Around me in the train there are at least 8 persons with the white Apple earphones on, among a crowd of about 20 people. Apart from being part of the kit that comes with an iPod or iPhone and whatever recognition that comes with them, there no real plus side to these devices. They are crap. Sound reproduction isn't great and the earpieces leak sound like a broken faucet. One can bop to the tunes invading the space around someone with Apple earphones plugged into music. It's partly offensive isn't it? I don't want to have to listen to someone else's music, no matter how catchy Niki Minaj can be. Invasion of aural privacy. But then how private can a peak-hour train ride be? The bigger issue is why Apple earphones are so crappy, still. They've come up with cool computers, cool tablets, cool phones but let the device for consumption of audio, an integral part of the experience, be crap. Maybe Apple backed off to give earphone manufacturers raison d'être.
Mine are Jay Four +.
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