Flat Wired White Handsfree Mono Headset Single Earphone Earbud Microphone for iPad 5 4 3 2 1 / iPad Air / Air 2 , iPad Mini / Mini 2 / Mini 3 / Mini with Retina Display

how do you get an external microphone to work with an iPhone whether it has a jack or the lightning cable this is what it comes down to it's a hardware thing see how this cable has two lines here like a left and a right and this one has a left to right and a microphone there's definitely three lines what matters is this is three lines and this is two lines okay if you see here this this even says this is the iPhone device one and this here says this is the microphone side but basically here's what it is here's what comes down to in order for a microphone to work with it you have to have this three line type it won't work with this a couple workarounds if you if you're having an export from like a mixer like this you can plug in the two here and then the three here use an adapter like this if you need it or you can get a cable like this with one of these inputs yeah it says microphone we