Why don't iPads come with headphones?

[gingerjedi]

I don't know, why don't iPads come with headphones?

[d000hg]

Who wants to give their wife a legitimate reason to raise her voice

[Halo Jones]

Tried them in John Lewis the other day and couldn't hear the wife when she was only a foot away, unless she really raised her voice.

So that’s why you want them

[Scrag Meister]

If you can afford an I-pad, go for the new Bose noise canceling headphones, they were quite astounding.

Tried them in John Lewis the other day and couldn't hear the wife when she was only a foot away, unless she really raised her voice.

Only major drawback was the £250-£300 price tag.

[petergriffin]

Eye-Pads are for showing off, hence they require neither headphones nor brain.

[Lockhouse]

Most people on my train (including me) have those earpieces that push right into the ear so you can't hear them. The downside of that is....ear wax.

[doodab]

And why do the people who buy them think everyone else wants to listen to their tulipty music?