Cool to whom exactly? People buy Apple products because there high quality and work great. Shouldn't the focus be on continuing to innovate while making fantastic products? I guess I just don't get it. But I am obviously not privy to all of the information.. Because lets be frank, Apple is not in the business of just flushing 3.5 billion dollars down the toilet, and have never been a company to acquire a product just for the sake of acquiring a product. In fact, there M.O. has been the exact opposite over the years. That is why there is obviously a plan here that we are all missing, at least I think I'm missing it.. Because otherwise this doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
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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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Cool to whom exactly? People buy Apple products because there high quality and work great. Shouldn't the focus be on continuing to innovate while making fantastic products? I guess I just don't get it. But I am obviously not privy to all of the information.. Because lets be frank, Apple is not in the business of just flushing 3.5 billion dollars down the toilet, and have never been a company to acquire a product just for the sake of acquiring a product. In fact, there M.O. has been the exact opposite over the years. That is why there is obviously a plan here that we are all missing, at least I think I'm missing it.. Because otherwise this doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
I would agree with this if the product itself, Beats headphones, were actually of high quality. But they are not. Apparently they are overpriced junk, although I have never actually owned a pair, that is what I have been hearing from friends and reading online.
Can millennials afford to even buy Apple products? Wouldn't Beats classify more as a "trendy" product that those same millennials will quickly forget about once they find something "cooler" to use?
And what have you heard from haters of Apple... Overpriced junk... haters gon hate... Sure you can make something a million times better but can you afford it? Apple could put out something 100 times better for 100 times the price... Same with Beats! I get it, studio audiophiles say beats suck, yeah a company will not be the top if all they offer is a product to the "elite". **** the elite! Everyone should be able to share in the glory of owing the latest tech!
Iovine and Dre have 50+ years combined experience making music deals and building relationships with record labels, publishers and hundreds of artists. Apple is buying the licensing deals already in place, the deal making experience and the relationships.
But its not the latest tech.. It's crappy tech wrapped in a pretty gold bow.. Or so I have heard. You're not elite for saying people shouldn't buy overpriced crappy products.. Right?
I don't have to. I already know it can't do bass. If you don't want me to be condescending, don't post such nonsense.
lol you really hate Beats that much? i just dont see how it can hurt the product line...i would be willing to bet that you wont see a beats logo anywhere on a mac device. loot at your mac device...do you see any logo other than an apple on it?
Apple doesn't own Intel... They use their processors. Apple MIGHT own Beats. But I agree with you, I do not see them mixing these companies one bit. If they do, then they have lost their damn minds.
I mean, it isn't a good deal, but iTunes is a small drop in Apple's revenue stream, so it won't hurt that much.
But, in terms of their stranglehold on the music industry, this could be the beginning of the end. I thought Apple would work to develop something better than Spotify and Beats, but I guess that was the Apple of old.
But, in terms of their stranglehold on the music industry, this could be the beginning of the end. I thought Apple would work to develop something better than Spotify and Beats, but I guess that was the Apple of old.
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The Timeline
6 months after Apple acquired Beats:
"I never gave them much consideration until today, but WOW, they sound much better than I'd heard"
- and -
"the sound of these is starting to grow on me"
- and -
"Samsung just came out with a line of audio hardware called Pulse audio" (or maybe rolling sto audio)
1 year after Apple acquired Beats:
"Since Apple acquired Beats, the quality of sound out of the products is so much better" (someone points out it's the same product it was before Apple's acquisition so that person will be called a "troll" and relentlessly attacked, etc. If they continue to show strong supporting facts, someone else will try to change the subject: "...but who makes the most profit with a single phone model" or similar)
- and -
"99.9% needs nothing more than Beats <product>"
- and - (my personal favorite…)
" 'I' love the sound of Beats audio so 'you' should too"
2 years after Apple acquired Beats:
"THE best audio equipment anywhere. Period!"
- and -
"Shut up and take my money", "I'm already in line", etc
3 years after Apple acquired Beats:
"Apple invented Beats audio"
5 years after Apple acquired Beats:
"Apple invented headphones"
10 years after Apple acquired Beats:
"Apple invented music"
20 years after Apple Acquired Beats:
"Apple invented sound"
Might be off a year or two here and there, but that's my predictions.
6 months after Apple acquired Beats:
"I never gave them much consideration until today, but WOW, they sound much better than I'd heard"
- and -
"the sound of these is starting to grow on me"
- and -
"Samsung just came out with a line of audio hardware called Pulse audio" (or maybe rolling sto audio)
1 year after Apple acquired Beats:
"Since Apple acquired Beats, the quality of sound out of the products is so much better" (someone points out it's the same product it was before Apple's acquisition so that person will be called a "troll" and relentlessly attacked, etc. If they continue to show strong supporting facts, someone else will try to change the subject: "...but who makes the most profit with a single phone model" or similar)
- and -
"99.9% needs nothing more than Beats <product>"
- and - (my personal favorite…)
" 'I' love the sound of Beats audio so 'you' should too"
2 years after Apple acquired Beats:
"THE best audio equipment anywhere. Period!"
- and -
"Shut up and take my money", "I'm already in line", etc
3 years after Apple acquired Beats:
"Apple invented Beats audio"
5 years after Apple acquired Beats:
"Apple invented headphones"
10 years after Apple acquired Beats:
"Apple invented music"
20 years after Apple Acquired Beats:
"Apple invented sound"
Might be off a year or two here and there, but that's my predictions.
People say the same of Apple. But even if true, they still sell really well, and with Apples resources backing them they can be improved.
Yes, thank you! This is the only scenario in which the deal makes sense. Everyone is ignoring the obvious, it's becoming ridiculous.
I would like to think that most Apple customers aren't motivated by the biscuit in the owners hand... I also can't remember, off the top of my head, of Apple acquiring another large company like this that we can compare this too.
I bought a pair of beats 2 years ago. Use them daily. Think they sound great (they are not the best I have heard but they do sound great) and have never had a problem with them. They are comfortable, they have done everything I have asked them to do. Since i have bought another pair for my girlfriend and have recommended to my friends who have all had similar experiences as me. So I guess we are lucky!!! I think beats is a great product...but from everything I have been reading lately I guess im in the minority.
Ok, I got a laugh out of that
In all seriousness though, I don't see the addition of the Beats brand or Dre bringing higher SQ to Apple's products. That's all I was trying to get across in the original post you responded to.