Beats Powerbeats - Earbuds Engineered for Athletes (Red)

The Beats by Dr. Dre Powerbeats earphones offer booming bass in an exercise-friendly design, but are more expensive than some comparable competition.

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  Deep bass response, powerful audio output. Secure-fitting, flexible, sweat-resistant design. Inline microphone and remote for Apple iOS devices.

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  Overpriced. Ear-to-ear fit can be inconsistent.

Beats by Dr. Dre makes so many different headphone, earphone, and speaker options at this point, it's taking some time to test them all—hence, here's a semi-belated look at the Powerbeats.

After just two months of use, it's broken (seems like a loose wire connection and I am unable to hear sound. Otherwise the product was nice, I was using it for my work out at the gym!

I thought they learned from the Solo with the plug but I guess not. They really sound good, I was replacing a 2 year old pair of Solos but these are not the replacements for me.

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  They sound good.

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  They changed the plug back to a straight plastic sleeve as opposed to the 90... Mine lasted one 2 mile run, the Controltalk panel broke, the plastic feels cheap and it appears it actually is. Expected more for the money.