Engineer Breaks Down A Pair Of Beats By Dre Headphones & Reveals How Much The Parts Actually Cost

Publish Date
Tuesday, 30 June 2015, 11:27AM

Well who would've thought! Some engineer has taken apart a pair of Beats By Dre headphones and has added the cost of all the pieces. 

 

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Tech blog Bolt bought a pair of Beats Headphones retailed at $199. He came to the conclusion after taken the headphones apart that they would cost Beats By Dre $17 dollars to make. And yet somehow, the backing of hip-hop mogul Dr. Dre and Interscope co-founder Jimmy Iovine turned $17 headphones into a $3 billion empire.

It's all about the branding people!

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