Apple culls Beats webpage from online store ahead of 'iPhone 12' event

Apple has altered its website to remove a page for "Beats by Dre," a possible sign that the company is shifting itself away from the headphone electronics brand in favor of its own name.

Since the purchase of Beats in 2014, Apple has promoted the popular brand at the same time as its own products, and in recent years technologies developed by Apple have crossed over to Beats devices. However, it seems that Apple is slowly moving from promoting Beats on its own website, by removing a prominent page about the hardware.Spotted by Apple Terminal, the page in the online Apple Store for "Beats by Dr. Dre" listed the Beats products Apple sold, across multiple product lines. The list ranged from the wireless Powerbeats Pro earphones to premium over-ear models like the Beats Studio3 Wireless Headphones.

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