Because I somehow managed to lose not just one, but BOTH of my Apple headphones in my move from Santa Barbara back home to Los Angeles, I was without any earbud headphones in Korea. I resolved to buy some when I got here as my family had torn apart our house looking for them the night before my departure and they were definitely not there.
There are no Apple stores in Korea, only licensed retailers and sellers which look just like Apple stores inside but are called stuff like Frisbee and a#. The new Apple EarPods look kinda funny but I decided to try them because 1) I already have two pairs of EarBuds back home (albeit they are currently AWOL), 2) they are the same price as aforementioned Earbuds, and 3) my ears do hurt sometimes when I wear my buds for longer than like 8 hours at a time (college midterms/finals weeks I AM GLARING AT YOU).
They fit awesome! The sound is very clear since its more focused than the Earbuds (comes out in a little hole at the bottom not a big circle), and the bass is sick. Much more intense than the buds. It comes with this cute little square carrying case with a hard plastic top and the apple logo on the bottom. Totally unnecessary since they will spend most of their life on my head or in my purse pocket, but its nice packaging by Apple, as always.
There are no Apple stores in Korea, only licensed retailers and sellers which look just like Apple stores inside but are called stuff like Frisbee and a#. The new Apple EarPods look kinda funny but I decided to try them because 1) I already have two pairs of EarBuds back home (albeit they are currently AWOL), 2) they are the same price as aforementioned Earbuds, and 3) my ears do hurt sometimes when I wear my buds for longer than like 8 hours at a time (college midterms/finals weeks I AM GLARING AT YOU).
They fit awesome! The sound is very clear since its more focused than the Earbuds (comes out in a little hole at the bottom not a big circle), and the bass is sick. Much more intense than the buds. It comes with this cute little square carrying case with a hard plastic top and the apple logo on the bottom. Totally unnecessary since they will spend most of their life on my head or in my purse pocket, but its nice packaging by Apple, as always.