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Included with iPhone is a special version of Apple's iconic iPod earbuds. With the same smoothed-out style of the new generation earbuds introduced with the aluminum iPod Nano, iPhone's earbuds include a microphone on the right side wire. These music-grade earphones far surpass mobile voice quality. They are so high fidelity that we can easily hear every audio compression artifact introduced by the GSM voice compressor! The mic is high quality as well; listeners on the other end reported clear, undistorted sound. We've never had good luck with hanging mics before, but this one does its job well.

(The mic is also a controller: squeeze it between your fingers to pause/unpause iPod playback; squeeze twice to skip to the next song. It works better than you'd think.)
Unfortunately, these earbuds offer the same reduced bass response as their conventional siblings; the original post-style iPod earbuds provide far louder and clearer bass to our ears.

If you ever use non-Apple headphones, you'll probably need an adapter. The audio socket is deeply recessed, and most standard headphone plugs simply won't fit. A Belkin adapter ($9.95 at the Apple Store Online, $14.95 at the Apple Retail store) makes the connection — but it's bulky, ugly, and thows off the balance of the iPhone. (Griffin Technology has announced a much nicer one on their web site, but it's not yet available to purchase.) We're not happy campers; there is no justifcation for requiring a $10-15 adapter just to use standard headphones.