# Beaded Wireless Earphones Chitose Abe Designs the Beats by Dre x sacai Collaborative Earphones By Amy Duong | Published 2019-02-27 | Tech Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/chitose-abe References: [hypebeast](https://hypebeast.com/2019/2/sacai-beats-by-dre-beatsx-release-date-announcement) & [apple](https://www.apple.com/) Designer Chitose Abe designs the latest technology piece that is the collaborative project between [Beats](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/futura-laboratories-1) by Dre and Japanese imprint sacai. It is a wireless earphone and it was originally unveiled in Paris during the runway show debuting the fashion label's Fall/Winter 2019 capsule. The duo draws inspiration from [artisanal jewelry](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/jeweled-design), which contrasts the technological performance of the piece through the incorporated of customizable beats. When the earphones aren't in use, the magnetic sides enable a fashion-forward piece in the [form of a necklace](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/racer-worldwide-racerpods-necklace). The release features three colorways entitled 'True Black,' ' Deep White,' and 'Burned Red.' Some features include eight-hour battery life, Fast Fuel charging, two playback hours off five minutes of charging, and a RemoreTalk function that enables access to phones and seamless playbacks. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 1.1/10 - Popularity: 5% | Activity: 21% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Gen Z, Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Tech](https://www.trendhunter.com/tech) > [Gadgets](https://www.trendhunter.com/gadgets) ## Key Themes ### What Makes This Trend Stand Out - **Customizable Tech Accessories:** The incorporation of customizable artisanal jewelry into wireless earphones creates a disruptive innovation opportunity for tech accessories to merge fashion and technology. - **Convertible Wearables:** The ability for the earphones to convert into a necklace when not in use creates a new space for fashion-tech wearables to disrupt the industry. - **Fast-charging Wireless Earphones:** The eight-hour battery life and fast charging capabilities of the earphones creates a disruptive innovation opportunity for more efficient and portable wireless technology products. ### Sectors Adopting This - **Technology:** The incorporation of customizable artisanal jewelry into wireless earphones creates a disruptive innovation opportunity for the technology industry to explore the fusion of fashion and technology further. - **Fashion:** The release of the Beaded Wireless Earphones creates an opportunity for the fashion industry to expand into the technology market with fashion-forward wearable tech. - **Consumer Electronics:** The fast charging and eight-hour battery life of the earphones creates disruptive innovation opportunities for more efficient and portable consumer electronics products such as smartphones, laptops, and tablets. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Artist-Designed Headphones](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/melody-ehsani-1.md) - [Modern Art Studio-Collaborative Earbuds](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/futura-laboratories-1.md) - [Collaboration Design Headphone Models](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/beats-fit-pro-x-fragment.md) - [AI-Expoloring Headphone Designs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/powerbeats-pro-2.md) - [Sculptural Earbud Statement](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/balenciaga-sculptural-earbuds.md) - [Bow-Emblem Collaborative Headphones](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/solo-4.md) - [Feminine Bow-Adorned Headphones](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/sandy-liang-x-beats-solo-4.md) - [Graffiti-Adorned Earbuds](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/beats-studio-buds-1.md) - [Studio-Grade Earbud Concepts](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/beats-tour-pro.md)