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Apple Debuts Limited Edition Mickey Mouse Beats Solo 3 Wireless Headphones Created in Collaboration With Disney

Who in the heck at Disney signed off on this.....Oh Wait! Disney & Apple....Money Machines. Once they come out with an updated Mac Mini, I'm probably done with Apple....Uh....well.....
 
Wow so they slapped an old picture of Mickey on it and this is supposed to be innovation? Ah dio mio.
 
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New Beats styles are quickly becoming the new Watch bands: "Why are Apple's engineers designing Mickey Mouse wraps instead of working on resolving thermal issues with the overlapping inductive coils in AirPower!"
 
My former wife (of 30+ yrs) would *love* these; she couldn't get enough of Disney animation.
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JJSantoro said:
Wow so they slapped an old picture of Mickey on it and this is supposed to be innovation? Ah dio mio.
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Where did you read anything about this product release being about innovation? It's straight up Disney marketing, nothing more, nothing less. But of course, you had to come up with *something* negative to say, eh?
 
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monokakata said:
Can it be that nobody involved in marketing this knows that "Mickey Mouse," as slang, also means "trashy, poorly-done, half-assed, ridiculously simple. . .?"

Well, at least in my day it did.
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Yeah... I was surprised no-one else had said this before your post. But I’m glad it wasn’t just me that thought that. :D

Having said that, I am a big fan of a lot of Disney stuff, and whilst I wouldn’t personally buy these I’m sure they will sell quite well. There are lots of collectors.
 
This is absolutely disgusting. At these prices this is clearly aimed at adults. Man children. We should not encourage grown adults to continue to have some sort of youthfulness in their hearts. It's as disgusting as grown men wetting themselves over the Batman films or Marvel films. This is toxic for adulthood. I know my sister-in-law is gonna be giddy over these ridiculous things because her husband is a Disney fan, but, really, at 36, he needs to grow up and be a man like me.
 
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I don't need any, but with the cuteness of Mickey & co I could defintely buy something else.
Lady and the Tramp, Winnie-the-Pooh & his friends, Mowgli, Baloo, Baghera....etc maybe :)

Some other Disney decorated products Apple?
 
Too bad they couldn't put their creative juices toward designing a new Mac Pro and Mac mini instead of these headphones. Does Apple really even care about the personal computer business anymore?
 
I want to get a pair of the Beats Pop Collection. I hope these new Studio and Mickey colors don’t mean the existing Beats Pop will be discontinued soon. I was going to hold off a little while longer.
 
Disney's marketing team has been working overtime on Mickey specifically this year. The stuff is EVERYWHERE!
 
coolfactor said:
Apple is _so_ out of touch. I'm seriously shocked at how they can peddle $330 headphones branded with Mickey Mouse and think it's a "thing".
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But it is a “thing”. Disney is huge, Mickey is still popular. They’re barely any more expensive than the non-Mickey Mouse branded headphones they sell. I mean if you’re shocked at the prices they sell headphones and all kinds of other accessories I can understand and agree with you, but I don’t get any particular outrage at the price for these especially... *shrug*
 
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There is this hot chick on the daily commute that wears a set of gold solo3s and a little leather Minnie Mouse backpack every day. Other than those two items, she dresses like an executive.

I could imagine a girl like that would be interested in these.
 
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Damn, I’d love these. Thankfully I already have AirPods and not in the market for headphones (not that I care all that much for Beats). They’re also grey and I’m not a huge fan of light grey things.

And you guys, plenty of Disney adult fans out there! We’re a rare breed but we exist.

My s4 rocks the Mickey everyday!
 
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