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ColorWare is Now Selling Apple's AirPods in 58 Colors if You're Willing to Pay $289

I think a matte finish on them would feel nice. Could help with grip when taking them out/putting them in the case and help them grip in your ear better.
 
I wonder what Apple make of them doing this. Either way a skin seems a simpler way to achieve this and you don't have to stick to one colour.
 
It's amazing to me that these guys have been in business for so long considering their range of colours is downright goddamn hideous
 
dan110 said:
I did read the article ... and never said that Apple was increasing the price. Reading is fundamental.
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Since your comments were made in relation to this article we can assume that your comments refer to the content of this article ;) You said:
The insanity continues
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This implies that things like this have happened before and are, well, continuing. To what insanity do you refer? We don't know yet, but, based on the contents of the article, it's safe to assume colour, price, wait time, etc.
The value to price ratio of Apple's products continue to diminish.
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So here you've cleared it up: the price. You specifically refer to Apple products having a poor price (to value ratio).

Thus, the implication--the meaning of what you've said--is that this article shows yet another example of Apple's products having poor price (to value ratio). But the article isn't about an Apple product, at least not directly--it's about ColorWave's products.

So I guess you're just here to bitch about Apple :rolleyes:

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Michaelgtrusa said:
They look nice.
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Timing of the release is great too. Emerging from winter, color is the thing, man. At least in the Northeast. Everything that's not still dirty-white glaciers piled up against the barn is just that winter-dormant brown or grey... I used to imagine how fun it would be to have a taxi yellow iPod on the kitchen table this time of year, and now I can imagine it with matching AirPods. On the cost: to each his own idea of what a luxury is and what it's worth personally versus maybe eating rice and beans (or rice without the beans lol) to fit it into the budget. Good on Colorware for knowing that!
 
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Or you can get some air skins that wrap around the pods and they come in just as many colors as colorware.
They are 8 bucks!
As soon as Apple starts releasing color versions this service will no longer be attractive to the rich and stupid!
 
MagnusVonMagnum said:
LOL. Who didn't read the article? They buy Apple's Airpods and PAINT them for you. I'd hardly call that ColorWare's product....
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You might not call it ColorWare's product, but it is. The AirPods are from Apple, yes, but ColorWave isn't a reseller. The entire reason one would purchase from them, i.e. buy what ColorWave produces, their product, is to get a custom colour. One buys ColorWave disassembly, painting, assembly, and warranty; that's their product.

You wouldn't call an iPhone a Samsung product because many of its components are made by them.

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triton100 said:
Putting on my psychologist hat I would deduce that people who protest so wildly about overpriced coloured airpods are negatively criticising them to make themselves feel better about not being able to afford them. For some reason they feel bitter about not being able to stump up the cost. Someone who could, would not feel the need to critique as harshly. It's like they're jealous of a neighbours new car.

Companies place premiums on coloured differentiations all the time. Cars. Furniture. Clothes Etc. It's an extension of personality. If there's a market. And people are willing. Why not. If it makes them happy.
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Well Dr. Freud, perhaps they're just reacting to this latest over-the-top example of conspicuous consumption. The Big Lie in this life is that consumption can make people happy. I remember the days when Apple claimed to be on the side of people interested in creating things. Times have changed.
 
citysnaps said:
They will... Just like other products (iPods for example) were eventually offered in colors.

At the moment there's no need to since they can't meet the enormous demand just making them in white, and have been quoting 6 weeks delivery since Christmas.
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I'm not convinced they will eventually offer more colours. All their peripherals are white and have been for a long time. They did introduce coloured iPods but the headphones were still only available in white.

Apple's apparent inability to manufacture their products in sufficient quantity to satisfy demand is a management problem. Adding more colour options wouldn't make that problem go away.
 
bladerunner2000 said:
300 bucks... for a colour? The sad thing is, there are some people dumb enough to pay that.
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Why does how much money someone is willing to pay for a product have any correlation on their intelligence? Sounds like their paint jobs are done correctly and took a lot of skill to get right. If people find value in that, don't knock their intelligence!
 
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Meh. Wake me when Apple makes in-ear AirPods. Love mine, but I need noise isolation in certain situations. Tried Beats X, sounded good, but after AirPods, the kludgy cables and cheap feel and functionality did not cut it for me.

In-ear AirPods, Apple. Take my money.
 
3goldens said:
As soon as Apple starts releasing color versions this service will no longer be attractive to the rich and stupid!
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First part may or may not be true though when/if Apple does come out with colors it won't be with the option of 50+. Second part "rich and stupid" -- Why so bitter toward those that might buy these? Why care at all?
 
Does the Apple warranty become void.. The article says all the work that they do has a warranty of 12 months.. What about the original Apple warranty?
 
errin said:
Jony Ive would cry since it's in his next plan to release Rose Gold version this year.
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In that case, "Rose Gold by Ive" is different because it is "Ive's Rose Gold",
as Ive is with Apple and Apple is great so everything Ive does is great because he is @Apple
 
triton100 said:
Putting on my psychologist hat I would deduce that people who protest so wildly about overpriced coloured airpods are negatively criticising them to make themselves feel better about not being able to afford them. For some reason they feel bitter about not being able to stump up the cost. Someone who could, would not feel the need to critique as harshly. It's like they're jealous of a neighbours new car.
Companies place premiums on coloured differentiations all the time. Cars. Furniture. Clothes Etc. It's an extension of personality. If there's a market. And people are willing. Why not. If it makes them happy.
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I don't mind people hanging Oral-B brushes out of their head. Or out of their noses. But for some reason, I hardly feel any common sense with it.
For any positive correlation with my salary, I apologize to Apple
 
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Wow, they are gorgeous. I would definitely get them if I wasn't an audio-snob. That kind of money can get me some nice planar magnetics.
 
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