Comments on: How the Apple Dress Code Undermined the iPhone

By: Honest Abe

Honest Abe — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 00:36:57 +0000

I have the same issue and came to the same conclusion. “the pull” drives me nuts.

By: Victor

Victor — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:18:50 +0000

Ummm… yeah, about the collar-snagging mic on the Apple earphones, just don’t wear a dress shirt. Problem solved.

I’m channeling Steve “just don’t hold it that way” Jobs’ ghost (sorry if that’s too soon. I’m a fan of Steve – to an extent).

By: Dr Z

Dr Z — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 23:29:15 +0000

I can hardly believe this – and I thought I couldn’t possibly be the only sufferer. The sharp microphone edges suck / yet it would seem so easy to correct the problem: just make it slide across the collar rather than to snag …

By: Jeffrey

Jeffrey — Mon, 23 May 2011 21:28:44 +0000

I simply rigged up a small clip similar to one that comes with competing earbuds, like the Etymotic, or MeElectronic brands. easy enough…

By: M

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 22:31:16 +0000

This is by far the most irritating thing I’ve had the non-pleasure of using. I am glad that I am not the only one who experiences this. I probably curse the earbud designer about 27 times a day. Apple earbuds just barely stay in my ears as it is. I did some consulting work at Apple last month and it’s true: t-shirts everywhere. Damn.

By: Jason Sewell

Jason Sewell — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:00:08 +0000

Christ this is frustrating. I just tweeted about it before finding your blog. A tapered design would solve this problem quite nicely.

By: rbergen

rbergen — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 15:56:02 +0000

I thought I was the only one haha I remember searching for hours shortly after the 3gs first came out to find an alternative. I gave up then, but am just starting to search again. At least now it looks like there are a lot of options out there now. Just trying to do some research to figure out which one is the best for the $$$

By: W

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 20:24:50 +0000

You are not alone. Everyone in my office complains about this. One couldn’t design that mic to catch on a collar so well if they actually tried. It is frustraitingly reliable.

By: B

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:24:46 +0000

I couldn’t agree more. I wear collared shirts all the time and absolutely hate the feeling of the tug on my collar. I’ve settled with wrapping a small piece of cellophane tape in a cone shape around the very top of the button (careful not to cover the microphone) when wearing a collared shirt. Not the most fashionable decision, but hardly noticeable. Wonderful device; horrible design flaw.

By: JJ

JJ — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:54:05 +0000

Holy crap – I want to throw my iphone everytime this happens – drives me nuts.