My 3rd and last Boom snapped and is unuseable. The first went right away and was replaced under warrantee. This one lasted a year. Problem is that the earbud is connected to the boom by the thinnest possible sliver of plastic which will fail. Company needs to either make that tiny part out of metal or redesign it so it's not guaranteed to fail. Really too bad since the boom mike works great--clear and very little noise. But it needs to last at least as long as the phone. If it was $39 I wouldn't mind as much but it's $150.