Apple's Discontinued Beats Pill+ Speaker Returning With Limited-Edition Model

[MacRumors]

While the Beats Pill+ was discontinued a few months ago, the portable Bluetooth speaker is making a comeback with a new limited-edition model.

Beats has collaborated with fashion brand Stüssy on a limited-edition Beats Pill+ speaker featuring a skull-and-bones design and the Stüssy logo. An engraved message on the top of the speaker says "the only good system is a sound system."

The limited-edition model appears to have the same overall design as the original Beats Pill+ released in 2015, based on images shared on Stüssy's website.

The speaker will be available worldwide on Stüssy's website for a limited time starting Friday, March 4 at 10 a.m. Pacific Time. Pricing is set at $185 in the United States, $255 in Canada, £185 in the United Kingdom, €205 in the Netherlands, ₩230,000 in Korea, and ¥21,500 in Japan, according to an emailed announcement from Beats.

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[kyjaotkb]

poor timing for a death-inspired design...

 

[Lwii2boo]

Honestly i found every single beat product uninspiring except those for sport enthusiasts

 

[TheDailyApple]

Oh, a representation of mangled skeletal systems. I always wonder if similar designs based on the muscular, digestive, or circulatory systems would sell.

 

[Ion-X]

Read the room!

 

[contacos]

Did they have some left in stock, which they have just re-painted and sell it as a „limited“ edition goody? ?

 

[sw1tcher]

Whoa! Didn't know Stüssy was still around.

They were "cool" back in the '80s with the surfer and skater kids along with Billabong, T&C Surf, Maui & Son, Vision Street Wear, etc.

Does the audience for Beats products even know who Stüssy is or care?

 

[Edgecrusherr]

Great idea, let’s spent $180 on a discontinued project.

 

[NMBob]

Are they celebrating the Khmer Rouge regime?

 

[orbital~debris]

Oh yes, that's certainly been thought through 😦. Incredibly poor timing to release a design with this kind of motif.

Disappointed in Apple; hope they rethink this.

 

[StuBeck]

Did they have some left in stock, which they have just re-painted and sell it as a „limited“ edition goody? ?

That has to be exactly what happened, someone discontinued it, and then during end of year they realized they had a bunch of inventory left from un-needed warranty return stock and had to do something with it.

 

[aParkerMusic]

poor timing for a death-inspired design...

Absurd criticism.

Terrible things happen all the time. But we’re not supposed to release a product because Ukraine was invaded?

If we didn’t do ANYTHING any time some terrible thing happened….we wouldn’t do anything. What is your criteria for allowing products to be released? What a weak attempt at looking virtuous.

 

[tridley68]

Did they have some left in stock, which they have just re-painted and sell it as a „limited“ edition goody? 😅

Probably gotta move that junk somehow

 

[satchmo]

I think it's a bit of a reach to connect this to what's happening in Ukraine.

I do think it's weird to release a discontinued product out of the blue.

 

[WWPD]

Stüssy? This will go well with my JNCO jeans.

 

[Apple fan from Korea]

Honestly i found every single beat product uninspiring except those for sport enthusiasts

Their Studio Buds are nice for their price. I got em for around 99$ with a discount and while they’re certainly not AirPods Pro grade quality, the sound quality and ANC seem great. Also like the fit in my ears, though this could depend on each person’s own differences.

 

[jdavid_rp]

Did they have some left in stock, which they have just re-painted and sell it as a „limited“ edition goody? ?

Just like the Beats Solo 3

 

[Darth Tulhu]

Love the design. I've always liked the whole skull and crossbones look.

Don't see the issue here (regarding the aesthetics of the device), given its subjectivity.

 

[erikkfi]

There's a war raging in Europe, hundreds of civilians are dead, and six days in Apple releases a product featuring a death motif.

 

[basehead617]

I absolutely hated this product..

After a full charge sitting there NOT IN USE my beats pill ran out of battery after a couple weeks.. i have similarly specked bluetooth speakers that last a year in that state. Every time i went to use the pill it was dead, so frustrating.

 

[aParkerMusic]

Oh yes, that's certainly been thought through ?. Incredibly poor timing to release a design with this kind of motif.

Disappointed in Apple; hope they rethink this.

You’re the one drawing the connection, not Apple.

Perhaps you need to reorient your thinking.

Did you eat meat recently? Did you know meat comes from things that were killed??

How could you support death with all that’s going on in the world??

Oh, because the death you’re benefitting from….has nothing to do with Ukraine.

Stop it, seriously.

 

[satchmo]

There's a war raging in Europe, hundreds of civilians are dead, and six days in Apple releases a product featuring a death motif.

Thousands of people have been killed in ongoing wars in Africa. But I guess it was okay for Apple to release new MacBook Pros.

 

[grouch]

Stüssy? This will go well with my JNCO jeans.

Hey there's nothing wrong with JNCO jeans.

 

[aParkerMusic]

Thousands of people have been killed in ongoing wars in Africa. But I guess it was okay for Apple to release new MacBook Pros.

Exactly. The lengths people will go to for attention and a sense of moral superiority….it’s honestly pathetic.

 

[Complex757]

There's a war raging in Europe, hundreds of civilians are dead, and six days in Apple releases a product featuring a death motif.

I can't hear you from up on your high horse, why don't you come back down to the rest of us civilians who have always dealt with war and death.