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LeBron James Spotted With Unreleased Beats Pill Speaker
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I understand that you’ve moved on from Beats and you’ve upped your game. But it doesn’t make Beats trash though.
I noticed you ignored my question about Powerbeats pro being 'low quality junk'. So I guess I’m cool with being as selective as you. Moving on…
I said "They may have gotten better", here I was talking about the PowerBeats Pro.
Which.. well.. still aren't good.
See: https://www.soundguys.com/apple-beats-powerbeats-pro-review-23562/
With their score being a 6,8/10
They currently coset € 300 on the local Apple Store.
The Beyerdynamic DT700 Pro X
Their rating https://www.soundguys.com/beyerdynamic-dt-700-pro-x-review-60868/ gave it a 7.2.
Price currently at a local pro music store: €239
So I'd say the price con should be just on the PowerBeats.
The DT700 ProX is indeed a bit on the heavier side (lighter than the AirPods Max still, though) and the "could be a little bit tougher" is more because they really aren't meant for outside use. (which is fine)
So yeah, overpriced is still applicable to Beats. The quality might have gotten better though. But "Under-emphasized mids" is enough to place question marks there as well.
I think LeBron (and his son) is/are already a Beats ad person. They wouldn't be paying him per picture in that case. Using products in public is built in to the contract.
The Amazon river runs for thousands of miles. At some points, it runs through areas of the rainforest that are almost untouched and have been barely explored. Because of the porous limestone in these areas, the river water leaks through the stone and travels deep into the earth, and forms underground pools almost a mile below the surface. Over thousands of years, small blind transparent fish have lived and evolved in these pools. These fish have never seen the sun or surface and have rarely ever been seen by a human.
These fish care more about what Lebron does than I do.
These fish care more about what Lebron does than I do.
A lot of Apple's budget and mid-tier products in a given product line-up, like wireless audio, are far from Apple's best efforts.
They're not there to impress the savvy buyers. They're instead there to either earn insanely high profit margins on outdated, low-demand components, or to manipulate the buyer into thinking the more expensive models, like AirPods, offer high value/$ and are a great deal despite costing hundreds of dollars.
That's what Beats are and why they're never retiring.
Powerbeats Pro isn’t even the same type of system ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I’m glad you like your Beyers, but let’s compare Apples to Apples, not to refrigerators.
Who is going to buy it just because he's been seen with it… i really dislike celebrity endorsements. Its highly off putting…
If a product cant sell itself, they bring in a celebrity 😂
I especially dislike it when they put a celebrity, or their name, on the front of a book.. when they clearly had zero involvement with it and contributed no forward… it stinks.
If a product cant sell itself, they bring in a celebrity 😂
I especially dislike it when they put a celebrity, or their name, on the front of a book.. when they clearly had zero involvement with it and contributed no forward… it stinks.
Do people really care? I mean, wow?![]()
Ahead of tonight's NBA playoff game, the Los Angeles Lakers posted an Instagram reel showing superstar LeBron James arriving at Ball Arena in Denver carrying what appears to be an unreleased version of the Pill speaker from Apple's Beats brand.
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The original Beats Pill was a wireless Bluetooth speaker introduced in 2012 prior to Apple's acquisition of Beats Electronics. It received a few updates in its first several years on the market, with the final revision being a redesigned Pill+ with a Lightning connector introduced under Apple's ownership in 2015.
The Pill+ remained on the market for a number of years in that form before being quietly discontinued in early 2022.
Based on today's video, it appears the Pill may soon be making a comeback, as the speaker in James' hand clearly shows a Beats logo and it includes a lanyard that was not present on previous versions of the speaker.
With the direction of Apple's product lineup, a USB-C port for charging appears likely. And given the previous Pill+ was introduced almost nine years ago, there have been significant advances in Bluetooth and other technologies since that time, so this upcoming version is likely to be a significant improvement. Specific details on the speaker, including a release date, however, remain unknown.
Article Link: LeBron James Spotted With Unreleased Beats Pill Speaker
I like the Pill+ and still use one today. It’s incredibly durable and sounds pretty good. I usually listen to music on different speakers, but there’s a good use case for a portable, durable, speaker that’s pretty good.
Cool, another product that encourages obnoxious behavior in public.
Yes, of course. And in fact that supports exactly what I said. The money has already been budgeted, as you say. Marketing money that may be earmarked for athletes/influencers/celebs to show off a product isn't going to another department, ever, period.
What I'm disputing is the constant drumbeat of "spend this money on bug fixes instead" or whatever the complaint of the day happens to be, as if the money for marketing a Beats speaker is going to anything else.
I really couldn’t care less if a celebrity endorses or is seen with a product. Celebrities would endorse urinal pucks if it paid well.
I’ve always loved my beats pill+, i don’t get all the hate. they’re great speakers. i bought mine in 2016 and they still work fine which is amazing. the same cant be said for any other beats or airpods product i’ve tried lol.
an updated version seems good to me
an updated version seems good to me
you’re comparing bluetooth sport headphones to over ear studio monitors. ???🤨
I think the market for Beats stuff is mostly kids who listen to hip hop in their cars at obscene volume levels with those huge subwoofers shaking all of the surrounding area.
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They bought Beats for its streaming service so they could build Apple Music quickly before Spotify would dominate the industry (LOL).
Interestingly nobody at Apple really knew Beats also had a hardware division and to this day the people who work there have been coming to work, building and releasing new products without Apple even realising.
