beats by dre
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- oey0
headphones are so 80's...
- albums0
Sem is only showing that consumers will ignore the ills of brands that have successfully lifestyle adopted them. I mean who wouldn't defend a brand that makes them feel accepted and part of something? Putting him down and attacking his opinions is a flailing attempt to protect your own opinions, opinions that don't need to be believed and adopted by all, but are reinforced inside yourself by advertising.
Re: ZOOP's example of Nike, the sweatshop culture behind them is a very deciding factor in myself never purchasing any of their products, but nothing floors me more than watching shoppers (read mainlanders) coming into Hong Kong from China to buy stacks of that shit when the factory conditions are literally so close to home. I'm like seriously? Are you that much of a fucking consumer?
I also find apple's fanboys to be a huge incentive, if not the main reason, to avoid the brand. Loudmouths have a billion things to say positively about them, but rarely recognize the thing has been consistently filled with more and more parts manufactured by other PC manufacturers, some of whom apple has the audacity to sue after stealing so many of other's ideas themselves.
If you have the effort to hate on Dells, HPs, Lenovos etc, but you've used a Mac for the last X amount of time, where are you drawing your hate from? It can't be experience. Oh the BSOD? apple has that problem too. It's not hard to fuck up an apple, actually just as easy to use it incorrectly. They are after all essentially the same product on the inside.
The main contributing factor to the rise in mac sales is marketing, not usefulness. they have simply become the lifestyle possession they have continually advertised for the last 30 years.
It is only recently in the overall timeline that apple has adopted the intel processor, therefore opening it up to run software which has been almost exclusively PC based for decades.
Only by adopting PC technology have they been able to remain relevant as their hardware was the main reason that software was not not being ported to it. Not to mention manufacturing their own hardware was cutting too deep into their profits.
This is most easily exemplified by when they began producing iPods and gave up manufacturing their server options. Why invest in reliable hardware anymore when they can just glue their new cheaply manufactured, overpriced toy shut and advertise you into believing you need to buy the same product next quarter because of minor minor changes?
- so, what your saying you like Beats by Dre then? especially when listening on your iphone?autoflavour
- < case in point. hate for the sake of self serving satisfaction, not conversation or understandingalbums
- autoflavour0
honestly Sem, you are the only person arguing.
The rest of us just agree they are shit.- LOLZautoflavour
- this is weird, I mean c'mon Nike sells pricey shoes, all kinds of examples like this, I'm used to it. auto = winningZOOP
- Was never arguing, I don't argue online.sem
- You LOLZ your own comment? thats so 2014.sem
- sem0
Sorry if that came across shitty, I'm on my period lol
Seriously though, who cares? they are just frigging headphones. We should be arguing over important things like Miley Cyrus future?!?!!!
- sem0
So far I'm getting the impression that because I like them I am,
1. Suffering from brand empathy
2. In Denial
3. A Consumerism ZombieYou guys are pro choice eh? so let me get this right...anything that costs more than its worth, and owned by many means I am suffering from one of the above?
Cos it thats the case, I believe the alternative would leave me without many things in life. I mean, technically, my house cost a ton more than the price it cost to make it, and almost everyone has one...but I guess i'm just a zombie buying into the "cool" trend :/
You're all right, lets ban anything new and expensive and all stick to the same brand of affordable electronics and never see any growth anywhere. Because the headphone biz was booming before Monster.
- dude, the headphone business has been huge for a very, very long time, but dre just made it stylishmonospaced
- despite the fact that they're ugly as fuck, and sound like shit (unless you like shit, which many people do)monospaced
- Buy what you like... you don't have to explain shit.
Who gives a fuck what others think.. I sure don't.Fantrom - think.Fantrom
- Fantrom, I salute you.sem
- 20020
Dude on the right has two phones, taking photos or something.
- he's facetime'ing himselfprophetone
- Recording in 3D!pango
- He's filming The Hobbit in 3Dprophetone
- good answer good answer2002
- 20020
Can we talk about Bose?
- doesnotexist0
you're delusional if you think this is an isolated product that has a huge markup compared to it's production cost.
that's the reality of everything you buy.
- you're delusional if you think i give anywhere near the amount of a shit as this thread seems to be generatingautoflavour
- i posted a link.. and it seems like some people think i am ass fucking their motherautoflavour
- autoflavour0
Zoop, except iphones cost around $200 to make.. not $8
- ZOOP0
Apple (white) sells $8 phone for $650: waiting lines, oohs & aahs
Dre (black) sells $5 headphones for $300: burn the witch!
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- apple acutally makes great products, dr. dre headphones are just crap.mekk
- ive had 3 different iPhones, the last 2 have been defective. one home button stopped working now my 5's on/off button docent work.fooler
- dosent workfooler
- @mekk: iPhone is vastly more utilitarian, quite obvious, but these are both simply consumer choice issuesZOOP
- apple headphones are amongst the worst in the universe.fadein11
- sorry, what costs $650 again?monospaced
- actually iphone costs $199 to makescarabin
- can't a guy troll in peace? sheesh! :DZOOP
- hehe zoop, I love trolling apple threadsmekk
- fues0
- utopian0
Consumerism Zombies®
- autoflavour0
although while I agree in part to the comparrision between iphone and beats headphones, i would argue that beats by dre are just headphones, and there wasnt millions of dollars sunk into their R&D .. and while the production cost of an iphone is still lower than the sale price by a significant amount, once you factor R&D and profit margins into that, its nothing like $300 for a $5 headphones.
- set0
Sem no offence mate but you are clearly in denial. I guess it's easier than regretting the purchase.
I have a pair of £50 Sony headphones I leave in the office and we tested them against the guy next to me's beats.
Everyone in the office thought the Sony's sounded better, except of course the owner of the beats.
- not surprisingmonospaced
- LOL why would I be in denial? cos I spent money on something I have to defend it? lol what am I 12?sem
- And thats good that your work friends preferred them, but I prob wouldn't. I'm allowed to have my own choice lolsem
- < Here's a bullshit office tale that backs up my point of view.
Classic...Fantrom - lol spot the beats ownerset
- Your a beat owner? AKG here.
Your office fairy tale is still bs.Fantrom - lol wtfset