Posted by: Chris Barylick
Date: Thursday, July 5th, 2007, 14:02
Category: iPhone

One of the complaints that have followed the iPhone is the earbuds shipped with the unit. Like the iPod’s earbuds, they were apparently better suited to the guys out in Cupertino than their customers and it’s been noticed.
Unfortunately, there’s currently few (if any) third party alternatives to these earbuds, especially if customers want to keep the mic and music toggle options built into Apple’s headphone cable. Finally, a “non-standard, standard” jack makes things that much harder.
The guys over at Engadget have thrown together a tutorial video featuring James Papadopoulos, who shows you how to install a pair of third party headphones with a little confidence and some soldering. It’s somewhat for the brave of heart, but it the iPhone’s earbuds were driving you nuts, this might come in handy:

If you have any ideas or workarounds of your own to the earbud issue, let us know.

One of the complaints that have followed the iPhone is the earbuds shipped with the unit. Like the iPod’s earbuds, they were apparently better suited to the guys out in Cupertino than their customers and it’s been noticed.
Unfortunately, there’s currently few (if any) third party alternatives to these earbuds, especially if customers want to keep the mic and music toggle options built into Apple’s headphone cable. Finally, a “non-standard, standard” jack makes things that much harder.
The guys over at Engadget have thrown together a tutorial video featuring James Papadopoulos, who shows you how to install a pair of third party headphones with a little confidence and some soldering. It’s somewhat for the brave of heart, but it the iPhone’s earbuds were driving you nuts, this might come in handy:

If you have any ideas or workarounds of your own to the earbud issue, let us know.