In case you've never heard of Nocs, it's a fairly new Swedish company that makes a growing line of earphones, headphones, and in June, a set of Apple AirPlay-compatible speakers. The earphones reviewed here, the NS400, are a midrange model that retails for around $79.99 online.
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The earphones comes with the usual three sizes of silicon eartips (small, medium, and large). There's no carry pouch or case included, though you do get a little clip for attaching the cord to your clothing. The company says that cord is reinforced with Kevlar.
The one feature bonus here is the integrated inline remote and microphone and you'll notice that the NS400's packaging is stamped with the Made for iPhone, iPod, and iPad icons. That means the remote is design to work with iOS devices. You can still use the microphone for making calls on other phones but the remote may not fully function.
As I said, I thought the design of these earphones is pretty sleek. However, I did have a couple of small gripes. The first is that since these earphones are kind of small (they're nice and lightweight), those with deeper ear canals may have a harder time getting a tight seal. I was able to get a tight seal and relatively comfortable fit with the largest silicon tips, but I had a little bit of a hard time jamming them into my ears because the cord, which sits at a right angle coming out the bud's housing, prevented me from pushing them in deeper.
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