After years of work Apple has changed their ear bud design. The new design features improved airflow and a better base. The EarPods will come with the all of the new devices, the 5th generation iPod Touch, 7th generation nano, and the new iPhone 5. The EarPods will also be sold separately for those that want to use them on separate products.
Source: live.cnet.com
So, three years in the making means 3x the price? 😉
if they don’t go deep in the ear, they could be pretty comfy.
I’ll be very surprised if these offer a marked improvement over the previous model, which were both poor sound quality and prone to breaking.