Reviews for Apple EarPods with Remote and Mic

Got these with I-phone 5. There is some sort of short in volume on right side. Works sporadically. Worked great for a about 1 week.

I got these for Christmas, and they sound great! Definitely a step up from the old stock earphones that would come with iPhones and iPods. These Earpods fit my ears well and rarely fall out. The mic quality is also pretty good and I can get a good sound without having to hold it up to my mouth. My favorite part of these EarPods are the volume control. The controls are built nicely and I have no problem pausing and playing tracks. Skipping tracks can be either a hit or a miss, sometimes it skips, sometimes it just ends up pausing the song.
What I don't like is just a few days ago the right ear stopped working and I can only hear sound coming from the left EarPod. This is pretty disappointing and I was hoping this wouldn't happen like it has with other Apple earphones. Alas, for $30, these aren't so bad. I'd definitely recommend them.

The sound is great. The Remote and Mic keeps on breaking. The remote was causing crackle and the wires broke off. On my second pair and the Remote and Mic broke again.

These headphones are so uncomfortable! I can only where for a short time before they start hurting and irritating my ears. I thought apple would come out with more comfortable ones!

All the hooplah from Apple about how it's shaped to fit the ear and yet this thing is uncomfortable as it gets! Would it kill Apple to use a little foam or rubber for comfort's sake?

Sound is great, but I just can't wear these for more than 10 minutes, so pretty worthless to me.I gave it 2 stars for the sound quality, deducting 3 stars for lack of comfort.

After a song or two, these will HURT YOUR EARS! Great sound but horrible design/material.

these earphones hurt your ear after 5-10 minutes. They sound great but not worth the pain.

Initially I was very happy with this earbuds. Then the volume control broke after 4 months. Very unhappy. For no reason , the controls stopped working. For the price they should have been made better, I expect the best from Apple.

I am currently on my 6th Pair of apple Headphones and even though they sound quality is great, i have found them to not last longer then 2 months before the left speaker either goes real quiet compared to the right or the left speaker dies completely. My Hope was that the upgrade to Earpods might of had fixed the problem, but alas the problem is still the same. I am not being rough with them and it seems to be the same issue with every pair. My old Sennheisers have lasted over a year and still work. Wont be buying apple headphones ever again. Rather spend $100 on something reliable then $30 every 2 months on these!

I love Apple... I love most of their products. But these earphones fall out every single time I twist my head. The 'form', once again came before the 'function', so they are all white, shiny... sleek looking and smooth. Which is why they fall out, every time... A huge letdown needless to say. The sound is brilliant but if they keep falling out that quality doesn't even count. Also the fact that forums are filled with people having the same issue as me, and 'do it yourself' guides to 'preventing the eapods to fall out' popping up here and there means this is a real issue.