirPods. I recently bought “real” AirPods from someone local, and I’ve debunked fake AirPods before with the 2nd gen’s and 1sts but these things looked so real and felt good sounded good and they even got the noise cancelation to work which the older gen’s if they were fake couldn’t do, I then had a issue with one of the pods which led me to go to the Apple Store in altamonte springs and when I sat down with someone they took my AirPods and box with the serial number on it to the back to check them, when she came back she brought a real pair out for proof and show and showed me that the true AirPods are a lot lighter in weight than the ones, and overall had a subtle but different feel to it and they were less transparent to light the color in the light in the middle of the case when u open it should be white not green. She said the reason why I was able to check my serial number earlier and it had valid warranty on the pods is because it’s fake pods and they’re starting to swap the serial numbers. Beware.
