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New Beats Pill Appears in FCC Database Ahead of Launch

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Multiple celebrities have been spotted with a new version of the Beats Pill speaker, and today the device showed up in an FCC database, suggesting that we're getting closer to a potential launch.

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FCC filings typically happen just weeks ahead of when a product launches, so we could see this new Beats Pill speaker sometime in June. Apple plans to launch Solo Buds earphones in June, so the Pill could launch around the same timeframe.

Apple has clearly provided these Beats Pill speakers to a number of sports stars and celebrities to create hype for it, and the speaker has been seen with basketball star LeBron James, F1 driver Daniel Ricciardo, soccer star Lionel Messi, and Kim Kardashian.

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Apple has shared no details on the speaker, but it has a pill-shaped design that's similar to the Beats Pill that was discontinued in 2022. It also includes a lanyard that was not available on prior models, and that's been heavily promoted in the celebrity leaks. Colors will include gold, red, and black, according to leaked images found when iOS 17.5 was being beta tested.

The new Beats Pill speaker will likely feature USB-C charging, improved Bluetooth, and other similar improvements.

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Apple has clearly provided these Beats Pill speakers to a number of sports stars and celebrities to create hype for it, and the speaker has been seen with basketball star LeBron James, F1 driver Daniel Ricciardo, soccer star Lionel Messi, and Kim Kardashian.
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And failed as far as I am concerned. I would love to know what they paid for these product placement pics, "celebs" don't do stuff like this for free. I would think Apple could do way better for their advertising dollars. I cannot think of anything that turns me off to a product more than blatant photo ops with questionable "celebs".
 
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‘Beats’ logo = number 6 set slightly counter-clockwise; brand name itself also remarkably close to ‘beast’
Three colorways/three logos = 666
First Apple computer = priced at $666.66
Apple logo/branding = bitten apple/fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil in Garden of Eden (Book of Genesis)
Pill = φαρμακεία/pharmakeia in Greek New Testament (translated to sorceries/witchcraft in the King James Version Bible: “…For thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries [pharmakeia] were all nations deceived.” [Revelation 18:23 KJV])

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I bought 2 White Beats Pill+ speakers in 2016ish and used the heck out of them. Ran them in the ground. The batteries are so destroyed that the speakers can't even be on for more than a few seconds. I am sooooo excited about this. Love my HomePod and minis at home, but this is so great to take with you. Very excited.

Side Note: PLEASE HELP!!! Does ANYBODY know if you can replace the battery in the Beats Pill+? I can't find anything about it anywhere and if you have, PLEASE LET ME KNOW!!!

Thank you 🙏
 
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iLuddite said:
‘Beats’ logo = number 6 set slightly counter-clockwise; brand name itself also remarkably close to ‘beast’
Three colorways/three logos = 666
First Apple computer = priced at $666.66
Apple logo/branding = bitten apple/fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil in Garden of Eden (Book of Genesis)
Pill = φαρμακεία/pharmakeia in Greek New Testament (translated to sorceries/witchcraft in the King James Version Bible: “…For thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries [pharmakeia] were all nations deceived.” [Revelation 18:23 KJV])

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The Apple logo is supposedly the Apple that Eve ate too. Sin entering the world being the implication. Food for thought for sure.
 
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If you want to listen to music on the move wouldn’t AirPods be a better bet?
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Sadly, the world is definitely not that type of society anymore, well maybe except for Japan. No one cares that they have their speaker phone on full volume while at the restaurant or care about how annoying that act while on public transportation.

Lanyard edition: "We like our genre of music so much that we think you are going to like it too!" Apple
 
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CookItOff said:
The post you're replying to mentions on the move which the Lanyard edition is targeting, as seen in ALL of Apple's marketing material for this new version. Small but significant difference.
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Show me where the Lanyard edition is actually targeting "on the move". Hell, show me that the speaker is even on in the photos where it's being "shown off" by celebrities. Nobody mentions anything about what they were listening to, only that they were seen holding one.

On the move/on the go/moving about = can also mean not permanently placed. In the morning, I'm on the move, I bring my pill into the bathroom while I'm getting ready in there and then I move to the kitchen and I bring it with me. Why should I wear AirPods while I'm in my home while I'm on the move?

While I have encountered what you described by people on iPhones and Tablets, I have yet to encounter others behaving that way with BT speakers however you assume the worst primary use case just because now it has a lanyard? Seems like manufactured outrage/snark to me.
 
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Tyler O'Bannon said:
I bought 2 White Beats Pill+ speakers in 2016ish and used the heck out of them. Ran them in the ground. The batteries are so destroyed that the speakers can't even be on for more than a few seconds. I am sooooo excited about this. Love my HomePod and minis at home, but this is so great to take with you. Very excited.

Side Note: PLEASE HELP!!! Does ANYBODY know if you can replace the battery in the Beats Pill+? I can't find anything about it anywhere and if you have, PLEASE LET ME KNOW!!!

Thank you 🙏
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I found a place selling batteries called Joe's Gaming & Electronics for $49 but they're out of stock. There's a video showing teardown on YouTube and it looks doable.

I also found that there's official battery replacement for $79 on the beats support website. https://support.apple.com/beats/repair
 
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