Reviews for Apple EarPods with Remote and Mic

The sound that comes out of these phone is pretty good, certainly not as good as the professional phones I used on my job but my audio monitoring earphones cost ten times more. My big complaint is comfort and retention. The Apple EarPods are uncomfortable and fall out of my ears with the slightest head movement. A true audiophile will scrap these phones immediately, or better yet, give them to a friend with an old iPod. Then get a pair of mid priced over the ear headphones. They will sound better, block external noise better, and will stay put. The earphones Sony used to supply with the old Walkman are an adequate substitute for the EarPods.

I haven't seen anyone mention this, but the position of the microphone is higher than on the previous earphones. It is positioned in such a way that the collar of my shirt is constantly hitting the mic, so the person I'm talking to is constantly asking me what the ruffling noise is. If the mic was a bit lower (back to it's original position), these earbuds would be great.

The right earbud does seem to fall out when I use the controls to skip to next song. Again, this is because the controls are too close to the right earpiece, so grabbing the controls tends to move the earpiece out of place.

Sound quality is much better than the previous ones.

I absolutely agree with every review on sound. You cannot argue the amazing sound quality. As the only one other person pointed out, these are not earbuds for the person on the go. They fall out. I cannot stop messing with them and pushing them back in. I think the problem is that not every ear is created equal. Why do you think that every earbud maker puts different silicon size attachments. The silicon also creates a stick fit and keeps it in place. I may have a bigger ear hole than most. ALMOST totally amazing. Now who's gonna make the silicon socks for these ear buds? I'll be on the lookout.

As a sound technician and a musician, audio quality is essential for me. These EarPods put out sound quality that rivals some of the top companies (SkullCandy, Beats, Sony, etc.). The one issue I have with these are the comfort. Recently I broke my usual SkullCandy headphones and have been left with these for my everyday listening. At first they are fine but the longer you wear them the worse they get.

So for those that are interested in purchasing these, they are great for small amount of time use and being able to talk without holding your iPhone; but if you are trying to find EarBuds for long term listening sessions (studying, leisure, etc.) might I suggest a full ear pair of headphones.

They sound great unfortunately as is the case for many reviewers they never stay in the correct position for optimal sound and they fall out completely quite easily. I'd rate them as two stars for me, four stars for people who can get a good fit so average to three stars. These are frankly quite a disappointment. Some kind of rubberized texture would have improved average fit immensely, Apple totally ignored function for style on this one.

When I got these with my IP5 (September 2012) I was so happy. They fit my ear perfectly and the sound was awesome. Unfortunately I lost them so I bought a new pair from the Apple store and I immediately noticed a difference in the fit. Not nearly as comfortable.

I got the iPod 5 for Christmas and the earpods were great. I didn't even have the for 5 months yet and they broke now they don't even work at all at first the one earpod stopped working and then all together the earpods just stopped working.

BUT they don't stay in my ear like the other folks they just don't stay in wht so ever I tried but its a no go . I love the sound cable is great control is nice not a thing wrong with it but it was not meant for my ears I would love to use them but tired of always having to push them back in I do recommend them but its not meant to be

These headphones are excellent in sound quality and comfort for 30$. The treble does encounter some slight issues at high volume but everything is pretty good. The only problem is, following typical earbud fashion, they only last 3 months before the sound starts to go in one of the headphones.