Portable headphones
- Portable headphones became smaller and eventually lead to earbuds and in-earphones.
- In 2001 Apple introduced the iPod, and later iPhone and iPad, comes with a set of white earbuds.
- 2008. Hip hop artist and producer Dr. Dre and Interscope Chairman Jimmy Iovine launched Beats by Dr. Dre to help solidify headphones as a fashion statement.
- 2011. Sennheiser, a German headphone company, released 300 sets of the Orpheus headphones and an audio show in South Korea. A set was priced at 30,000 Euros, or roughly $41,000.
- 2012. The launch of the iPhone 5 started a new era of headphone design, the EarPod, designed to direct sound right into the ear.
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