The buds will not stay in my ears. I have to keep pushing them in, and 20 minutes, my ears are very sore. I don't understand how they can be so uncomfortable. I had 3 friends try them, and everyone thought the same thing. No one thought they were comfortable.

The sound quality is good; once they'rein your ear

The buds will not stay in my ears; Uncomfortable

There was momentous news on Wednesday night, far more significant than the iPhone 5 or redesigned iPods. After years of inflicting the horror of its white, bundled earbuds on its customers – and their blameless fellow commuters – Apple announced it was finally retiring them, replacing them with a...

Apple's EarPods offer much-improved sound over the previous standard-issue earbuds, but they won't fit all ears equally well -- and that fit will determine whether you think they're great or just so-so.

The Apple EarPods offer mostly impressive sound, with good detail and better bass than Apple's previous headphones; They're also lightweight, with a comfortable fit, and have an integrated inline remote and microphone for making calls and controlling your music playback.

Some people may find that the EarPods don't fit securely in their ears; and these earbuds also let in a lot of sound and leak a little sound; too.

Apple Earphones have been ridiculed for years from all corners. They leak, they sound rubbish and they barely block out the noise of the outside world at all. Apple wants to remedy most of these problems with the EarPod headphones, which will be thrown in for free with the new and .

Good clarity; Much improved bass response; Good remote

Weak mid-range; Quickly work their way out of optimum position

It's become de rigueur to describe Apple's white earbuds as "ubiquitous" and "iconic"--and justifiably so. Not only are they almost inextricably linked to the company's iPods and iPhones, but Apple revealed at its recent press event that it had shipped 600 million sets of the headphones, a number...

Secure and comfortable fit; Solid bass; Improved overall sound

Sound leakage; Fit still far from perfect

Second welcome surprise: Bass. In my tests, Muse's "Uprising" had all the kick drum and midbass rumble it was supposed to have. In Metallica's Mastered-For-iTunes "Hate Train," I could still hear the kick drum even with the guitars crushing down, albeit barely.

Great sound for the price; Surprisingly strong bass considering it's not an in-canal design; Inexpensive; Includes small carrying case

Design still doesn't fit everyone; Doesn't block out any external noise and some sound leaks out

There was momentous news on Wednesday night, far more significant than the iPhone 5 or redesigned iPods. After years of inflicting the horror of its white, bundled earbuds on its customers – and their blameless fellow commuters – Apple announced it was finally retiring them, replacing them with a...

If there has been one certainty when it comes to Apple products since the launch of the original iPod, it was that the headphones in the box were rubbish. Not any more, we're happy to report. Apple has "re-invented" the in-the-box earphones, giving them a funky name at the same time: EarPods.

Comfortable; volume control on cable; sound good; cheap

Easily fall out; no real depth to the bass

These apple earpods are the only ones I buy because not only do they work with my iPhone but the quality on them is amazing and the sound is absolutely brilliant.

The Apple MD827ZM/B is easy on ear, easy on pocket Pros -The microphone is positioned carefully to allow your voice to be transmitted clearly through any network.-There is a small volume knob on the cord which is used to help raise and lower the volume on the headset.