'Bose features at a non-Bose price, for the first time': Skullcandy launches its most premium headphones ever, getting by with a little help from its friend
THE SO WHAT
“Bose features at a non-Bose price” formalizes the componentization of premium audio IP—brand and ecosystem become the real margin layers. Consumer hardware teams should assume that high-end DSP and ANC will be table stakes, not differentiators.
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