I have plastic headphones too and they don't bother me because they don't make plastic-y popping sounds when I adjust them. The Beats solo and Studio models do. For the price, that's unforgivable.
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That's because you are not their target market.
Beats is the Nike of the headphone world. They are on all the athletes (NFL, NBA, NHL) players as they are warming up or walking off the bus. Their image and sponsorships were worth the pricetag apple paid. The product however.. not so much (but the people buying them are not concerned about that).
Ahem...these are $349.
https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/8/...face-headphones-release-date-pricing-features
What's the relevance of those headphones?
This used to be true until Bose started buying up league sponsorships.
Can't say this version since haven't tried them, although considering Cook's apple is mostly about cutting corners to raise margins, these likely are no exception.
In regards the previous models, if you get a chance to open up a broken pair, it's basically overpriced plastic junk with mediocre audio quality, the inside components are a joke, cables look like the cheapest ever made.
Much older classics like technics mkII or sennheiser hd-25 (or models with more isolation as well) wipe beats off without a sweat.
And players continue to wear Beats. They just simply send the fine to Apple and have them pay it.
I think all the beats too much bass. Don’t think ‘studio’ and Beats go together but lots of companies throw in hi fi terminology for their marketing.
Yes, this puzzles me. I'm sure the W1 chip is still up to the job, but why is Apple selling premium headphones with 3-year old technology inside?
As for comments about these not having good sound quality, you can't judge a book by its cover. We have no idea what engineering has gone into these over previous models. The sound quality may indeed be top of the class.
As for the price, yes expensive, but no different than past models, no? The Pro models sell for $439 here in Canada.
I can never remember the names of other headphone products. They usually have weird names like X6320-2 or Beyerdynamics or some brand I am not familiar. I am know Sony, Microsoft, and Bose have headphones.
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We are just conditioned by the number system from products that we use.
PowerPC G3, PowerPC G4, ... G5. Intel i3, i5, i7, i9. Apple's A8, A9, A10. iPhone 6, 7, 8, Apple Watch Series 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4. Beats Studio 2, Studio 3.
I think you're on to a great idea here. Instead of sending reviewers new products to evaluate, we should send them old models that are actually broken and ask them to review those.
In other words, I am utterly shocked that you think they're not good headphones, given the ones you tried were old and broken. Shocked.
I have the power beats-3 and beats-X an id say they are really good better than what was previously offered... Running with power beats are awesome and casual walking or riding the train with beats-x are good and plenty ear-tips to choose from, Not full noise cancellation but well enough.
My Bose QC's are on there last leg with warranty, So I'm looking for some new over ear headphone may just grab these..
What would you like an updated W1 chip to do that the current one doesn’t? Be specific.
With respect to using 3-year old technology...well look at the people who whined when Apple canned the 20 year old USB-A ports on their MacBook Pros.
Speaking of flimsy cords. You ever see a MagSafe or lightning cable after a year? Yeah, seems that these Beats fit in really well with Apple's product line.
I’ve owned a pair of beats solo 3 since they launched a few years ago and they never made the sound you claim they do
Wireless will never sound as good as wired for the same price. If I wanted to plunk down 350 bills for hi fi headphones, they sure as heck wouldn't be wireless.