Yeah I know what you mean, why couldn't they standardise these features through all phones!! Well the Sennheiser Momentum and Amperior's middle button (play / pause / skip) worked on the Note 2. I would recommend them both, but I'd say they are both overpriced @ £260. It is annoying that the volume controls wont work though. If it was Philips that have working volume controls then maybe the Fidelio L1 will work. The L1 is a pretty good sounding headphone, I've only briefly played with it and it sounded like a slightly warmer and less refined version of the Momentum, but it's also a bit cheaper. I saw that for £160 once.