AirPods Max Available to Ship in Silver and Space Gray From Amazon and Verizon

Probably not any better than a pair of $200 Bose or Sony headphones.

If you haven't done any real testing then you're making a baseless claim.

With loads of people out of work or on a reduced budget because of Covid-19, these definitely shouldn't be a priority.

Please step out of your reality and understand that just because some people are on layoff doesn't mean Apple should lower prices on their headphones. That makes zero sense. And if anyone is on a reduced budget then they have no business buying any entertainment devices since there are other priorities such as rent, mortgage, food, gas & electric. And if they are stupid enough to buy expensive tech then that's their business. Not sure why you think it's Apple's responsibility to lower prices.

Apple should tread carefully with production as to not severely outstrip supply with demand, or else you may see these end up in the $250 range.

Please don't pretend that you know Apple's business better than they do.

Money wasted, prefer to save it for the new Macs.

I’m all for spending more on quality and convenience of the Apple ecosystem, but that case is just inexcusable lol

I brought some and I like the way they sound. Got the blue ones

Nobody said Apple should lower the prices of their products because many people are on a reduced income, so of course what you said doesn't make any sense, because you're making things up in your mind as you type.

That's exactly what is being said by complaining about the price. Things don't have to be said word for word to get it. Don't pretend that you didn't understand what that meant because that's the #1 complaint about the Air Pods Max on this forum and then this silly post about people being on COVID layoff. Do the math. Figure it out.

I'm saying the demand won't be there for these headphones to last very long.

You have no proof of that? That's nothing but your own thoughts and apparently that's what you hope for. The same was said about the iPad, the iPhone and especially the Apple Watch which is now the #1 selling Smart Watch.

Ultimately, these headphones will go the way of the Apple Watch version that was priced at several thousand dollars... Gone and replaced by just the cheaper model, because the average consumer didn't care for a $5,000 Apple Watch, and won't care for a pair of $550 headphones when a pair of $100-$200 headphones makes up most of the market.

Again those are your own thoughts and baseless claims.

Of course demand seems high for these right now -- because each store got like 15 of these at launch and like everything else, you'll get die-hard fans drooling all over the product (which is fine). Over time, sales of these will be poor because most people can't afford or are willing to shell out $550 for a pair of headphones made by a company that's never been able to produce a quality headphone.

Nice attempt at trolling. Apparently you're dying for them to fail just to satisfy your own anti-Apple mentality.

You also claim "I shouldn't bash Apple's business model because I know nothing about it."

And you don't.

... Except I know Apple's business thrives on software and services now, not hardware (Apple One, Apple Pay, Apple Card, TV services, Apple Arcade, Health, Apple Music, and most improvements are software related are just examples of this).

Oh do you suddenly run Apple and know all their financial sheets, meeting minutes or articles of incorporation? 🙄

Apple hasn't brought any new hardware worth talking about to the table since the Apple Watch.

Ah except they've been extremely busy creating the fastest laptop processor rivaling desktop performance with more than twice the battery life and gpu performance of any laptop in it's class and professional Windows laptops costing hundreds more. Wow the hate is strong here. Shame. I'm done here because you have a strong agenda and others can see it too. I've been PM'd 3 times since you posted this with people saying to ignore you. I will.

You really care about saving $50 when you're spending $500?

You really think it's going to be a $50 discount? Lol. More like a $200-$300 discount. The headphones are ugly, massive, and lack basic functional features. Apple has made some great products over the years, but this won't be around in 2023 like many other products that were shelved. The demand for these only seems high right now because diehards are trying to get these when barely any have been made.