How portable are these? Do they fold up nicely? I would possibly be buying this for my girlfriend who will be studying abroad this upcoming semester.
They do not have folding frames. The earpieces rotate 90 degrees, giving them a slimmer profile, but the frames do not fold like some other headphones do. As far as portability goes, I take these to my college classes by slipping them into one of the thinner pockets of my backpack and it seems to work great. Hope this helps.
I carted this backpack around for two weeks in Scotland in August and it held up very well. It was stuffed in overhead bins, dragged along airport floors, crammed in the overcrowded trunk of the car, and did a good job keeping my stuff from getting mangled. The only thing was it has so many different pockets and nooks to hold things I sometimes had a difficult time remembering where I'd stored a particular item. When full, it also doesn't fit under an airplane seat, so you'll want to make sure it gets a spot overhead.