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Beats Co-Founders Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine Expected to Take on Senior Roles at Apple Following Acquisition
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No... just trying to give you an hint... you want to look at reviews? Look at people who specialize in that field! Another clue... google reviews from audiophile magazines on what they say about this.
It makes perfect sense why Apple is buying Beats. Apple could have bought Bose, or just about any other headphone manufacturer. But they went for the most popular, not the best in some peoples eyes, but the most popular. You can't walk into a gym, school, airport, beach, downtown area, without seeing someone with Beat's headphones. Its $$$ and lets be honest, thats what it's all about these days. How to make more money. 3.2B is nothing for Apple to aquire a huge money maker. With Dre and Iovine still overseeing things it sounds like, hopefully the headphones will continue on a strong path. I'm ready for an iTunes revamp. I hate the layout since it's changed.
Bring on Beat's by Geeks
Bring on Beat's by Geeks
I just want to say Beats by Geeks would be a cool idea. Especially if they could collaborate with Video game, and comic book companies to have some themed headphones. Beats might be too bassy for me, but they look good. I could probably be convinced to buy with the right nerdy theme to them.
Now there's a first, both the words good and rap in the same sentence.
I wonder if Apple will integrate Beats audio into the iPad's? If the streaming service is the reason behind this deal then Apple has lost the plot or maybe they are losing their leverage. I remember reading something to the effect when Eddy Cue was part of some music negotiation and he just put his feet on his desk and and quipped, "yeah it great to be Apple".
I only posted reviews because the person I quoted posted a subjective article where some lifehacker author said they're bad.. It was to show that if you look you'll find people who like it and people who dont. in other words, its subjective! You can't tell me I don't like what I hear, just like you can't tell an audiophile that they like what they hear.
At the end of the day, beats owns the market for headphones and has software too Apple is in the business of making money, and beats will make them money. There's too much searching for some ulterior motive.
Apple doesn't care what macrumors thinks. They care that teenagers to grandma's are buying beats products and that beats had a billion in sales.
Is that some US point of view? I can not name any other region in the world where hip hop is mainstream : Asia, nope, Middle East no way, Africa, not the case, Europe, hopefully not. The more I think about it, the more it looks like a US acquisition for US people.
So what happened to Jony Ive frequent statements that Apple build the best products they can? Beats headphones are overpriced and poor quality. They only sell because of the anti-establishment brand image. How will they keep that as part of Apple? I agree with the people above, this acquisition makes no sense. They should have acquired Bose or Sony which would bring seriously good products and lots of tech knowledge and patents.
You know Apple is (allegedly) making a bad move when even Rogifan is criticizing it.
Probably Beats is a strong brand in the US, I can not remember the last time I saw this red b on the street in western europe... I am not very sensitive to this kind of attributes I have to say though
They haven't created a product with this acquisition yet.
Your opinion, not every ones.
Where'd you get that from?
See my first part above.
A fair comment, if it wasn't for the fact that headphones are nothing like computers and phones. When your device has one sole use (listening to stuff), pretty much the only 2 things that matter are comfort and sound quality. Beats don't really do very well at either for their price.
I do see where you're coming from, but unfortunately the comparison between PCs and headphones don't work out.
You dare to send me to look at offensive articles that begin:
SandraRose said:
And continue:
SandraRose said:
And you expect me to take your opinion seriously? Really?!
Dr. Dre has amassed a fortune the likes of you and I can only dream of. And he's done it through hard work over many years, using his business acumen and talent. Pure and simple.
As a black male I have to say I'm dismayed by the racist undertones and comments surrounding this story - both here on Macrumors and elsewhere on the net. That the saintly white Apple brand can't possibly be 'tarnished' by a black man. Even though that black man probably has a net worth of over $500 million and has more business savvy in his little finger than many others.
Oh well - I guess some things will never change.
RTP.
Maybe in the US but not here in Europe where it is very much a niche. Dance music is the most popular here.
Exactly. Those ridiculous articles were supposed to be taken seriously because the headline was "audiophile says they're bad"
Gimme a break.
Yup! That rage music I listen to during those most gruesome car accident videos I see on youtube. I know it's not the US when I listen to that crap.
Now there's a first, both the words good and rap in the same sentence.
When people say this, I just wonder what kind of music have you been exposed to? I personally would call myself in eclectic in musical preference, but even in genres I don't really listen to, I can appreciate the skill and talent of the artists. I can definitely understand that someone could find 2 Chainz to be a terrible artist (I can't stand him), but I don't see how anyone could listen to the Beastie Boys, Nas, Common, Lupe Fiasco, Kendrick Lamar, etc. and think "Wow, these people aren't talented at all."
I'm not a fan of Beats headphones either, I don't own any and aren't looking to buy them, but they were already in the apple store.
http://store.apple.com/us/iphone/iphone-accessories/headsets
But it seems it was o.k. with people for apple to sell high priced junk, because it wasn't quite so closely associated with apple, it didn't change their perceived fashion value of apple products.
Pandora isn't an on-demand streaming music service and was Spotify available? What was the asking price and would people like the EU Commerce Commission be happy with Apple owning both iTunes and the dominant streaming platform?
Did Apple buy anything more than a trademark logo?
Did they only buy a trademark logo to affix to their products for billions?
Did they only buy a trademark logo to affix to their products for billions?
Beats are a "trendy" fashion statement. Weather you like them or not they outsell pretty much any other headphone. Let's look at the iPhone it also is "trendy". Me personally I have a love/hate relationship with it. Sometimes I love it sometimes I hate it, but a ton of people have them even people on welfare and foodstamps, and soc sec. I've ownd a pair of beats before, and then I sold them off, cause I would rather wear earbuds then headphones. If apple does anything with the headphones I hope they make their ear pods or what comes with an iPhone nicer.
They already gave the keynote speech; South Central style.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2e5ZibypDk
Take a look at the worldwide charts and let us know if you are having any difficulty identifying any rappers, or songs featuring rappers or any other urban music in the top ten.
http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks.htm
I've never read a single review which said anything different and I would agree with them but hey Apple headphones have never been any good anyway so I guess nothing will change.