Apple iPod Remote and Earbuds for 3rd/4th Generation iPod and iPod mini [M9128G/A]

Amazon Customer Reviews

(3 out of 5)

Useful, but expensive

While there's not much to say about the headphones (these are about as standard as you can get), the remote is worth having.

Much like the Sony remotes you can get for the Sony Walkmans, these gives you quick adjustment controls of the volume, tracks and play/pause. Nothing else, however.

They look great and you can clip the remote to something (ie, jacket pocket) to keep it handy.

Compared to the prices for the Sony remotes, they are a lot cheaper, but its still a fair bit to pay for limited extra functionality. It's a shame there isn't a little LCD screen on the remote to show song title etc.

In summary, a good gadget, but a bit pricey.

(4 out of 5)

Headphones to cover for a bad remote.

It's a shame the remote doesn't have even a small LCD display.
Personally I'm not bothered about the length of the cables on both items; I find it useful... others might find it annoying; it's a personal preference.

The remote control broke within 2 weeks of me having it, when you're wearing the iPod on your belt by the strap it's easy to lean over and crush the connector; making the controller useless. I've heard a few other people that this has happened to.

The headphones however are a different story. Apple say they are more powerful than other headphones and they aren't joking. If I've been using other headphones I turn down the volume first before plugging in. What's more, the bass responce on these 'phones is unbelievably good. I've never heard headphones on a portable music device so good at these. Granted I don't often go around buying £300 worth of goods very often (I bought the 20gb back when it first came out). But even so; being the freak for quality I am I happen to be very impressed with the headphones.

Just a shame about the brittle and Display'less remote. Seems Apple expects us to remember the names of 10,000 songs in order.

(3 out of 5)

Good - but very fragile

It's odd when I read the reviews on here as half of them talk about the earphones and half about the remote. I want to buy just the remote on its own but seem unable to (another Apple ploy perhpas). The headphones are quite possibly the most uncomfortable things I've ever used and I don't want to buy any more, but I can't buy the remote on its own.

Which is a pain as it's a pretty fragile thing. Where it fits into your iPod, there's no strengthening around the wire and pretty soon the wires crease and you start to lose sound. I got my iPod just over a year ago (with the remote) and have just bought my third replacement remote as the previous two have both been rendered useless as the sound is now totally distorted. Given that they're not cheap to replace, this is a complete pain. Unfortunately though I love having the remote as it means you don't have to keep whipping your iPod out to change tracks/volume. So I keep buying more.

I just wish they'd sell them without those terrible earphones.

Well, actually, I just wish they'd fix the design problem first of all so I didn't have to waste money replacing it every six months.

In conclusion, great piece of kit, but terribly made.

(1 out of 5)

All looks....

I am now on my 3rd set of IPod headphones. Both my previous pairs have come apart at the point where the 1 wire splits into 2 wires. The outer plastic comes away and exposes the bare wire which then snaps in time.
The sound quality is average and the remote just performs the bare functions you need. (You cant tell when the IPod is paused or off!)
The are stupidly long, I guess so you can plug the headphones straigh into the IPod if you wish without the remote. This means I have 6 foot of cable to deal with.

The IPod is a superb product shame about the headphones.

Apple must have had a development plan roughly as follows...

IPOD: Design & Testing - 2 Years
IPOD Headphones: Design & Testing - 1 Day

(I keep buying them because the Sony headphones are even longer when plugged into remote!)

(2 out of 5)

Looks nice, but poor design + expensive

Remote looks great, but is poorly designed from a pratical point of view - the clip is too small, so the unit keeps falling off + it's on the wrong side for most shirts, so you have to wear it upside down. The cable is too long on the remote too and the buttons are very small and fiddly to use - it's very difficult to turn the hold on/off without pressing half of the buttons.

Headphones sound good when you first have them, but I'm now on my third pair in six months! They 'blow' really easily if a loud track comes on + then you get an annoying 'rattling' sound on the bass notes from then on.

If you want to save yourself pulling your ipod out of your pocket everytime you want to adjust the volume or skip a track then buy it, although circa £30 is a lot of money to pay for something which has so many imperfections. The lack of an LCD display also means that 60% of the time you still pull your ipod out to see what track is playing, so bear that in mind too.