Apple, as usual, continued to display its stupid game-play attitude by creating a recessed headphone jack on the 1st Gen iPhone (which I own). I had other pair of headphones which are 200 times better than the stock headphones apple provides. I went ahead and bought this and now I listen to all my music/watch videos/podcasts, etc on my nicer in-ear headphones. It's been over 15 months now, and the adapter isn't showing any sign of wear/tear. Good thing about this adapter is - It's smaller in size, maybe 4 inches in length (end to end), Plug your headphones into these and you're ready to go! Recommend this to everyone.