[Nexus 4 Accessories] MrDarkKV:
Hello everyone, I noticed there are no full reviews on the N4's official earphones, so I decided to do one.

Please note; all opinions expressed in this review are of my own, and may not reflect the opinions shared by others.

Shipping

Shipping was amazing (speed wise), the package was shipped out around 11pm, and I received it the next day. but then again for such an outrageous shipping price that's what I would expect.

Box

The actual box the earphones arrived in is.. tiny, however it does sport a premium feel to it.

On the downside, the earphones were in a cheap plastic bag and had an overall feeling of just being "thrown" in the box.

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First impressions (looks)

The earphones themselves look amazing, the back-plate (bit with the X on) has a nice chrome finish with engraved circles showing off the Nexus "X" logo.

However, the base of the ear-bud is made out of plastic which is no biggie, but it would be nice if it were all chrome.

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The earphones

The earphones come with 3 different ear-buds, a tree design, and two normal straight buds. However, all the buds are extremely squishy and too soft to stay in the ear, so I had to replace them with my old Sony buds, as shown in the picture below.

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Cable + Splitter

The cable has a high quality smooth rubber feel with a normal inline splitter, however to improve; they should be going with the Nexus design (on the splitter), it should have had more details put into it such as the Nexus X logo, matching the ear-buds.

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Microphone + button

The microphone is standard, nothing too special about it but the sound quality is good, again same issue with the mic as the splitter; its too bland.

The button is in built onto the other-side of the mic, and has two uses (that I've noticed) one. Play/Pause button for when listening to music (Only tested on Spotify) two. when holding down the button it opens a Google Now voice search.

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Sound quality

Sound quality off the bat is.. crisp but flat. Highs are good, mids are average and there's no bass. However, just like with most headphones, all they need is a little EQ. Going with this mod: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2025486

I was able to achieve great, highs, mids. bass, the whole package!

Here are my settings:

Awesome beats:

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EIZO-rewire

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Summery

Pro's

Great sound once you messed around with EQ

Nice modern look

Tangle free cable

In-line mic

Not too expensive

High quality feel

90 degree jack

Con's

Flat sound out the box

Ear-buds too soft

In-line features look too bland

No gold plated jack

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Jack:

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Are they worth it?

I would say yes, however shipping is outrageous, £6 shipping from Ireland to London, it would be nice if they provided an alternative shipping option which is slower but then again a lower price. But on a whole, the pros outweigh the cons in my opinion, the only real letdown (for me) is ear-buds; THEIR TOO SOFT.

All pictures taken with my N4.

Full gallery of high(er) res photos are here: http://imgur.com/a/fJqeN (again taken by me..)