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Some Bose Products Return to Apple Online Store After Two Month Absence

Wednesday December 10, 2014 12:43 am PST by Richard Padilla
Following a two month absence, Apple has restarted sales of Bose products in its online store. The reinstated products include the Bose QuietComfort 20i, the Bose SoundLink Mini Bluetooth Speaker, and the Bose SoundLink Bluetooth Speaker III, but notably do not include the company's over-the-ear headphone offerings. The move follows a report yesterday which noted that some French Apple retail stores had begun receiving shipments of Bose products with an intent to put the products back on shelves, and it is now likely those products will return to stores shortly.

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It still is not clear as to why Apple removed Bose products from its stores, but the decision may have had something to do with Apple's acquisition of Beats Electronics and a patent infringement lawsuit filed by Bose in July against Beats. That lawsuit was settled between Beats and Bose before Bose products disappeared from Apple's store shelves, which may indicate that the removal and reinstatement was a part of the discussions between the two companies.

Bose also signed a deal with the NFL to ban NFL players from wearing Beats headphones during games, which garnered comments from Beats co-founder Jimmy Iovine who stated that it made Beats "look like the underdog." Bose products were not the only products removed by Apple in recent months, as the company also pulled Fitbit products from its retail and online stores. Unlike Bose products however, Fitbit products have yet to return to the Apple Store.


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TsMkLg068426
55 months ago

Bingo, could not agree more... Bose is noting but overpriced, mediocre ( at best ) product.



and Beats is mediocre overpriced ugly looking hipster overpriced electronic. It least with Bose even though expensive it has great sound quality and design.
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markfc
55 months ago
Overpriced, mediocre hardware...and don't get me started on Bose. ;-)
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japanime
55 months ago
A better headline would have been:

Apple's Abandons Effort to Get People to Buy Other Sound Equipment.
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Cisco_Kid
55 months ago

Overpriced, mediocre hardware...and don't get me started on Bose. ;-)


Bingo, could not agree more... Bose is nothing but overpriced, mediocre ( at best ) product.
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selfsilent
55 months ago
In before "these are for old people" and "Bose are over priced rubbish".

I have the Bose companion speakers for my iMac and they are excellent.
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littyboy
55 months ago

the qc15 is the only bose product i ever bought.


The QC models are worth it, probably the only ones.
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JeffyTheQuik
55 months ago
The funny thing is I always associated Bose and Apple.

Ever since 1986, when, in college, one of my friends' roommates had a Mac with Bose speakers attached to it, and then I thought, "Hey, neither one of them negotiates on price. Hmmm..."
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dannyyankou
55 months ago
The Soundlink Mini is probably their only decent product. Good sound from such a tiny speaker. Their headphones are overrated.
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petsounds
55 months ago

and Beats is mediocre overpriced ugly looking hipster overpriced electronic. It least with Bose even though expensive it has great sound quality and design.


Hipsters would never use Beats. They are big in the hip-hop community though because the headphones emphasize the bass frequencies to a somewhat extreme extent.
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SPUY767
55 months ago

Design yes, but sound quality not as much as it's hyped to have. I mean I guess it's good if you love all mids and no deep bass. (And also way overpriced.)


No Highs. . .
No Lows. . .

Bose
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