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Just the fetishism about these devices is striking. "Our devices should be making a statement about who we are and what we do". Thousand dollar phones with $1

• CuriouslyC 10y ago
  It reminds me of the games with expensive equipment played by the lower castes in Brave New World. And we are almost definitely in a computed universe.
• lloyd-christmas 10y ago
  My local anecdata: most people I know have 3rd party headphones if they actually listen to music. The people that use the in-the-box headphones from Apple tend to be the forever-on-a-call types. I struggle to see people buying these at this price point since there are plenty of bluetooth earbuds that are equal quality to Apple^, sub-$50, and won't instantly disappear in the couch. At Apple's price-point, you can already get a high-quality bluetooth earbud/mic from Audio-Technica. I would guess you'll have Beyerdynamic, AKG, Shure, and Senheiser all pop out a similar pair soon enough (Some may consider themselves 'above' bluetooth, though). I really don't understand their pricing. I could understand it if the equivalent Beats were $30 cheaper so they could create some tier pricing, however they are pretty much the same price. ^ Assuming they continue their trend of mediocre sound quality.
  • ktRolster 10y ago
    And if you have high-end headphones plugged into an ipod, you might want an external amp anyway.