Electric shock from headphones?

I actually just got a refurbished ipod nano since mine was broken, and the same thing is happeing to me!

I got shocked from my headphones the other day while listening to my iPhone. I called Apple support and the technician said that getting minor shocks from headphones is not unusual. He also said that there is no danger as the voltage is not high enough to do any damage. So other than some discomfort, you have nothing to worry about.

I bought the new in hear headphone for iPod Touch second version and I got shocked from my headphones every time I move my head and I wear my wool scarf.
It's really annoying, but I found that if I stand the iPod in my hand (without gloves), the shock disappeared.
Really bad conception here from Apple...
I will try to put a plastic case on my iPod and I will give some news if that change something.

unfortunately I expereienced that before. I think that it depends on cloth's material. electric shock could kill headphone. we should worry about that. actually, somebody posted that incident caused headphone killed. but we still have plenty of warranty. so anytime we can exchange it for free.

I am using the NEW Apple in-ear headphones.

Holly S**T! I got shocked today!!!!! Got it in both ears a few minutes apart. I was not moving or rubbing against anything. I was sitting at my wood desk in the office watching a video.

The problem is all of you live in cold weather conditions. ANY apple headphones will give you a shock in the cold, dry place. Taking off your jacket will shock you too. However, the regular earphones aren't that susceptible to static shocks, but the In-Ear headphones are.

I was in my office in San Francisco when it happend twice.

It is really the humidity issue rather than the temperature. If we get humidity lower than 45% it happens

I am having the same problem using the iphone 3G. I wonder if this is only realted to the iphone 3G or are other devicecs giving them a shock with these headphones

It's from the metal collar around the outside of the earpieces on the new in-ear phones that cause the static arc to your ear. Mine were doing it in the dead of winter when the humidity was low, but it hasn't happened since...and I live in the Great White North of Canada.

I just got shocked, and now that I have stopped swearing, I have some input for ya. I took the in-ear headphones from my iPhone 3G box and plugged them into my XM radio Inno model, which is portable. I live in Denver, where humidity doesn't exist, and I was sitting at my office desk when it happened. Based on what I have read in the discussions, it's the in-ear headphones you get with your iPhone that causes the shock (and a little bit of yelling). The metal band thing around the earpiece sounds like a good culprit to me, so I'm gonna start touching the earpieces to something metal each time before I put them in my ear.