Beats’ growth into iPhone 16 instances is shocking, if not totally surprising. In any case, Apple acquired the headphone maker 10 years in the past final Could. The deal was — as many anticipated — largely centered across the transformation of the Beats Music streaming service into an Apple-branded providing. Past that, nevertheless, Apple appears have principally let Beats preserve doing its personal factor.
The $49 instances work with MagSafe and the iPhone’s new Digital camera Management button. They’re produced from polycarbonate and have delicate fiber interiors. They arrive within the wake of the quiet disappearance of the FineWoven line and look like one thing of a direct alternative for these simply scratched instances. Beats notes that the brand new instances are “handled with a shiny scratch-resistant coating for additional safety,” so that they hopefully received’t endure the identical destiny.