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Let's see how they work with my iPhone. Clearly, that's the apparatus these white seraphim were made for. What's this? They don't eligible! The vacationed earbud jack on the 2G iPhone is too narrow! Now I'm back to square 1!
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Here is the unboxing, because we know you gadget nerds love unboxings.
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They do. They have a use. And they sound like crap. Total, complete crap. No lofty end, no low end. It's all a clippy,
TechTV Vault Shure E4c Ear Bud Headphones - Article - G4tv.com, muffled muddle. Not saying the iPhone earbuds I just bought are stellar, but immediately I see the merit in $30 for them. These are garbage.
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I just final week spent $30 on fashionable iPhone earbuds. Mine were in the pocket of my preference peacoat, which was recently stolen by some awful human being. I was shocked by the cost, but that's the Apple direction.
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Personally, I thought this was a very comic article.
Matt Hickey probably fair bought these batteries and these earbuds for every other. He judged to buy the batteries for he was quaint as to how nice the contained earbuds were,
beats by dr dre, and I'm thinking that the only reason why he ditched reusable batteries this time was because he wanted the earbuds.
It's pleasing that the earbuds have a flexing thingy (what do you shriek them?), although. Even my $25 Panasonics don't have that variety of stuff. But, if I was into the whole taking-electronics-apart business, I could forever ascertain the mentioned battery pack, dye the plug dark, and graft it onto my present earbuds. I stoop my plug too much for its own good.
Another note: $6 for eight batteries is pretty good, I guess, but dart in a pair of cheapo earbuds and you've got yourself a pilfer. :P Like this 1 person likes this comment by Someone-else December 16, 2008 5:20 PM PST Nice to see people saying that Apple's "$30-ultra-well-made" headphones are as good as any other one.
And also, why don't you use rechargeable batteries? They saved me a lot of money. Like this Reply apt this annotate 1 person likes this comment by Shaymojack December 16, 2008 5:26 PM PST I don't attention how badly these sound, Apple's earbuds are pretty horrible and can't sound also many better. Like this Reply to this comment 1 person likes this comment by letsgethightech December 16, 2008 5:47 PM PST Smart packaging! Like this Reply to this comment by ssjmichael December 16, 2008 5:57 PM PST What a hideous story. Matt you seriously thought this was newsworthy? Are you so clueless to the fact that there are innumerable white earbuds out there and Apple has no ownership of the color white,
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The fact that you'd pay 30.00 for replacements instead of actualyl getting a quality pair of headphones speaks mountains about you and how much you're buying into the iFad culture. It's melancholy to see a writer at Cnet drinking that much of Jobs' Kool-Aid, but I digress. Like this Reply to this comment by TechnoMan475392 December 16, 2008 6:16 PM PST Hey! Yeah...over here! CHILL OUT!
Think about this (and I think Matt was thinking this, too): Millions of mean American buyers think that headphones are headphones and some are just a mini better, but not much. Trust me, I understand. So this article was apparently written from a point of view of one of the mean Americans!
You must calculate outdoor the box... Like this 1 person likes this comment by TehFluent December 16, 2008 8:40 PM PST You began a track of epic digression the moment you thought the inventor was creature everything more than sarcastic. It's a genius article, poking amusement at the quite mores you advert. Loosen up and re-read the article, the cynicism namely evident. Like this 1 person likes this comment by Boomstickedition December 17, 2008 12:48 AM PST I engage I mean this dude writes for CNET and he can't even work over to the MP3 insider and read almost Jasmine France's articles or Donald Bell's and read about how there are cheap earbuds merely sound 10 periods better than the stock earbuds that Apple rains upon human. I average seriously the only cause to obtain the official Apple earbuds is to be be portion of the millions of other human who have no clue how bad they sound compared to what you tin get from Sennheiser, Sony, Etymonic, Shure and pretty much any corporation that isn't Apple. Like this by katexter December 16, 2008 9:00 PM PST If what you want is a low-cost headset that's of the same quality for the elementals, retard out Like this Reply to this comment by ssjmichael December 16, 2008 9:24 PM PST Genius article? Seriously, you're using teh word genius to refer to...this? Look I watch that he's being cynical, I also discern that there is naught use for this article. Was it truly amusing to look some texh fellow buy a cheap couple of headphones and to write about how he thought they were the real handle?
Is it really that fun for you to read the irony of him describing how much aggravate they are compared to real Apple earbuds? Because in all integrity, isn't this all a given? They're free headphones with a pack of bloody batteries.
Again, I reiterate the uselessness of the article. I think the only heartbreaking object in the article is that Matt spent 30.00 to replace his stock earbuds.
Still can't believe anybody would think this "genius". I don't claim to be a good writer at all, but anyone describing this as genius absences to start reading some real news or something. Like this Reply to this comment by TehFluent December 16, 2008 9:38 PM PST I was exceedingly pleased by this piece, it was an entertaining article poking fun at some real issues. Simply by the title, "A heartbreaking tale of Duracell knockoff iPod earbuds," you ought have immediately known that this wasn't going to be some great breakthrough of memorable magnitude. Like this 1 person likes this comment by Shaymojack December 17, 2008 3:47 PM PST The pastime for me died as soon as he mentioned the earbuds sounding bad. If you were really going to disburse $30 for a replacement pair of Apple earbuds, you wouldn't placard anything bad about them. Like this by pjoshua5000 December 17, 2008 12:07 AM PST You don't use rechargeable batteries. Duracell has some that are precharge. They can be use like 100 time, maybe more. Well I hope you at less recycle your wasted (die) batteries. Like this Reply to this comment 1 person likes this comment by ca128 December 17, 2008 11:45 AM PST Entertaining!
These earbuds would be fine for my kids and their Nintendo DS's. Like this Reply to this comment 1 person likes this comment by thescale December 19, 2008 12:20 PM PST "I needed the batteries because I'm a photographer. I mostly take photos in the evenings, which means I use an external flash that burns through batteries."
I do hope that was said in jest. Like this Reply to this comment by Pks297333 August 19, 2010 10:44 AM PDT A great 'fun' article!! The 'unboxing' section was well done. I love when these 'tear down' article are shown where they are going disassemble some electronic gadet and the first thing they show is the 'unboxing'. Again, a great, fun article. PS, retention the earbuds. Even if they aren't great, you will have a 'back-up' pair just incase!! Like this Reply to this comment 1 person likes this comment (18 Comments) prev next Add a comment Comment SUBMIT Click here to increase another comment. Popular disputes on CNET: Crave giveaway of the week: Klipsch Image S4 earbuds
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I needed the batteries because I'm a photographer. I mostly take photos in the evenings, which manner I use an outer flash that burns via batteries. That's what hinted my purchase. But at this point my excitement wasn't about the bargain of the power sources but prefer the bargain of the free--I mentioned they were free, right?--iPod earbuds!
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I mean, see at them. They look just favor normal iPod earbuds. They're white, shaped with the same design, and trait the helpful "left ear, right ear" icons. I'm sure they're of the same quality I'd get from Apple.
Today at my local QFC (the "Q" is for quality), I saw the above item for $5.99: 8 AA batteries with
iPod earbuds included for free! Imagine my excitement! I'll have a backup in circumstance in the jacket thief (or, absolutely, thieves) decide to strike again! For less than one-fifth what the fancy appoint mark spend! I scored, right?
But await, is that a flexing bit approach the plug? I don't reminisce my
iPhone or iPod earbuds having that. I'm sure it's because these are better. It must be.
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