I HIGHLY doubt Apple would replace the EarPods with beats headphones. It would look like an oddball in the packaging unless they make them white, or Apple comes out with new earbuds that have beats technology inside or something like that.
Before you go spewing this information you should qualify your little claim with some references, even just one. I am not defending the guy but it is truly tasteless to make such a remark without qualifying it. Since we're on the subject of tasteless and all.There is a reason why Beats headphones were initially offered in red - Dr. Dre is/was a bloods member. Not sure if any money is filtering back to the home crew but it would not surprise me.
This is a truly tasteless acquisition by Apple.
There is a reason why Beats headphones were initially offered in red - Dr. Dre is/was a bloods member. Not sure if any money is filtering back to the home crew but it would not surprise me.
This is a truly tasteless acquisition by Apple.
Ok, I asked question in title, so what do you think?
There's a $70 spread between EarPods at retail and the least-expensive Beats in-ear headphones.
I don't see it as a way of increasing sales. If anything, if would dramatically devalue the Beats brand. The entire after-market headset industry is built on the notion that the included headset is crap. Going forward, will the stores simply give up on those very profitable sales? No, they're likely to diss the Beats that are included with the phone. As soon as they start implying that Beats is sub-standard, the after-market sales will skew heavily towards other brands.
Further, it's an expensive item to "give away," when only a fraction of purchasers will care. There will be those who buy Apple, no matter what. There will be those who will buy anything but Apple, no matter what. In between those, "better headsets" is just one of many features being used to distinguish between brands. How often is it likely that the headsets will be the factor that tips the balance? If it's more than 10%, I'd be astounded. That means, Apple expends $700 of value for the sake of one additional sale. That just doesn't add up. New software features are very cheap. Upgraded hardware isn't.
There is a reason why Beats headphones were initially offered in red - Dr. Dre is/was a bloods member. Not sure if any money is filtering back to the home crew but it would not surprise me.
This is a truly tasteless acquisition by Apple.
It's only expensive to give away at retail value though. if Apple owns beats, includes beats inspired earbuds, and puts beats audio in phones, iPhone starting price could increase to 749 now. Hopefully with 32 gb starting memory too.