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What’s really different about the AirPods 4 models?

iFixit x-rayed and ripped Apple’s new earbuds apart, and found two things the AirPods 4 with ANC have that the regular model doesn’t: A “$2 microphone” and a speaker in the case are what accounts for the $50 price difference between the two.

Of course, that doesn’t account for any software Apple has to license to make its ANC work.

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