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

I'm really hoping that it won't take a long time before the whole incompetent management (Cook should be the 1st one) will be kicked out forever and old good Apple will return back, where customers will be treated again with respect and not used just as a $ source (while utilising any possible dirty tricks to grab more $ from them).
 
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TheFluffyDuck said:
Why is beats still a thing? Apple brought beats years ago and STILL doesn't know what to do with it.
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Beats is a strong brand, you act like it's something Apple needs to get rid off but that's not their strategy. They've actually incorporated the brand as part of the Apple family, with the Beats branding surviving into Apple's music streaming service as well.
 
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Why the hate? Beats produces special editions of their gear all of the time, special colours and special collaboration editions, no one ever gets their knickers in a bunch about it. But stick Mickey Mouse on it and everyone loses their minds.
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asiga said:
Would you imagine Steve Jobs on stage telling "one more thing" and showing this? This single question shows what's the current Apple situation.
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Yeah, its terrible how successful they are, Apple are doomed #getalife
 
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mrzz said:
I'm really hoping that it won't take a long time before the whole incompetent management (Cook should be the 1st one) will be kicked out forever and old good Apple will return back, where customers will be treated again with respect and not used just as a $ source (while utilising any possible dirty tricks to grab more $ from them).
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Look at Apple's profits. None of the share holders call Cook incompetent, so he's going to stay.
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TheFluffyDuck said:
Why is beats still a thing? Apple brought beats years ago and STILL doesn't know what to do with it.
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Obviously they do. Make them sell headphones.
 
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If you actually saw someone sporting these, how'd you react? I'd just avoid eye contact and walk away.
 
Sony / Bose high end noise cancellation headphones... or Mickey Mouse. Definitely Mickey Mouse.
 
Theres just some things a company that makes "high end" products shouldn't do and this is one of them.
Sure some people might like them but apple should not be making crap like this. I know its beats but its still apples decision.
Its like Ferrari making a Mickey Mouse addition paint job for your luxury brand car. Why?
 
Good Lord, those look awful. And totally overpriced. But that is true about the whole Beats line up. Terrible.
 
partsofspeech said:
Apple’s coming products:
Mic Mini
iMic
iPad Pro with a Mickey Mouse
iPhone Mice
iPhone MaxMice
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Blamming Japanese for every American business failure is so 1980s.
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Have you noticed Apple is bending over backwards for the Chinese ? It’s Cause it’s the second highest market. Replace Chinese with X and apple will appease x.
 
Disney has bigger things these days than Mickey Mouse - go to any cheap pile it high clothes shop and there is a load of licensed disney branded clothes... when is the last time anyone actually watched a mickey mouse short... it's just fashion, like these.
 
Really though, I've got nothing against Mickey headphones, but for 330$ I feel like they could have got more creative with the artwork. These just look like they copied and pasted a Mickey clipart over and over again on a grey background, with no thought on how to better incorporate the art with the physical shape of headphones.
 
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swingerofbirch said:
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.
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I fear that’s where things go in a lot of growing companies. I see it all the time among friends working in growing companies in different industries. The business grows. The market grows. The customer base grows, but the executives are pressured/threatened and/or given powerful incentives to actually reduce employee headcount. This is of course to drive down labor costs and ultimately please Wall Street more than anything else. It’s harmful long term. But it’s hard to get investors and boards of directors to look long term anymore. Too many want to get while the getting is good and move on to plundering the next company.

Companies used to be too big and inefficient (and many still are) so there was a movement a generation ago to become lean and mean. But like most good ideas, now that’s been taken too far.

Back on topic, well I’ve enjoyed the jokes and puns on this thread. But some of the comments show a low tolerance for the whimsical side of life. I can’t stand Disney or Mickey Mouse, usually...though I’m fond of my 47 year old Mickey Mouse watch. But I know plenty of adults who like to collect Disney memorabilia and they possibly would enjoy these. Live and let live.

Beats is about color and fashion and pop culture. This fits in with Beats.

Oh and as for the founders of Apple, remember they weren’t button down straight laced types. Nor did they found Apple for those who are.

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It looks nice and something for big Disney fans. I think the Disney collector would be willing to pay extra just to get the pin.
 
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EdT said:
I’m not one of them but some people are avid collectors of Mickey Mouse and I’d be willing to bet that this will be popular especially as Christmas gets close.
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Coca-Cola Limited Edition will be next. Who said Apple can’t innovate...? Just remember not to open the box, that will ruin the value!!!
 
Yep. :rolleyes:

Watchbands, Emojis, and overpriced kiddie accessories like this.

But deafening silence on hopelessly outdated Macs and other Apple ecosystem rot (eg. Homekit, iTunes, SIRI).
This speaks volumes about where Apple is headed in the future.
 
Sucks for anyone that wants these because when they break ― like all Beats do ― Apple probably won't have replacement models
 
I was thinking this was to demarcate Mickey Mouse moving to the public domain. But lol of course not, there’s money to be made! Copyright, hooooooo!
 
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