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fluxxy
14y ago
You are right, magnets are expensive. However, we have already found suppliers and the cost of the headphones will be $49.95.
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fluxxy
14y ago
The only models in question would be the hard drive based models. There will be no problems with the iPhone, iPad, iPod nano or shuffle. The iPad case uses these same magnets.
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fluxxy
14y ago
They do a very good job staying how you place them. If you didn't wrap them and threw them into a bag you will have problems but if you neatly wrap it before you toss them into a bag they will stay nice and neat.
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fluxxy
14y ago
They are currently patent-pending. We are working with a manufacturer who already produce headphones. They make a range of models from cheap, average quality headphones to expensive high quality models. We can incorporate this design into a
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fluxxy
14y ago
The headphones will work in non-Apple devices. The compatibility is for the attached mic/remote. The microphone will most likely work in other devices but the remote probably will not.
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fluxxy
14y ago
We could easily introduce a high quality version. It sounds like that is what you guys want, so that is what we will do!
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fluxxy
14y ago
That is a good point. We do not recommend using these with those models as the magnets would cause problems.
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fluxxy
14y ago
These headphones are the standard issue Apple headphones but we could release a higher quality headphone with the same magnetic cord. As for the weight, the magnets are so small they make it only slightly heavier, about the weight of a quar