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Apple Announces Special Powerbeats Pro to Celebrate NBA's 75th Anniversary
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I don’t get why Better had to be part of the design at all.
And that price premium! They look like something that would be handed out to the first 10k fans at a game.
In all of audio-world, red is right and blue (or black) is left. Look at any audio cables you own. How on earth did they get that backwards. #Embarrassing
Actually, it looks like nearly every product made in 1976 when we were celebrating the United States bicentennial: Red, White and Blue no matter what the product was.
True. Tim signed off once he saw the margins, and probably didn't even see at the final product.
Maybe it's because Beats isn't really an audio company, but rather a fashion accessory company.
Seeing this makes me incredibly angry the fact that Apple still sells this product when it is clearly defective really really upsets me this product should’ve been discontinued a long time ago the charging case issue is not fixable there are only temporary fixes and it will always happen again seriously what are they thinking. ?? replaced them with air pods pro and they’re more reliable.
It doesn’t really matter, but I wish Apple had more pride than to release something that looks like this.
Made in China, for a pro-China assc., with Canadian design collaboration...
Funny that something red white and blue might be Apple's least-American hardware ever ?
Funny that something red white and blue might be Apple's least-American hardware ever ?
I don’t care for this design but the bigger issue is PBP are a flawed product. While their fit is superb, the random battery drain on individual buds is unacceptable for a product in this price range.
Actually Apple pays the NBA royalty fees for using the brand and their logo.
Most likely a large percentage cut from the sale of each unit.
Those look like what you'd get for free from a Cracker Jack box, or for 99 cents when you buy two Snickers bars at 7-11.
I don’t think they’re that bad, just a bad image. It’s just a bud with blue accents and a white bud with red accents.
Terrible timing and pricing BUT considering the logo (and ugly colour scheme - Apple is getting really bad at this with some of their products of late, niche products), I still feel these will be very collectible in about 10yrs time.$249 on limited edition Powerbeats Pro when they are nearly three years old product?
Ugly colour configuration - that's why I'm saying collectible a decade + out > as nobody really would buy these lol.
And you were for that package were you not?
lol joshin ya but yeah who designed these?! Whomever did, take their Apple Pencil and iPad Pro away from them asap!
Seems Apple does this often:
2013 Mac Pro (no update for 4yrs),
2014 Mac Mini (again no update for 4yrs),
cannot recall what else they've done this with.