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I’ve got a pair that’s been collecting dust. Don’t think they were worth it at the old price.
 
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Tim Cook needs to pay for his mansions. Steve Jobs never flaunted his money in fancy houses.

Everybody has to be a Jeff Bezos.

"In Xanadu did Kubla Khan a stately pleasure dome decree"

Yeah, Bezos and Cook are so different than all the wealthy before them... And don't pretend Jobs didn't have wealthy possessions.
 
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Just ordered them for 40€. That’s actually pretty impressive price, considering we used to pay 30€ for EarPods. I guess this is about over now, though.
 
I was just looking at picking these up last week as backup to my AirPod Pro.

Now I think I may just go with a cheaper wired solution - maybe the Apple EarPods with lightning.
 
Good thing I just got my wife a replacement pair for $39.99 at walmart after cat chewed them. the sony $18 dollar ones at BB sound alot better in my opinion.
 
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Don't worry -- I'm sure the price will come back down once chip shortages and supply constraints are ironed out..

:D ;) ;)
It will also help when the whatever curves are flattened, about two weeks is what we all need to flatten it all out… (put this phrase on repeat every month for the next 2 years at least).
 
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Jobs bought a $3.5 million dollar historical mansion and let it fall into disrepair over the course of 11 years just so he would have an excuse to destroy it just to build a “smaller less complicated house”.

But since he died before being able to build a house after successfully demolishing the nightmare he created out of pure greed, he never flaunted money in fancy housing... /s

jfc you people and this weird deifying of Jobs.
I could use a hug too.
 
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That's a BIG price increase!
Doesn't bode well for the new MacBook Pro, Apple knows people want them and even if there are extra costs I'm sure Apple will want to add an extra premium.


- I will still pay it, for my sins. 😕
You can pay for the upcoming MacBook Pro with some all new finance plans if you can't stretch for the eye watering one-off RRP cost. That's what Apple will want people to do. Finance, finance, finance...
 
That $750 million you just got wasn’t enough Tim Apple? 🤔
 
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I'd love to recommend these, but can't. My Beats X lasted only a year and a half. Battery replacement looks nearly impossible. I'll stick with my wired earphones until battery technology makes some huge strides.
Apple will more than likely disable wired headphones through hardware change than bringing revolutionary battery tech, cause, all modern iPhone do not have a headphone jack anymore right? And they can still say “you can enjoy lossless audio through our $100 speaker”.
In this time of economic uncertainty, I am really concerned for Apple. I hope they can survive this difficult period.
What I am concerning is Apple having mercy and not destroying us during the current economic uncertainty.
 
Looking at the comments so far, it might be an unpopular opinion but i absolutely adore this pair of headphones. I have the airpods pro and bose quietcomfort but I always reach for this when I'm heading out. You can pop them on and off, let it sit on your neck without bringing a case with you and the battery life is awesome.
 
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Prices are going up astronomically for everything. It’s only the little people that feel the pain of it though. Every business I know is hiking prices… I guess COVID is the gift that keeps on making the rich richer. When it’s over you think prices will decrease? Nah… it’s a central bank scam to cover up the crazy money printing 😜 for all the graff for the political “players.”
 
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That's a BIG price increase!
Doesn't bode well for the new MacBook Pro, Apple knows people want them and even if there are extra costs I'm sure Apple will want to add an extra premium.


- I will still pay it, for my sins. 😕

They're going to reduce costs eliminating the Touch Bar and dropping Intel (and reducing cooling needs) but keep the prices the same, most likely.

Just bought a pair of AirDots 2 for $12, direct from Xiaomi. Seems like chip shortages and price increases only affect certain companies. 😆

Well, when you have no engineering costs and merely rely on technical theft, you can keep costs low.
 
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