If you lose an AirPod, you'll have to pay Apple a pretty penny to replace it. Apple's charging a $69 replacement fee for each one of its wireless headphones, the company disclosed recently on a customer support web page. That's about 43 percent of the cost of the $159 gadgets. And if you lose your charging case, you'll have to pay the same amount.
The iPhone maker announced that it's begun taking AirPod orders. The new gadgets come with a one-year limited warranty that covers defects but not wear-and-tear from regular use. If you're having battery problems after the warranty expires, Apple will charge $49 to replace the ones in the AirPods and another $49 to replace the one in their charging case.
If you damage the AirPods or the case — a situation that's likely not covered by the warranty — you'll have to pay $69 to replace the case and the same amount for each headphone.
Apple unveiled the AirPods in September when it rolled out the iPhone 7, the first of the company's smartphones to lack a headphone jack. The company is pushing wireless headphones as a replacement for wired ones that relied on that jack.
