Comments on: New Headphones’ Volume Control Not Compatible With iPhone

By: vickstahs

vickstahs — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:25:44 +0000

arghs ! this is ridiculous !! volume button doesn’t work, then what’s the point? yeahs i get it– so u can reach in to change the volume. but the whole point of it being on the earphone is because of convienance?
this is so lousy on apple’s behalf. am i surprised? no i am not.

By: franco

franco — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:29:45 +0000

This another example of Apple’s omnipotence. If it were any other company they would addresses customers concerns there isn’t even anyone you can complain to. It would be nice if it said something about compatibility on the package before you shell out $79 bucks for these over prices headphones. Or, maybe the sales person could mention something while you’re buying this product…boy, what a novel idea! customer service! Excuse me while I check “MYSELF” out at my local HomeDepot!

By: florian

florian — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:06:47 +0000

i can confirm they are not working with the 3G. the middle button works,i don’t know if the mic works. great job apple!

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 05:24:35 +0000

Yeh just confirming they do work with 3GS and current firmware- and i’m positive they didn’t work when I first got the 3GS

By: Simon

Simon — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:01:29 +0000

They do work with the 3GS but not 3G this is total bull from apple they really need to sort this out

By: Johnny Ego

Johnny Ego — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:54:44 +0000

Hate to pass on the bad news but it doesn’t work with iPhone 3G OS 3.0. I have just done a complete reinstall and upgrade to 3.0 to ensure that I have no ghosts in the machine. BUT still the volume doesn’t work.

I would agree with the comments above that this problem should be sorted by a software patch. However, not this time…

By: Steve Elias

Steve Elias — Sat, 02 May 2009 06:49:22 +0000

I just can’t fathom why in the world Apple’s Flagship product (iPhone 3G) would be orphaned from their Top End in ear Headphones?! I wish they would go on record and explain why instead of making us all take guesses..

By: Omari

Omari — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 00:04:37 +0000

@ Design / exactly what thought.

If apple sent out an update for the newer iPods , did they already make the iPods built to work with the new headphones when they were in theworks ?

The iPhone original headphones also has the three rings as the new headphones with volume control.
I lost my original this week and I got the ones with volume because they were the same price as the ones without.
Hopefully in 3.0 there will be support.

By: design

design — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 03:57:30 +0000

Unless the internal circuitry is different (the headphone jack does have the same number of conductors) this should be able to fixed via a software update.

By: swarthy

swarthy — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 00:41:10 +0000

just reach into your gd pocket and hit the volume button.
unlike play/pause/fwd/prev (which will work) the volume can be adjusted on the iPhone w/o looking at it.
then, go cry some more.