They will be just as crappy as the old ones. I have 7 (yes 7) pairs of iPhone earbuds never used still wrapped with plastic and they will never ever be used. Other than poor audio quality and a very flimsy and cheap cord the main reason to hate current apple buds is because they don't fit in your ears! There is no way to get it sealed in there nicely and the moment you move your head even a little they start falling out. Back in the day when these came with iPods thy would supply black foam that would wrap on the outside of the buds like old school buds use to come with ans though these didn't help with sound quality it did help keep them in your ears longer but years ago they stopped bundling this foam. These new buds should be the same extremely poor audio quality BUT IF this new design actually helps them plug your ears better and not fall out I am all for it though I will stil never even try them on!!!!!!
I own a pair of Shure se425's, there is no reason to upgrade to anything unless I'm getting $1000+ molded to my ears Monitor quality buds.