Holy shit Dre looked a lot like Nick Cannon when he was real young.
Wrong dude. Sorry to burst your bubble but anyone who wore lipstick and lace when he was part of the "World Class Wreckin Cru" was hardly considered a killer.
Apple agrees to buy headphone maker Beats for $3bn
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Neki
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Apple could have brought this company instead for their headphones at probably 1/1000 of the price they paid for beats
The Dash Wireless Smart In Ear Headphones by BRAGI LLC. Kickstarter
The Dash Wireless Smart In Ear Headphones by BRAGI LLC. Kickstarter
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Just because I recently read these.
The Dash headphones: surprisingly possible Drop Kicker
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Good site, he breaks down the feasibility of various crowdfunded tech stuff.
What does that get them though? I doubt they really care about quality of the headphones, they see the Beats name + headphones that cost $14 to produce. It's fun to rag on Beats and all, but lets be real: to the majority of the population high end headphones are Beats/Bose, that's really not disputable. Sennheiser, Beyerdynamic, AT, etc might as well not even exist (and I say that as an owner of Senn HD650s). Hell, I've pointed friends in the direction of headphones like Senn HD598, Beyer DT770s, etc when they're after bass...they all end up with Beats.
You can't go anywhere nowadays without seeing a pair of Beats, as much as people like us hate to admit it they own the high-end headphone market (high end in price, not quality).
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The problem is in regard to "apple" though. Buying up brands to rebadge them is/was not what the company was about. Apple was about bringing new and innovative or easy to use products to market (ipod, iphone, tablet...etc) The apple brand has enough people buying up every little nugget of tech they produce. (They were the largest and most profitable comapny in US a few years back) And instead of innovating further with more innovative products, what do they do? Buy beats? LOL? Ask yourselves this, would Jobs ever do this? ths goes to show that without Jobs at the helm this company has nothing more new to show. Its getting quite apparent now more than ever how important Jobs was to Apple. If jobs wanted headphones, he would of revolutionized them, patented the shit out of them, slapped iwhatever the fuck on them, and sold billions of them around the world.
Mark my word, this new CEO will be the downfall of this company.
Mark my word, this new CEO will be the downfall of this company.
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No, Apple has generally been excellent on taking already existing products, re-making them with their own spin on it, and convincing the masses that it's the newest and greatest thing that they just invented. The Ipod wasn't the first mp3 player, the iPhone wasn't the first touch-screen phone, etc.
But I see your point, they've never really taken such an already established product as Beats and done anything with it. They usually copy something that is somewhat unsuccessful(at least by Apple standards) and then make their own version (Ipod/iPhone/iPad)
But I see your point, they've never really taken such an already established product as Beats and done anything with it. They usually copy something that is somewhat unsuccessful(at least by Apple standards) and then make their own version (Ipod/iPhone/iPad)
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Didn't they already say that's exactly what they're doing? I could be wrong, but I recall reading somewhere that the Beats electronics brand is going to stay separate.
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I looked into this and had no idea that Steve Jobs relied heavily on Jimmy Iovine to create iTunes, like they collaborated a lot together on it. Based on that I don't know if I would agree that Steve Jobs would not buy Beats... Steve Jobs would do anything to get that edge, and with all the cash Apple has, what else are they going to do?
Steve and Jimmy: The Roots of Apple's Bid for Beats?* - Bloomberg
Steve and Jimmy: The Roots of Apple's Bid for Beats?* - Bloomberg
Apple To Abandon Headphone Jack? Beats Deal Suddenly Makes Sense - Forbes
Makes perfect sense to me. Apple is all about getting you to buy into their eco-system of products and pay a premium for doing so.
Makes perfect sense to me. Apple is all about getting you to buy into their eco-system of products and pay a premium for doing so.