New Beats Pill Speaker Listed on Apple's Regulatory Website as Launch Approaches

What, they're actually going to call it a pill and not a "dynamic island" speaker?

I’m not sure who these are for. Who is buying these?

People who like dramatically over-paying for bluetooth speaker.

I’m not sure who these are for. Who is buying these?

People who can't handle silence and think you want to listen to their music at places like the beach or in the forest. They are very effective for that purpose.

These might even stay in my ears, unlike the AirPods. I hope they work as a stereo pair.

Feels like this thing has been teased/leaked to death at this point... people must really love this wireless speaker. 😩

(or at least Apple thinks people should!)

That’s why it’s frustrating. They market it as a fashion accessory. They could spend a little effort and make it actually sound better than the competition and be a fashion accessory but instead they cut costs on the transducers and tuning, “fix” the shortcomings in software and hype it as a cool accessory that comes in a lot of colors.

Dislike.

These things usually work well enough for people who buy them. They're usually not audiophiles, they just want some bass from the sound and the thing to look cool. Which is exactly how most of us choose clothes (many people I know never check the inner tag of a sweater to check how much synthetic materials it's made of).
And a higher-than-usual price tag is not a bad thing for them. It makes it exclusive and even cooler to have.
Again, I don't like these kind of logic but I totally understand it and it's almost impossible to escape. And since I fall for it in many other ways, I'd call myself a hypocrite if I felt superior to people who buy Beats or stuff like that.