Apple iPhone 3G S Headphones

Conclusion

Surprisingly, although the Apple iPhone 3G S headphones are a toss-in with some kind of fancy phone, they’re not entirely terrible. Sure, they have some significant issues with distortion in the low end, but this is likely due to their ‘we sit outside the ear, not in it’ design. We noticed that the headphones also seemed to sound a bit noisy when connected to an amp.

For a set of packaged-in headphones, they’re not terrible. In fact, they compare well, score-wise, with some headphones we recommend. Their main issues are with distortion and isolation. Both of these issues are noticeable, and will likely be a deal breaker for a lot of people. Further, the headphones themselves sound flat, but since this is a subjective quality we couldn’t test for it.

Although these headphones aren’t as bad as some other packaged-in headphones, we’d still recommend replacing them. According to tests we’ve run on our sister site, MediaPlayerInfo.com, the iPods and iPhones of the world offer great audio output. These headphones and their terrible low-end distortion simply won’t do your fancy new iPhone justice. We’d recommend the perennial favorite, the Sennheiser MM 50 iPs, which have similar functionality and far superior audio quality. If you want to keep the all-white aesthetic, you could upgrade to the Apple In-ear Headphones with Remote and Mic, but the only real advantages you pick up here are slightly less distortion and better isolation.