by RYAN NAKASHIMA, Associated Press
Updated 13h 10m ago
Jeff Chiu, AP
Apple's new EarPods are free with the iPhone 5 and sell for $29 separately.
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Jeff Chiu, AP
Apple's new EarPods are free with the iPhone 5 and sell for $29 separately.
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Along with a new iPhone 5, Apple unveiled accessories Wednesday that could prove to be a blessing and a curse for customers: a set of earbuds that are meant to fit comfortably in more people's ears, and a new adapter that will be needed to plug the new phone into older car dashboards and speaker systems.
The new earbuds, called EarPods, are being sold separately for $29 but will be included at no extra charge with the iPhone 5 and the refreshed iPod Touch and iPod Nano.
The company says the earbuds were three years in the making and required scanning hundreds of ears looking for commonalities. They are more elliptical than the current earbuds and have a smaller speaker that points into the ear canal. They also have other ports meant to maximize airflow.
They don't create a seal like other in-ear headphones, but Apple says the audio quality is "just as impressive as what you'd hear from more expensive headphones." Like the older versions, the EarPods come with a microphone and a remote control on the cord to adjust volume, control playback of music and movies and answer and end calls.
One design change that could cause some annoyance is the iPhone 5's new "Lightning" port, through which the device gets charged.
Updated 13h 10m ago
Jeff Chiu, AP
Apple's new EarPods are free with the iPhone 5 and sell for $29 separately.
Enlarge
Jeff Chiu, AP
Apple's new EarPods are free with the iPhone 5 and sell for $29 separately.
Sponsored Links
Along with a new iPhone 5, Apple unveiled accessories Wednesday that could prove to be a blessing and a curse for customers: a set of earbuds that are meant to fit comfortably in more people's ears, and a new adapter that will be needed to plug the new phone into older car dashboards and speaker systems.
The new earbuds, called EarPods, are being sold separately for $29 but will be included at no extra charge with the iPhone 5 and the refreshed iPod Touch and iPod Nano.
The company says the earbuds were three years in the making and required scanning hundreds of ears looking for commonalities. They are more elliptical than the current earbuds and have a smaller speaker that points into the ear canal. They also have other ports meant to maximize airflow.
They don't create a seal like other in-ear headphones, but Apple says the audio quality is "just as impressive as what you'd hear from more expensive headphones." Like the older versions, the EarPods come with a microphone and a remote control on the cord to adjust volume, control playback of music and movies and answer and end calls.
One design change that could cause some annoyance is the iPhone 5's new "Lightning" port, through which the device gets charged.
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