India, April 24 -- There are two ways of looking at this. Continuity is great. Or, is this it? A gap of five years between the first Apple AirPods Max and the sequel, there is perhaps more scope for the latter question to be asked by those who may be willing to part with Rs.67,900 for the headphone that will (despite all criticisms) still set the aspirational benchmark. People would want to be seen with this, they'd in fact love to be seen with this. A lot has changed with the audio hardware driving the experience, but it remains nigh impossible to tell the two generations apart at first glance.

In 2024, the generation one point five update gave the AirPods Max a USB-C port, in line with EU guidelines mandating a universal charging apert...