The remote control is comfortable! Pay attention to the headphones of iPod shuffle (1/3)

iPod shuffle comes with headphones "Apple Earphones with Remote" that has a controller in the middle of the cable

Good design that you can touch

3rd generation iPod shuffle

So far, we've looked at the small size of the console and the VoiceOver feature, but this time we'll look at the headphones that come with the 3rd generation iPod shuffle.

The most important feature is that it has a smart exterior design even though it has a remote control.

Looking back on the past, the remote control that came with the portable CD / MD player was surprisingly large. I didn't feel it was big at the time, but it looks "rugged" when compared to the one that comes with the iPod shuffle. Personally, I often remember that if I didn't clip it to my clothes or bag with the clip on the back, I would hang around with the weight of the remote control and it would be annoying when walking.

Radio Remote

Since then, the times have passed, and since the heyday of digital music players, the number of products equipped with a liquid crystal display on the main unit side has increased. Therefore, headphones with a remote control are often sold separately. Since 2007, a remote control called "Radio Remote" (price is 5800 yen) has appeared as an option in the iPod series.

However, if the remote control was standard, it would be useful if you want to reduce the volume a little because you were talked to, or if you are not interested in songs that started with random playback and want to skip them.

It's convenient if it's attached, but it's hard to move if it's there. The remote control of "Apple Earphones with Remote" that comes with the new iPod shuffle probably responded to such users' selfishness.

At first glance, you can't tell that it's a headphone with a remote control.

In Apple Earphones with Remote, the remote control is just a little installed in the middle of the right-type headphone cable, so if you look at it normally, you can't tell that it has a cable. It's light, so it doesn't get in the way because it doesn't hang around even if you don't keep it on something. And since there are only three buttons to press, you won't get lost even with touch typing (although some people say that it's troublesome to remember operations that correspond to long presses and double clicks).

The point is that the remote control is attached to the right side, and in fact, there is an advantage that you can see the left and right of the headphones at a glance. Headphones without a remote control that come with iPod nano etc. are similar in shape on the left and right. When installing it, I had to look for the small letters "L" and "R" written on the headphone unit, but with Apple Earphones with Remote, I can tell at a glance that "this is the right side".

As you can see by using it, it is a headphone with a good design both in appearance and functionality.

Click the center button once to play / pause, click twice to play the next song, and click three times to play the previous song.If you hold down the center button, the song title / artist name will be read aloud.

Remote controls with the same shape have already been adopted in the "Apple Earphones with Remote and Mic" (3400 yen) with a remote control and microphone, and the canal type "Apple In-Ear Headphones with Remote and Mic" (9400 yen, related article). It's not a story that started with the new iPod shuffle, but I think this point may be evaluated a little more.

Apple In-Ear Headphones with Remote and Mic