Perhaps they will announce a BT device (with a clip) into which wired headphones can be plugged?
That sounds about as appealing as running an ethernet cable from my laptop to a wifi clip on my belt. The worst of both worlds -- the hassles of a cable combined with the speed and battery issues of wireless.
I guess you haven't used Bluetooth headphones. Some day, you'll catch up. As as an aside, I did not realize that you wore your ethernet-compatible devices on your head. Hey, whatever works!
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There are many, many people that love those legendary Sony monitors. I'm sure a Beats set would have a market niche.
I don't love them: those wires = designed to break, cups = uncomfortable, sound = cold or "accurate", design = ugly, telephone coil = stupid. I use them exclusively for filming dialogue.
Wires - not, cups - buy the Beyerdynamic replacements if you don't like the originals, sound - accurate is not a bad thing, cable - classic.
"Apple acquired the headphone maker beats for $3 billion back in 2014. Since then, Bluetooth headphones have surpassed sales of wireless models, with Beats products taking the top spot."
Screw bluetooth go Wifi (or next year maybe LTE cat-0).
Think iPod Shuffle if wifi and Siri.
Clip it on at the start of the day for tunes all day. - Siri pings you have a message. - Can act as a VoIP Phone - Can act as Airplay headphones to Apple TV - Can be used to upgrade an old set of speakers.
Do the same to the Nano and you have the ultimate iPod.
Keep dreaming. Apple Watch is the new shuffle, new Nano etc. iPhone is the new iPod.
I agree about the watch, but I still see a lot of Shuffles at the gym. For the money, the Shuffle makes a great gateway product. The Watch will definitely be cheap enough next year so that they can discontinue the nano. But the Shuffle can add a BT radio, and switch to Lightning, and continue to be a strong selling product for Apple.
Hopefully, they hired some acoustic engineers to try and make them sound good.
You should try out the new Beats Studio Wireless some time. As I've before in this Forum, they're the best pair of headphones I've ever owned. The acoustics are outstanding.
I've been touting the same thing about "Studio" on here myself. We are a mastering facility and they have excellent high to low balance. They quickly expose what needs to be corrected without having to go to the Tanoys and I even use Powerbeats2 as a companion for proofing as well when I require a lot of moving around (cycling, driving, etc). I will say though in fairness the rest of the Beats lineup is crap. I don't mean Beats professional line up from Studio, I mean all the lower end models below Studio. They're just thin, brittle and non-appealing to listen to,but STUDIO is worth every penny.
What a sad commentary on the ability of the average music listener, that the Beats headphones are the number one seller. They consistantly get horrible reviews by any and all reviewers of stereo equipment. There are so many examples of better headsets around the same price or even less.
All love for Dre but they need to rebrand those things from Beats By Dre to Beats By Apple I think that's one of the things that make apple centric fans not associate well with the brand because of a small perhaps misplaced discomfort with the Hip Pop culture from which the Beats brand originates, and that's something Apple should adress. Off cause the sound quality isn't the greatest and hopefully that'll be sorted out, but Apple needs to make Beats Apple and the default audio accessory IMHO.
We'll see how people "connect the dots" following the iPhone 7 introduction, if the lightning (or bluetooth) only headphones turn out to be true. Apple will have a lot of disappointed Beats customers who have purchased wired beats headphones. I think Apple should provide an adapter free to all Beats owners that upgrade to an iPhone 7.
We'll see how people "connect the dots" following the iPhone 7 introduction, if the lightning (or bluetooth) only headphones turn out to be true. Apple will have a lot of disappointed Beats customers who have purchased wired beats headphones. I think Apple should provide an adapter free to all Beats owners that upgrade to an iPhone 7.
You mean the way Apple gave me a free 30-pin to Lightning adapter 6 months after I bought my iPad 3 and they updated the iPad 4 to Lightning?
I've heard so many good and bad comments regarding Beats products, that I have been less that committed to finding out the truth for myself. I am by no means an audiophile in the strictest sense, however, I am a professional composer, and have my own standards for what is good an what is not. A couple weeks ago (no doubt in preparation for the announcement of new product), Best Buy was selling just what I was looking for — over-the-ear, bluetooth (4.0) Beats for nearly $185. off. Too much to resist, so I bit. I was pleasantly surprised by the range of tones I hadn't experienced even in much higher end "cans". Still, it'll be interesting to see/hear what Apple has done with Beats since their acquisition.
The other day I was reading a rather lukewarm review on some of the Beats wireless headphones, so being skeptical I went to the local electronic store (not Apple Store) to try them out. I was surprise they are actually really good. I myself have been using KREAFUNK for years and I am happy with it, though I might buy Beats one day.
We'll see how people "connect the dots" following the iPhone 7 introduction, if the lightning (or bluetooth) only headphones turn out to be true. Apple will have a lot of disappointed Beats customers who have purchased wired beats headphones. I think Apple should provide an adapter free to all Beats owners that upgrade to an iPhone 7.
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