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Beats Studio Buds+ With New Transparent Design Spotted at Best Buy
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Most people would be happy if Apple would finally release them in space black.
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Because a good chunk of "us" Apple people are at least as driven by what people around us will see. "We" want our friends to see our cool Apple stuff. I suspect a LOT of upgrades are driven by a "need"(?) to make it clear to even strangers that we own the "latest & greatest" from Apple. How awful would it be for those strangers to see us with only last years (or even 2 or 3-year old) Apple stuff.
I'm not endorsing it but it sure seems to be a buying driver for many.
There's a big crowd around here right now very worried about a number painted on a chip buried deep inside computers... chips that they and anyone else around them will likely never actually see. But oh, how we seem to worry about something having a 3 before something else has a 2... as if the world will melt down should Apple dare roll out anything with an invisible 3 painted on a chip before everything else has invisible 2s on the same chip.
When it is more visible, it seems to really press us to want to "upgrade." And if a perfectly functional design stays the same for too long, we start grumbling for a redesign anyway because "we're tired of the same old design" (but really because we can't show our friends we have the latest if their 2 or 3-generation-old one looks just like the brand new one we just purchased).
Again, not endorsing this, but its pretty much in every product thread every day.
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im buying them because they make me nostalgic for the early 2000s
i dont need any other reason
i dont need any other reason
They couldn't give us cool Colorware-like AirPods so they decided to just use the raw plastic during production and pump those out. Literally the reverse. It's almost like they're trolling us. You want color? Here's translucent.
You said they look awesome, that’s enough of a good reason to buy them haha
When they first launch it and the pic was shown on AirPod webpage, I though it was an actual design.
I know you are joking and whatnot, but:
The “Beats Fit Pro x Kim Kardashian“ earbuds are very discreet with their various skin tone colors. The color options aren’t referred to as skin tone colors though (the colors are “Moon”, “Dune” and “Earth”), but skin tone is basically what the colors options are. I wish the colors weren’t exclusive to this premium priced (extra premium price) limited-run version though. I wish the skin tone colors were just normal color options for all Beats earbud products. Because, yeah, maybe you just want the earbuds to cloak in your ear, lol.
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Did anyone catch this in the Google Event earlier this week? 👀
Or, you know, some of us like stuff that looks the way we like it to? Apple‘s entire philosophy to physical products has always been either driven by design or at least a big part of it.Because a good chunk of "us" Apple people are at least as driven by what people around us will see. "We" want our friends to see our cool Apple stuff. I suspect a LOT of upgrades are driven by a "need"(?) to make it clear to even strangers that we own the "latest & greatest" from Apple. How awful would it be for those strangers to see us with only last years (or even 2 or 3-year old) Apple stuff.
I'm not endorsing it but it sure seems to be a buying driver for many.
There's a big crowd around here right now very worried about a number painted on a chip buried deep inside computers... chips that they and anyone else around them will likely never actually see. But oh, how we seem to worry about something having a 3 before something else has a 2... as if the world will melt down should Apple dare roll out anything with an invisible 3 painted on a chip before everything else has invisible 2s on the same chip.
When it is more visible, it seems to really press us to want to "upgrade." And if a perfectly functional design stays the same for too long, we start grumbling for a redesign anyway because "we're tired of the same old design" (but really because we can't show our friends we have the latest if their 2 or 3-generation-old one looks just like the brand new one we just purchased).
Again, not endorsing this, but its pretty much in every product thread every day.
Have you never bought anything that you like the look of? You might think you’re coming across as quite edgy or something but you’re not. You’re quite judgy. Let people be happy with how they want to spend their money and what puts a smile on their face.
Funnily enough people are more likely to see their earbuds design (taking them in and out of the case, etc.) than they are their phones - you know, the device that is almost universally put in a case the moment someone gets it? So I’d argue having nice looking earbuds are more important, if you’d like to compare the two.
If the transparent design language is coming back, sign me up.
A transparent MacBook with the whole back showing the backlight would fly off the shelves 😛
A transparent MacBook with the whole back showing the backlight would fly off the shelves 😛
bluetooth, in-ear and 180 Bucks are 3 things what never will happen with a studio-headset.
Bring back Bondi Blue
If it's on display at Best Buy there's no risk at all.
I don't often say this, but take my money. Will purchase the second they become available.