LeBron James Spotted Wearing Unreleased Beats Studio Buds

[jjudson]

"Spotted".

It wasn't like Dr. Dre and Beats' marketing department didn't contact James' people, setup a free offer of buds -- along with a tasty endorsement check -- and then accidentally called the paparazzi to stumble upon him wearing them...

Was it?

 

[criticasm]

Umm…you clicked on the article when you could have easily kept scrolling. So obviously you care

Ummm.... they touched a hyperlink & swiped their finger up. Really how much "caring" is that? I did the same just to see the comments. I get what the article is about from the title so didn't read it & I'm not buying these buds so clearly I don't care at all about them.

 

[Bawstun]

do people really care about ear buds?

Yes, and they don’t care what the price or mark-up on them is. It is totally bizarre, IMO.

The marketing and advertising has essentially made overpriced earbuds the new “sneakers”, like sneakerheads who collect the latest and greatest.

If you’re into narcissism and appearances, you NEED the latest earbuds, or else your buddy at the gym will have them and make you look like “a poor” for having an iteration that is 1 or 2 cycles old.

Bizarre.

 

[itickings]

Yes, and they don’t care what the price or mark-up on them is.

Well, the markup is not really that relevant on a functional market, is it?

Price is relevant. Priceworthy is relevant. Markup isn’t.

 

[RedRage]

Lebron James hurt a lot of feelings in this thread lol

 

[danny1305]

Ummm.... they touched a hyperlink & swiped their finger up. Really how much "caring" is that? I did the same just to see the comments. I get what the article is about from the title so didn't read it & I'm not buying these buds so clearly I don't care at all about them.

Ummm…I don’t know about you, but I don’t click on things I don’t care about or have no interest in. Seems like a waste of time.
I don’t really care too much for pasta, but I guess if I was you I would just walk into Italian restaurants and see what everyone’s up to huh? Maybe I’ll try it out this weekend if I have time…

 

[bryo]

Yes, and they don’t care what the price or mark-up on them is. It is totally bizarre, IMO.

The marketing and advertising has essentially made overpriced earbuds the new “sneakers”, like sneakerheads who collect the latest and greatest.

If you’re into narcissism and appearances, you NEED the latest earbuds, or else your Buddy at the gym will have them and make you look like “a poor” for having an iteration that is 1 or 2 cycles old.

Bizarre.

Capitalism baby, these will sell like crazy.

 

[ericwn]

Well I know what product I will not be buying. James can drop off the face of the earth for all I care. Loser.

Oh the drama. You probably have a list of other things he has in his possession that you also stopped buying, right?

 

[SuperMatt]

Oh the drama. You probably have a list of other things he has in his possession that you also stopped buying, right?

LeBron James also eats and breathes regularly. I hope people don’t give that up just because LeBron is doing it.

 

[Stephen.R]

LeBron James also eats and breathes regularly. I hope people don’t give that up just because LeBron is doing it.

 

[Rafterman]

4 NBA Championships with 3 different teams, the most recent being last season. Pretty much the opposite of jumping the shark. He is 36 but still near the top of his game. It’s quite incredible, actually.

But he's no Bill Russell. 11 championships!

 

[Sir_Macs_A_Lot]

Who cares what that fool is wearing

I'm more concerned with what Conan was wearing. Are those ox horns or bull horns?

 

[Bandaman]

do people really care about ear buds?

Yes, just not these.

 

[Ozid]

Yes, and they don’t care what the price or mark-up on them is. It is totally bizarre, IMO.

The marketing and advertising has essentially made overpriced earbuds the new “sneakers”, like sneakerheads who collect the latest and greatest.

If you’re into narcissism and appearances, you NEED the latest earbuds, or else your buddy at the gym will have them and make you look like “a poor” for having an iteration that is 1 or 2 cycles old.

Bizarre.

It’s not that serious unless you’re still in K-12 or care about what someone in school feels.

I am still wearing my 1.0 AirPods and now that the batteries are becoming an issue, I’m going to upgrade. Possibly to these if they have the same features as AirPods Pro

 

[ikramerica]

But he's no Bill Russell. 11 championships!

But he plays now! So he’s the GOAT! Because, what’s history?

 

[SuperMatt]

Well I know what product I will not be buying. James can drop off the face of the earth for all I care. Loser.

I wasn’t aware he played for the Penguins…

 

[SuperMatt]

Well that solidifies my decision to never looking at or purchasing them.

Too late, you already looked at them. LeBron wins again!

 

[iMacCoen]

Who cares what that fool is wearing

Hey LeBron - you're next.

 

[hipnetic]

So comical. So the notion here is that they gave LeBron a pair of earbuds to test out, made him sign an NDA because they wanted his expert opinion on the sound quality, and then "oops" he wore them out in public?

Yes, that's much more believable than the idea that they gave a high-profile celebrity (with no expertise in audio sound quality) a pair to wear publicly as a pre-release advertisement.

 

[bmustaf]

Who cares what that fool is wearing

Who cares what you think about LeBron & his relevance is the real question

 

[bmustaf]

LeBron James Spotted Wearing Unreleased Beats Studio Buds​

For real nobody cares what James is or isn’t doing.

I think the pop culture, media, and marketing clout he has repudiates that statement pretty effectively.

I don't care. You don't care, but hundreds of millions of people around the world probably do and their buying and brand loyalty behavior will be influenced by it, so, well, what do you expect in markets where that is rewarded?

 

[aleni]

Lakers fan, but I think it will be a tough road. If I was Phoenix, I'd be insiulted that a 7 seed was favored over a 2 to win the series.

Well they’re the 7th seed because of Bron and AD’s injured.

 

[travelsheep]

Looks like he's spilling his latte, or foot-and-mouth disease, either way he should get that checked

 

[TheMacDaddy1]

do people really care about ear buds?

Or a basketball player?

 

[TheMacDaddy1]

Yet, here you're, commenting on the story.

How does that means he cares what that person says or does? I agree I could care less what he says or thinks. It certainly will not make me want the product. It does make think less of Apple for using this kind of advertising.