Don’t miss super-cheap AirPods before these deals end! Here’s why I’d skip the $99 deal and get AirPods Pro 3 instead — you’ll thank me later
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Upselling from $99 AirPods to Pro 3 on value grounds shows how mature accessories markets are managed through segmentation and perceived quality, not just base pricing. If you build hardware, your “good/better/best” ladder needs real experiential gaps or reviewers will collapse buyers to the mid-tier by default.
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