Comment by permo-w
3 years ago
>people just did not pay $500+ for headphones before the Maxes dropped
are you sure? why do you think this?
3 years ago
>people just did not pay $500+ for headphones before the Maxes dropped
are you sure? why do you think this?
I think they’re saying that apple is selling $500 headphones to people who would otherwise not buy $500 headphones
Just wanted to piggyback on this. I was just commenting today to my coworker on the number of people I see walking around Manhattan/Brooklyn with AirPods Maxes on. I swear I see at least a pair or two every other minute while walking down the street.
Most of these people, like you said, we’re likely not blowing $500+ on headphones before Apple made that concept mainstream.
Sure they were, or at least close.
Beats: $400 out the door. Bose Quiet Comfort, whichever is the most recent: similar. Sony also sells ~$350-ish noise cancelling headphones.
Going from $350 to $550 is roughly the normal apple premium.
This is $3k.
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They're also selling much worse headphones than what an audiophile would buy for $500+, but trendier.