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I am no CBP fan either, but has anyone considered the case that these are counterfeit AirPods in counterfeit OnePlus earbud boxes? If you look at the opened box picture in the CBP memo, you will notice the earbuds do NOT match the picture on the OnePlus box and look much much more similar to actual AirPods.

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Nope, these are definitely OnePlus Buds.

CBP image: https://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/u50683/Ear%20Buds%20...

AirPods: https://www.apple.com/v/airpods/k/images/overview/airpods__d...

OnePlus Buds: https://image01.oneplus.net/ebp/202006/30/1-m00-15-97-rb8bwl...

OnePlus Buds are shaped like rods attached to muffins, while AirPods are shaped like quarter notes (on a musical staff).

The picture provided by CBP looks exactly like those of OnePlus Buds in this Forbes article: https://www.forbes.com/sites/ewanspence/2020/08/10/oneplus-b...

Just GIS for Apple Airpods, the box looks significantly different: https://www.google.com/search?q=apple+airpods+packaging&sxsr...

I did a double-take based on your comment, but after looking closely at the CBP pictures, and the pictures in this review [1], I think they are likely to be OnePlus pods.

The thing that caught me (and maybe you) is that the OnePlus pods have a flat part, and the CBP pictures have no flat part. But looking at the pictures from the review, the flat part is the end of the stem, and then the bulbous round part that goes in the ear is attached to the stem, with the flat part on the other side. The CBP pictures may have the flat part facing away from the camera.

I had to look at several of the pictures in the review which showed two pods next to each other to build a mental model of their shape.

[1] https://www.theverge.com/21331910/oneplus-buds-wireless-earb...

Good call. You’re totally correct, I was thinking about it from the wrong angle.

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