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Possibly use any headphones with the iPhone
Authored by: sipatel on Jul 05, '07 03:26:14PM
If you look at the 3.5mm jack on the iPhone headset, and a standard 3.5mm headphone jack, you'll find they are different. The iPhone's headset jack also has contacts inside for the microphone.

If you go to http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/iPhone, you will see that the headset socket is on the backplate rather than on the mobo -- a flat cable then connects to the mobo. Here is what it says on ifixit:

Separating the front and back case

There's a headphone jack cable to disconnect before you can completely remove the back panel.

The headphone jack is recessed into the case, so most headphone jacks won't fit without an adapter (even if they're the right 1/8" plug).

Apple did this to reduce the strain on the narrow metal jack when you yank on the headphones. With this design, the hard plastic cable jacket absorbs most of the impact.

The headphones have a microphone built in, with a button that you pinch to answer a phone call.

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