Apple have started selling their new in-ear headphones via the Apple Online Store. Estimated shipment times are 7-10 days for the US and the same for the UK. The new headphones will cost US customers $79.00 and UK customers £53.83, which to me seems a little pricey.
The in-ear headphones boast a remote & mic, plus pro audio performance and sound isolation. Each earpiece contains two drivers — a woofer and a tweeter — providing “rich, detailed, and accurate sound reproduction and amazing bass response for all types of music” state Apple on their Online Store page.
The current headphones that come with the iPods are good, but they’re not the best headphones I’ve had. They’re also not the most lasting. Far from it actually. I’ve had many pairs of standard iPhone headphones, two of which started to come apart near the jack and on another set an earpeice removed itself from the wire. You may think I’m not looking after them, however on every occasion Apple has replaced them without charge. I’m quite sure they wouldn’t do this if they had believed the damage was caused by the user.
Although I like the look of the new headphones, and they certainly look more comfortable than the standard headphones, which after a long period of time really start to hurt my ears, I just don’t think they’re worth the hefty price tag.
The in-ear headphones require software versions 1.0.3 for iPod Nano (4th gen), 2.0.1 for iPod Classic and 2.2 for iPod Touch. If you decide to purchase a pair of in-ear headphones from Apple, please let us know what you think and whether you’d recommend them.
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