Amazon.com: Apple EarPods Headphones with Lightning Connector. Microphone with Built-in Remote to Control Music, Phone Calls, and Volume. Wired Earbuds for iPhone : Electronics

First of all, I love these. I don’t love that they die.

Ordering my tenth and 11th genuine apple pair this weekend because they stop fully functioning after a fairly short while. This last pair barely lasted 2 months. Have tried, with no helpful results, contacting apple- it’s a known (software I believe) problem, with no solution that I can find, per you tube.

These are great headpones, save for dying all the time, did not have any trouble with the model that was prior to this apparently vulnerable lightning cable.

When the control toggle works and the microphone (they seems to consistently “die” at the same time together- right after— out of the blue your iphone asks you if the lightning cable is connected to headphones— this is the death message—time to find new spare pair) these are the best headphones- not beatz level for sure, but really good.

Great for outdoors because you can perfectly hear the ambient sounds so you can still use your ears to keep yourself safe.

Great for music, podcasts and talking on the phone.
Even after the control toggle fails and you can no longer adjust the volume or pause or answer the phone from the cord,- or be heard without significant interference on a phone call—-you can still use them to listen to audible or spotify or whatever.

I get that Apple wants everyone to switch to the airpods– but I never will. I will switch to Android when I can no longer have wired headphones on apple even though I love apple. I value being able to choose wired headphones. I will quit listening to stuff on my phone, whatever it is when I am no longer able to use wired headphones of any kind.

So these are great headphones that consistently malfunction which sucks.