LoneStar88

trumptman said:

I'll never buy these and this is coming from a guy who owns two sets of bluetooth headphones and uses them daily.

These are simply not worth $200. The Apple or Beats premium isn't worth that in my view. Perhaps the predecessors were priced at that but like many things Apple related lately, Apple stands still and the world moves on.

The high end for bluetooth headphones is around $100 right now and there are loads of great sounding headphones in the $20-40 range.

These are items that are sweated on. The earbuds can get pulled off. They can simply get misplaced or lost. In the past you sucked it up perhaps and gave Apple $30 for a new pair of wired headphones when everyone else was charging half that. Now not so much.

Beats were so hot a few years ago. I don't think I've seen a kid wearing a pair in the last year though.

You make no substantive arguments other than your slanted opinion, which as worthless as CNN fake news.

I've been using this product for a couple weeks now and love them. I also own the previous version which is also quite good.

Apple really got it right with the Bluetooth pairing. Switching between iPhone, iMac, MacBook, Apple Watch, and Apple TV is sooo much easier.

They're also more comfortable, and they sound great.

More and more restrictions to "protect" some of us is a thinly veiled attempt to notch things up ever closer to a police state.

We all should realize that no amount of regulations or restrictions will make people "good." It's up to each of us to simply treat others with respect and kindness.

Devices such as iPads are far more beneficial than "bad."

I'm glad to see that this seems to be a viable venture for third party companies.

dorkus maximus said:

This isn't an unequivocally a good thing. Look at what happened to MS sitting on the cash cow of Windows. Apple isn't struggling like they were when they released the iMac, they aren't clawing their way back like they were when they released the iPod or the iPhone or the iPad. Is the relative comfort of raking in all this money leading to better products? Has the increased spending in R&D added more breakthrough patents to the Apple portfolio? Has the influx of top "talent" from the car industry or the Watch industry done anything more than drain money from Apple? 

dorkus maximus. . .good name!

Comparing Apple's iPhone profits to Windoze is TOTALLY illogical. They're not even close to being of comparable magnitude or character.

The Windoze hegemony was a totally contrived hegemony of trapped-in drones most of whom were compelled to "deal with" computers and software in order to keep their dreary jobs. Too many of whom did so while covertly kicking and screaming, learning only the bare minimum to just get by so as not to get fired. Microsoft put the screws to their corporate clients by perpetuating the hegemony with crappy software and systems which demanded constant attention from IT people just to keep running.

Apple's smartphone profits have resulted from Apple's superior hardware and software ecosystem all carefully designed to be intuitive and "just work." Millions have realized this and have consequently been happy to part with relatively "big bucks" to get "the best." Apple has earned and deserves its profits. Witness the continuing significant number of switchers to the iPhone and Apple products every time a new product is released.

mac-daddy said:

macxpress said:

Well...my wallet is going to be $300 lighter come tomorrow. This is cool!

$300....for a....book. Serious question, will some people buy literally anything Apple releases? 

Serious question, will some people dump on literally anyone who's the least bit enthusiastic about anything?