Apple Ear Buds are Awsome!

[Daniel Nenni]

My household is split on this, some use them and some don't. My wife has delicate ear holes so she buys padded ones. Good news for me because I get hers. Unfortunately I lose them on occasion and buying new ones for $30+ is a bit painful. I happened to show a bit of pain yesterday when I bought some and one of the Apple Geniuses pulled me aside and gave me an Earbud lesson.

Currently I use them for music, phone calls and playing with Siri. Mostly just on/off and volume. You can also do that with video. Skipping songs I knew about but fast forwarding and rewinding music/video I did not. You can take photos which I did not know. Hanging up a call I knew but switching or rejecting calls with earbuds was a mystery to me. I also think they sound better than the knock offs but I'm not a great judge of sound nor do I know much about the technical specs. $32+ is still a lot but it is easy to suffer knowing they do more. Did I miss anything?

Apple - In-Ear Headphones with Remote and Mic for iPod and iPhone

 

[Daniel Payne]

Do you get any ear fatigue with these after several hours of use?

Do they fit snugly enough that you can run and do other physical activity?

I have worn earbuds while cycling and riding my rollers, however I try to avoid that because I go a bit stir crazy cycling in place.

I'm not much of an earbud person because I value audio fidelity over compactness, so I wear the Bose over-ear headset instead.

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[Daniel Nenni]

14 things you didn't know your iPhone headphones could do:

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[Daniel Payne]

That is ingenious to make a single button do so many different actions with the ear buds, however it kind of reminded me of learning Morse code.