Apple’s New In-Ear Headphones to Begin Shipping Soon
It looks like Apple’s new in-ear headset will begin shipping any day now, according to what Macrumors is reporting. Yesterday Apple end-of-life’d the old headphones which simply means they will no longer be shipping them to resellers and when that happens, it generally means the new product is on it’s way.
In case you missed the announcement of these new headphones, here’s the deal:
The new Apple In-Ear Headphones with Remote and Mic are engineered for superior acoustic accuracy, balance, and clarity. So you hear details you’ve been missing with other, lesser headphones. And the biggest breakthrough? They’re just $79.
Are you willing to drop $79 for these bad boys?
[Via Macrumors]
November 13th, 2008 at 6:13 pm
Why won’t the remote/microphone on these work with the iphone?
November 13th, 2008 at 6:16 pm
I was about to ask the same question
iPhone already supports remote control (the mic/button attached to the earphones shipped with the phone) so is it the volume control that’s not supported?
November 13th, 2008 at 6:43 pm
Odd that the site says they are not compatible with the iphone?
November 13th, 2008 at 7:26 pm
wow this a suprise
November 13th, 2008 at 7:31 pm
After thinking about it, maybe it is due to the volume control - maybe the 2.2 software update will allow this, but as of now, they are not compatible.
November 13th, 2008 at 10:27 pm
I agree with Phil. I think the update will allow compatibility. Good call.
I wonder if these will be in the 3rd gen iPhone, or all the new nanos if the old one is End of Life.
I doubt it.
November 14th, 2008 at 2:13 am
I think they meant the old in-ear headphones that apple was selling for like 60 bucks a pop but they kept falling out the ears so nobody really bought them. so hopefully they kill those and not the regular earphones we all know and love. (they’re still pretty solid for a quick music fix. )
November 14th, 2008 at 8:14 am
As much as I hate to say this my lawnmower destroyed my original iPhone earphones so I used some standard BB (I refuse to type the fully name) and they work fine. The talk button functions as well as a play/pause button when listening to music.
November 14th, 2008 at 9:28 am
Anyone get these yet?
November 14th, 2008 at 9:59 am
I’ve been asking around a few forums to see if the actual specifications on these are anything near as good as more expensive in ears like Bose or low end Shures, but have had no success. Does anyone have any experience of audio specs on earphones to compare them ?
November 16th, 2008 at 6:15 am
As I always do, wait for the reviews. Trust your fellow early adopters.
December 2nd, 2008 at 6:13 pm
These will work with iphones with the only exception of the volume control. See this link from apple support: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3310