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ColorWare Launches New Custom Retro AirPods

ColorWare, known for its custom painted Apple devices and accessories, today added to its ColorWare Retro Collection with AirPods Pro 2 and AirPods 4 options designed to look like classic Macs.

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The AirPods are available in Light Mode, a matte cream color, or Dark Mode, a matte black shade. Both models have the colorful rainbow accents that Apple used for some of its original Macs.

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ColorWare's Retro AirPods Pro 2 are priced at $499, while the AirPods 4 with ANC are priced at $439. ColorWare uses a proprietary painting process that ensures the finish holds up over time, and it makes AirPods and other custom painted devices in a wide range of colors.

Aside from the custom painting, the AirPods Pro 2 and the AirPods 4 are identical in performance and feature set to standard AirPods.

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The new Retro AirPods join ColorWare's Mac mini Retro line that launched in January.

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Top Rated Comments

McWetty Avatar
20 months ago
A $250 markup? Nope. Looks great, but nope.
Score: 15 Votes (Like | Disagree)
FoxyKaye Avatar
20 months ago
I miss that colored Apple so much...
Score: 10 Votes (Like | Disagree)
20 months ago
Those are sharp. But they cost almost as much as a Mac Mini.
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
mazz0 Avatar
20 months ago
That Mac Mini does look pretty cool
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
20 months ago
The colors are dope but this is pretty much DOA based on those prices.
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
H.E. Pennypacker Avatar
20 months ago
Im a wealthy industrialist, philanthropist, and keen purveyor of the finer things in life. I am busy acquiring and divesting fortunes, shaping industries, and, indeed, buying and selling men like myself as one might trade in fine silks or rare antiquities and yet even I was momentarily taken aback when I laid eyes upon a $499 price tag. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have an exclusive luncheon at the club, where deals worth more than your yearly earnings will be sealed over a plate of imported oysters. Good day.
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)