The Killer App: Making Calls
The included headphones feature an integrated mic that is so impressive to me, I can't adequately explain it. It hangs just below the right earbud and seems too small and too far away from the wearer's mouth to be effective. Not so.
While listening to "My Morning Jacket" and strolling the main drag, I called my sister (mostly because she LOVES to talk, and as such would be a willing guinea pig). The music automatically faded out, and I put the iPhone back into my pocket as her phone started to ring. She answered, and we began to chat. In fact, she thought I was on my land line until I told her otherwise! Did I mention I was outdoors using the headphone mic? Awesome.
I switched to the iPhone's built-in earpiece and mic, then to speaker phone and back again, all during the call - she never noticed. The audio was clear and strong on my end as well.
With her chatting away on speaker (she REALLY likes to talk), I browsed my calendar, looked at photos, played with the weather widget...without effecting the call in any way. I was amazed.
I then asked her to call me. I ended the call and the music picked right up where I left off about 15 minutes prior. Soon enough, it faded again to "ring." With a simple click of the earbud mic I was back on the phone.
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