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Apple Debuts Limited Edition Mickey Mouse Beats Solo 3 Wireless Headphones Created in Collaboration With Disney
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It's not the forums that have changed, it's Apple.
A regular pair of Beats Solos are $299 and these Disney branded ones are $329. Lordy, are people really butt-hurt over $30 for a special edition?!
$299 for beats is cool (no complaints about that price point in this thread), but as soon as you add “special edition” and charge $30 extra, now you’re getting ripped off!!!
I swear, people complain just to complain.
$299 for beats is cool (no complaints about that price point in this thread), but as soon as you add “special edition” and charge $30 extra, now you’re getting ripped off!!!
I swear, people complain just to complain.
Is this something an adult would really rock in public? Just curious....non judgement.
I think this is actually cool and if I didn't already have too many headphones, I'd defo go for these. Quirky and I am a Mickey fan! 
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Adult... come on. We're all kids with adults responsibilities and money. This is suitable to wear at any age.
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Adult... come on. We're all kids with adults responsibilities and money. This is suitable to wear at any age.
That’s the problem, IMO. Times change, Apple too has changed in keeping with the times, but a portion of their users have not.
I had a pair of those and promptly went back to the shop: the sound sucks.
Now you can buy headphones with a sound that sucks with Micky Mouse on it. It just fits in today’s product culture, nothing really shocking about it.
Our today’s culture is not about what you get to buy, it’s about what cash you put on the pile...
Now you can buy headphones with a sound that sucks with Micky Mouse on it. It just fits in today’s product culture, nothing really shocking about it.
Our today’s culture is not about what you get to buy, it’s about what cash you put on the pile...
Is it innovation when they change the color of a shirt? Or sneakers?
Does it need to be innovation?
I think they're cute. Hate me.
Wouln't buy them but I understand why someone could want to.
...come on, people, wearables are more about feeling cool when you wear 'em than anything else.
If you still can't understand it, you're... dumb.
No one buys clothes only according to price and practicality or we'd all be wearing white cotton t-shirts with no branding.
And no one ever complains about this, it's normal. You wear what you feel comfortable wearing and well marketed brands make you feel cool. Marketing, in fashion, is not a gimmick, it adds value to the product because it actually makes your experience different.
Deal with it. This thing is here to stay and it's ridiculous that so many people can't understand such a simple thing.
Wouln't buy them but I understand why someone could want to.
...come on, people, wearables are more about feeling cool when you wear 'em than anything else.
If you still can't understand it, you're... dumb.
No one buys clothes only according to price and practicality or we'd all be wearing white cotton t-shirts with no branding.
And no one ever complains about this, it's normal. You wear what you feel comfortable wearing and well marketed brands make you feel cool. Marketing, in fashion, is not a gimmick, it adds value to the product because it actually makes your experience different.
Deal with it. This thing is here to stay and it's ridiculous that so many people can't understand such a simple thing.
Why is the trackpad on the Macbook Pro's so silky smooth when scrolling, yet Windows OEM's can't make a trackpad half as good as the MBP's trackpad, scrolling-wise? I just don't understand it. What is the secret sauce that makes the MBP trackpad so special?
The crew I worked with years ago wore t-shirts printed with “M. Mouse & Co. Theatrical Lighting”
Innovation??? I think you're the only person who suggested that. Why?
It's just a graphic change.
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I have a similar but different take on Apple being distracted and releasing these products.
Beats products still seem to be run somewhat as a separate company.
But within Apple, there aren't strict divisions by product and they seem to operate like a company much smaller than their actual size with inability to maintain multiple foci.
When the original iPhone was coming out, Apple announced they had to delay Mac OS X Leopard because they had put their engineers on iPhone.
That might have made sense at the time when iPhone was fledgling, but it seems like a trillion dollar company should have more ability to do multiple things at the same time. If you look at the number of employees they have compared to their revenues, it's a really small employee base. I think they traditionally just had one product (the Mac) and they still operate like a company that can only do much at a time. They make come out with a new product but then just move the people who made that product onto another team. With the amount of stability in the markets of both the iPhone and the Mac, they should have dedicated and separate teams doing regular updates. Although maybe the cash in the iPhone is too large to see the benefit for the Mac (plus that Tim Cook thinks the iPad will replace the Mac).
Anyhow, all that is to say I don't fault Beats for iterating, even if the iteration is Mickey Mouse. There's no reason Apple couldn't dedicate the resources to Mac development in the same way, except that it seems to against their corporate culture where it's like a school of fish all going in the same direction—and likely also that all development probably goes through the head execs and Jony Ives' very small design team rather than trusting delegation.
Beats products still seem to be run somewhat as a separate company.
But within Apple, there aren't strict divisions by product and they seem to operate like a company much smaller than their actual size with inability to maintain multiple foci.
When the original iPhone was coming out, Apple announced they had to delay Mac OS X Leopard because they had put their engineers on iPhone.
That might have made sense at the time when iPhone was fledgling, but it seems like a trillion dollar company should have more ability to do multiple things at the same time. If you look at the number of employees they have compared to their revenues, it's a really small employee base. I think they traditionally just had one product (the Mac) and they still operate like a company that can only do much at a time. They make come out with a new product but then just move the people who made that product onto another team. With the amount of stability in the markets of both the iPhone and the Mac, they should have dedicated and separate teams doing regular updates. Although maybe the cash in the iPhone is too large to see the benefit for the Mac (plus that Tim Cook thinks the iPad will replace the Mac).
Anyhow, all that is to say I don't fault Beats for iterating, even if the iteration is Mickey Mouse. There's no reason Apple couldn't dedicate the resources to Mac development in the same way, except that it seems to against their corporate culture where it's like a school of fish all going in the same direction—and likely also that all development probably goes through the head execs and Jony Ives' very small design team rather than trusting delegation.