Beats Releases $130 Wired 'EP' Headphones With 3.5mm Plug

[MacRumors]

While Beats announced three new wireless headphones equipped with Apple's new W1 wireless chip earlier today, it also quietly released the new Beats EP wired headphones with a 3.5mm headphone plug. The new on-ear headphones are built to deliver "premium" sound in a "tough" and lightweight frame.

The headphones are battery-free, allowing unlimited playback with a hassle-free fixed cable. They also come with adjustable vertical sliders so that users can personalize the fit for their head. RemoteTalk control allows users with iOS devices to take calls and control their music.

The Beats EP are available in four colors (blue, white, black, and red) and is available now on Apple.com and select retailers for $129.

Article Link: Beats Releases $130 Wired 'EP' Headphones With 3.5mm Plug

 

[Xbfryfd]

Why not the lightning, then it would be able to connect to the iPhone 7

 

[44267547]

At least I can use my free provided adapter from Apple.

 

[TallManNY]

Beats probably sells over half of its headphones to folks using Android. And percentage might be up to 75%. The Android phones use jacks. They will continue to service that market for years to come.

 

[iClone]

Seems like they would have bundled a lighting cable as well.

 

[mpavilion]

The headphones are battery-free, allowing unlimited playback with a hassle-free fixed cable. They also come with adjustable vertical sliders so that userscan personalize the fit for their head.

Is this a parody post? "Everything old is new again?" Sounds like any good ol' classic headphones from the past 50 years! (You know, before all these added hassles...)

 

[cliffster82]

I saw these on Apple's site today. I thought "have I not seen these?!" They use a 3.5mm plug. But the iPhone 7 doesn't have a hole for that! Tempting but... already owning Solo2 wireless, which are great, I'm good. Nice barebones option though!

 

[Pakaku]

Why not the lightning, then it would be able to connect to the iPhone 7

They don't limit sales to people with iPhone 7s.

 

[Traverse]

The headphones are battery-free, allowing unlimited playback with a hassle-free fixed cable.

I laughed. It sounds like an Apple Keynote in a few years if they brought back the 3.5mm headphone jack as a new "innovation!"

"No pairing, no batteries, just a plug and play music experience"

 

[joeblow7777]

Why not the lightning, then it would be able to connect to the iPhone 7

Because the vast majority of the world won't own an iPhone 7.

Why make an accessory that caters to one device when you can make one that works with 99.9999% of music players?

 

[Shirasaki]

I laughed. It sounds like an Apple Keynote in a few years when if they brought back the 3.5mm headphone jack as a new "innovation!"

"No pairing, no batters, just a plug and play music experience"

All about marketing. Even bringing back taken away features could be considered as "innovation".

 

[Shirasaki]

I would think this is an ironic moment for Beats to release a headphone with 3.5 mm jack.
Anyway, I don't have the budget to buy not-good-sound-quality beats headphone.

They looks pretty cool though, especially the blue color.
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Just find a site with all emojis, uh, you mean emojis in iOS? Well, tapatalk has a way to support it.

 

[jdillings]

Is this aimed at hipsters who want an old school 3.5mm plug experience?

 

[Bubba Satori]

Did Dre not get the courage memo?
Amazing.

 

[JCoe13]

Seems like they would have bundled a lighting cable as well.

The headphones are targeted towards DJs and other computer uses that do not use Lightning. Apple is pushing for companies to go bluetooth, not lightning. Bluetooth is the future.

 

[Born Again]

Wow macrumors can you be a little more impartial with your thoughts on the beats headphones?

 

[Tom-Helge]

They don't limit sales to people with iPhone 7s.

Ehm, you can use Lightning headphones on all iPhones that is out now with a Lightning port. So you have had that ability for years already.

But the question is, why have no one even bothered to use that yet?

Because no one gives a rat ass about it, because it doesn't make sense to 'just use another port' just for the sake of changing something to get the exact same sound quality (and nothing that actually IS better) as we do get over the 3.5mm minijack.

 

[Phrequensi]

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Beat releases regular headphones when Apple removed the headphone jack,
instead of a lighting version. There's a real special kind of dumb going on here.

 

[cube]

Isn't Beats for hipsters?

 

[CPx]

Trolloolololololololololololol

 

[sudo1996]

:/ I'll just stick with my $20 Monoprice headphones. They're the best.

 

[smacrumon]

This is all true stupidity and not courage.
[doublepost=1473314341][/doublepost]Um, choose a pair of headphones that require repeated charging where the inbuilt battery fails in a few years or choose 3.5 mm headphones, worldwide standard, that require no charging that last for decades. It's a no brainer. The more I think about Apple's move to lightning and wireless the more it seems like a rather self indulgent experiment that puts customers last.
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At least I can use my free provided adapter from Apple.

That adaptor is one ugly two headed snake.

 

[2457248]

i suppose not everyone at apple has the same courage.

 

[2010mini]

Ehm, you can use Lightning headphones on all iPhones that is out now with a Lightning port. So you have had that ability for years already.

But the question is, why have no one even bothered to use that yet?

Because no one gives a rat ass about it, because it doesn't make sense to 'just use another port' just for the sake of changing something to get the exact same sound quality (and nothing that actually IS better) as we do get over the 3.5mm minijack.

And when other manufacturers start moving to just using a USB-C connector. Will you feel the same?

 

[Zedcars]

I would think this is an ironic moment for Beats to release a headphone with 3.5 mm jack.
Anyway, I don't have the budget to buy not-good-sound-quality beats headphone.

It's possible they want to send a message to non-iPhone users that Beats will not be abandoning the analogue jack completely. They don't want that market to dry up.