Beats Electronics today announced it’s releasing its first new headphones since officially Apple-owned company earlier this year. The new headphones are an updated version of the Solo2 headphones, that brings wireless capabilities to the popular headphones, so you’re no longer tethered to your iPhone when kicking out the jams.
The original Solo2’s were announced after the Apple-Beats acquisition was announced, but the company has been quick to update them with Bluetooth capabilities.
The new Solo2’s come in three colors (black, white, and blue), and can pair with your iPhone or other Bluetooth devices from up to 30 feet away. You can also take calls with the built-in mic, and there are on-ear controls to adjust the volume, skip tracks and more.
Beats packed a 12-hour rechargeable battery into the updated headphones, and added an illuminated LED fuel gauge so you know how much juice that N.W.A marathon ate through. Unfortunately, one of the only features on the Solo2’s that didn’t get updated was the price tag. A pair will set you back $299.99.
Buster Hein is a freelance writer who lives in Phoenix, Arizona. Twitter: @bst3r.
4 responses to “Beats drops new Solo2 wireless headphones”
wow / overpriced and wireless / great combo. I’ll stick with these…
http://www.amazon.com/MEElectronics-Bluetooth-Wireless-Headphones-Microphone/dp/B0070UKBO8/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1415813174&sr=8-9&keywords=meei+headphones
Got them last month (kick butt)…
Audio has been solved. Unless you are getting noisecancelling, ears can not distinguish differences in quality between headphones.
Ergo, price is entirely about style and project. Beats can charge what they want, but they are only marketing to those who care about style.
I read a review of the Solo2, which they said was a lot better than the original Solos. Out of curiosity, I tried a set just to see what the big deal was all about. I went to an Apple Store and cranked up a variety of songs on an iPod Touch, and at full volume, the bass was HEAVILY distorted. Obviously, that’s not a good thing, I also didn’t like the headphone ear cups since they didn’t really cover my entire ear inside the headphone. I think these things are designed for kids and not adults. Either way, I was not impressed. Obviously, some people like wireless headphones, but I wasn’t impressed with these, I liked the Parrot better, but they were a little too heavy. So far, I have not been impressed by any of the Beats products. Plus, I will NEVER buy a product with Dr. Dre’s name on it because I don’t listen to his music, nor would I want to promote him, and he didn’t actually design the product, he just invested in the company, markets them to easily manipulated people and I really don’t have respect for him and his work. If he wasn’t attached to the company and didn’t have his name slapped all over the place, I still would be leary about buying these things. I think Apple shouldn’t have bought Beats, I think it was a waste of money and it puts Apple in a precarious position since they might not be able to get other headphone brands/models in the Apple Store that are better sounding and better quality. Oh well, Cook just blew it on this deal.
I will only be excited when they release a lightning port compatible headset with higher data transfer rates for high fidelity audio that can’t be achieved through the audio jack along with giving the headphones direct access to instantaneous siri support, advanced controls, etc. (could even have the headphones increase wireless/4G antennae for faster phone data rates :)