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| [* black] The underside of the remote cover reveals three buttons and a microphone. No surprise here, as the remote has three buttons. | |
| [* black] With a little more ~~coaxing~~ cutting, we are able to remove the flexible PCB within the EarPods' remote. | |
| [* red] The microphone in the EarPods' remote bears the markings 2F17 045. | |
| [* black] Will this microphone be similar to one of the three microphones inside the iPhone 5? Probably. Will it be the same? All will be revealed in ~~due time~~ three more days. | |
| - | [* yellow] We also uncover another IC with the markings TI25ASGVI. |
| + | [* yellow] We also uncover another IC with the markings TI25ASGVI 079, which [http://www.chipworks.com|Chipworks] believes to be an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog-to-digital_converter|ADC], or a device used for volume-control duty. |
| [* black] All these components look large when shot in our pictures, but they're quite small in real life. That's how the board looks like when compared to a U.S. dime. |