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Still holding out for the BeatsX myself. I'm also curious to see what "additional colors" other than black and white they'll be offering on those.
 
I wonder if Apple will eventually drop the beats name. They did to the app when they renamed it Apple Music. and given the earpods and airpods, there is a bit of overlap. I would hope they rename all to Apple.
I doubt it. That name is the name in mass market consumer headphones. The negatives to dropping the name would far outweigh the positives imo. In fact, I can't think of a single positive to dropping the name.
 
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Guess I'll have to wait till the studio wireless comes out with W1 Chip, don't like in/on ear headsets/headphones!
Honestly, I would buy the current set. I did a review earlier. They are like $120 off at Best Buy.
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I wonder if Apple will eventually drop the beats name. They did to the app when they renamed it Apple Music. and given the earpods and airpods, there is a bit of overlap. I would hope they rename all to Apple.
They absolutely would not do this. Apple does not have any name recognition when it comes to premium audio.
 
For any DIY-ers out there. Radians makes a custom molded silicon earplug set for ~$10 I use for shooting. It has a nice side-use of mashing ear buds within the mixture before it sets. The end product is a custom molded noise isolating earbud that stays in your ear without any extra ear loops or horrible inserts.

Highly recommend. Can even run and sweat with them in.
 
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Are the powerbeats "on-ear" or "in-ear"?
Powerbeats are looking to big to be in-ears.

They're in-ear, but with an ear clip / loop to make sure they stay on your ears.

I tried other ones that were JUST in-ear, but they wouldn't stay on my ears when I sweated, so this was one of the only options that worked for me.

Yes, the sound quality is not as good, but the fact that they stay on my ears is worth much more to me.
 
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Have the powerbeats 2.. satisfied customer

I would upgrade if this has a significant battery improvement. Not that I have a problem with 4-6 hours of use, I just don't want to charge as much haha. 10ish hours would be nice

Time to upgrade then. The new ones are rated at 12 hours battery life.
 
Liked the Powerbeats2 but they seemed to have issues with sweat resistance and the warranty eventually ran out. For the price I'd need a solid 2-3 years which didn't seem likely. Hopefully things are improved for this iteration.
 
Still holding out for the BeatsX myself. I'm also curious to see what "additional colors" other than black and white they'll be offering on those.
There's an ad on Facebook that shows the other colors
They're the same as on the Powerbeats3

Maybe the Beats website will show you the colors without going through Facebook, I know Apple's doesn't
 
Now I just need Best Buy to show availability so I can use my gift cards!
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$260.00 ???? Are you kidding? I'll stick with my Motorola S10's for running @ $25.

Where are you seeing $260? They are $199 in the US from the Apple Store.
 
Now I just need Best Buy to show availability so I can use my gift cards!
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Where are you seeing $260? They are $199 in the US from the Apple Store.

Murica is not the only country in the world ya know...
 
I was going to get either PowerBeats3 or BeatsX, but when Best Buy had the PowerBeats2 on sale for $99 and I had rewards certificates in waiting, I couldn't pass up the opportunity to get two sets of PowerBeats2 - one pair for me and one pair for my wife - for just over the cost of one pair of BeatsX, or just about the price of one pair of AirPods.
 
You want to be seen with them in public? Amazing.
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Neither does Beats.

They look fine to me end of the day it's not different to normal earbuds without the cable.

End of the day you buy products for your needs not what people think. If anything people will be envy the fact you have some
 
Gonna wait for reviews on the diff ones before opening my wallet. I've never owned Beats before.
waiting...
 
I doubt it. That name is the name in mass market consumer headphones. The negatives to dropping the name would far outweigh the positives imo. In fact, I can't think of a single positive to dropping the name.
I expect that Apple will continue to encroach however. Now with the AirPods and then through the chips they are placing in the beats headphones to work with Apple products. Maybe they move to naming the in the ear to Apple pods and the on/over the ear as beats. But somehow the word beats does not seem to fit so comfortably in the Apple vernacular. What I mean is that they tend to be litteralist -- i.e. iPhone, iPad, macBook, Apple Watch, Apple TV, EarPods, iOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS, Apple Music, iBooks. Even when it's not so literal, the have something tangible - i.e. Apple, Macintosh, iTunes, Pages, Numbers. Beats is neither literal nor tangible.

I have no issue with the brand having a significant and positive recognition and I agree that it would therefore be difficult and dumb to switch the name overnight. But I still see it as a one off name and I would not be surprised if there is a slow encroachment (especially because Apple seems to be going very slow these days).
 
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