Yes that's what I meant, but even though the SE846 is the latest Shure IEM, the older generation of IEMs (SE530, etc) with the two part Y cable and straight plug were phone and tablet case friendly. Just seems that they failed to incorporate that feature with the current SE215-535.

Really really awesome earphones. I did however, have a problem with the cable after a few months of owning them. The plug just wasn't working well, and I had to forcibly keep the plug pressed into the socket of my music device, otherwise the sound would keep cutting out. I don't believe I have...

Not sure if this has been mentioned before, but I pulled out my SE535s today for the first time in several months since I got my SE846s, and re-discovered a (mostly minor) issue with the cable. The plug for the SE846s has this small extender so it fits into a lot of cases that the SE535 (and...