Meet EarPods, Your New Apple Earphones

After three years of designing new earphones for its mobile products, Apple unveiled on Wednesday what it is calling EarPods, created to intentionally direct sound right into the ear.

The EarPods -- which are available now in the Apple Store -- will ship with the new iPod touch and iPhone 5.

Resembling little periscopes, EarPods feature sound ports built into the stem, as well as the sides. The vents on the side of each EarPod "allows air inside the stem, which acts as an acoustic chamber, to flow out," according to Apple. "So you hear deeper, richer bass tones."

To get the fit right, Apple notes in a video posted to its website that it 3D-scanned hundreds of ears and looke…
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