Mine died too recently :( Contacted sony and got a refund and return as well pretty quickly despite having them for ~18 months.

Decided to go back to classic IEMs with the Hexa and pocket the difference.

XM3’s are superior in basically every way in terms of longevity, I have over 400 listend hours one mine, they have been dropped, scratched, and just been used and abused, and they still function without any problems at all

I own a pair of these and love them for their purpose (especially with EQ) but they’re definitely finnicky and I wouldn’t 100% rely on them. I wouldn’t be surprised if mine died soon (had them a couple years).

I think if mine died right now I might get a high quality wired IEM even though it would be regressive in some ways. LDAC is the main appeal of these and I think only Sony supports it.

Mine were out of warranty but they still replaced them.

One of the reasons I don’t buy TWS’

Get them new Noble Fokus Prestige TWS for $600 🤣

Sennheiser TW3s are on sale and are phenomenal. I can not exaggerate how good they’re.

Check em out before you pull trigger on apple

I don’t know if it relates but same company, my Linkbuds S is having the issue where one earbud goes from 100 to 0 in about 30 minutes. The other one is fine with about 5-6 hours but after contacting support they won’t do anything but recommend a repair center. I love the Linkbuds more then my xm4s but my xm4s don’t have the issue yet so.

You could buy another new set. I have some and wirelessly, nothing beats them to me. I use an iPhone as well. I haven’t tried the new 5s not sure how much better they are to these.

I know lots of people recommend them but honestly they are utter trash when it comes to longevity. Mines didn’t last more than a year and I just returned rather than getting the new version. Completely gave up on Bluetooth headphones because of these. You’re better off with cable headphones and a BT DAC.