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They will sell. Going to be a huge status symbol to younger kids. Just like beats were.
Ah, no doubt. I was talking externally for my own wants, haha.
I would expect them to be similar to beats.
Those are terrible as well. They're pretty much only good for bass-heavy music and not much else. Their range is quite limited. Maybe Apple learned something from them and increased the range, but we'll see. Apple has all the R&D in the world and it makes me wonder what they're doing with all of it sometimes.
Gen-Z and hype beasts will buy the heck out of them.
That may be the only thing Apple learned after acquiring Beats is the massive ripping off of their customers. But then again, they've been doing that for years now. I'd rather buy a pair of Sennheiser HD 660S any day over these things.
You can use any Bluetooth headphones you want. So I’m not sure what you’re on about. Or any wired headphones you want with an adapter. Sounds like complaining to complain.
Apple has had notoriously bad sound quality, so we're all eager to see if this keeps the trend of awful, overpriced sound equipment. I own many Apple things and still bash Apple. No idea why you're defending them for no reason.
Cool, but they aren’t convenient.
I've had them fixed once, replaced twice, and they're starting to go out again. I hate them with a fiery passion. Every other firmware update seems to break them in some way when they finally start working again. They are not a good product. And even when they work, the sound is not great.
Watch as I scare off the Apple user with their greatest nemesis, the headphone jack.
To be fair, a lot of Apple products tend to have a high cost. The reaction is natural when something normally cheap costs so absurdly high. Do you think this is normal?
Realistically if you're buying a $500+ pair of headphones then you'd want a headphone jack, because it produces the best audio quality. Apple deleting the headphone jack was a bad joke, but these headphones are just sad.
Reading comprehension. Read what you quoted. This takes a $7 adapter
If you want stuff built to these standards then yes. I also find it ironic that the only thing you can site is an optional accessory that a lot of pros would forgo anyway in favor of using their own ergotron arms. And instead of Apple forcing you to buy an arm or a stand that they don’t even need they gave the option to simply opt out. If you ask me it sounds like Apple made every possible attempt at making it so people didn’t have to buy this.
Again. Reading comprehension.
Actually, pretty much all noise cancelling headphones suck. I own the Sonys and Quietcomforts and they both sound like garbage. I would pay $1k for a pair that combined something like HD650 sound quality with the Sony noise cancelling ability.
Yea and it's still more cumbersome than including it in the device.
Doesn't sound like it'll appease their shareholders.
What gave it away? Was it the $500+ price tag?
Citation needed.
I'm sure they'll sound great and I'm sure it'll be sold out the day they're released. Doesn't change the fact that Apple users will pay $500+ for them and I get to laugh at them... again. That's like half the price of a Macbook. That's more expensive than a PS5. That's more expensive than a RTX 3070. None scalper prices of course. My Kingston Hyper X headphones are pretty awesome and I paid like $40 for them.
And? Cry more. Again, no one is using high Fidelity audio anymore. So it doesn’t matter. Stats below. Feel free to refute.
You’re such a hypocrite. You complain about pricing and then complain About profit.
good troll.
No wonder why we always get into arguments, you are out of touch with the industry.
Good for you. Part of the reason why your posts regarding Apple are so annoying is because you only value a very specific set of things. And other people value other things you consider to be stupid and then you have to take a crap on it.
How can I cry if I never buy?
I don't think you understand sarcasm.
See, you're getting it.
What you said is that phone or iPhone users are streaming 99%. That link says 80% of the industries revenue comes from streaming. I don't think that's the same thing.
I do use YouTube a lot for music, but why are you then buying a $500+ headphone set for streaming audio quality? A music CD and a cheaper wired headset would produce better audio quality than iTunes with Apple's headphones. You're paying audiophile prices without the audiophile quality. Apple makes you "FEEL" like an audiophile with these prices.
Usually important things. I'll point our crap when I see it and guess what this is? I'm not saying this headphones won't sound good and perform well, but there's probably cheaper better products that'll do the job better, usually with a headphone jack wire. Bluetooth usually doesn't sound good unless you spend a lot of money, and it's still worse than a headphone jack wire.
Nah, I'm a nerd. I'm more aware of how awful and overpriced their products are. I can't help but question everything. I never take anything at face value.
you’re doing it now it’s called complaining.
this might explain a lot about you. There is zero difference between your “logical arguments” and sarcasm.
It is more than close enough. A chunk of the rest of that 20% of revenue is literally from things like commercial licensing and movie licensing. Unless your argument is that consumers are pirating music (specifically lossless audio too not lossy mp3s - the only argument that would prove customers are listening to hi fi audio) there isn’t really any other place that it’s coming from.
Again, and? It has long been shown that people really do not care about accurate audio. A good portion of the population likes vinyl records and tube amps. Neither of which are accurate at all. People just want something that sounds “nice.”
Which again no one uses (in the consumer market). And clearly no one cares about. The problem with a lot of your arguments comes from the fact, which I mentioned before, that you are only seeing your own personal opinions. And not what the market is interested in or desires. That is why there is a big disconnect between what you think something should be worth and also what people are willing to pay for.
Again, being overpriced is only relative to what you think something is worth and not what other people think something is worth.
what, that people value convenience, ease of use, items in apple ecosystem, and some level of fashion?