Almost Definitely Beats Apple Acquisition

Apple reportedly plans to acquire Beats Electronics, which makes the headphones with the Beats brand . According to Reuters two sources close to the plan , Apple almost certainly acquired Beats .

One source said , Apple's top acquisition Beats not only target the headphone device technology as a complement to the Mac OS -based products and iOS only. Moreover , Apple is also eyeing Beats Music online music services to strengthen the iRadio service .

According to reports , Apple plans to spend 3.2 billion dollars , or nearly $ 37 billion to acquire Beats . It is probable that the deal will be announced next week .

One of the founders of Beats , Dr . Dre, is reported to have celebrated this acquisition agreement with his colleagues , including actor Tyrese Gibson .

Gibson had published the video with Dre on Facebook , which says that Dre is now included in the " billionaire boys club . " In the video, Dre also illustrates that he is " the first billionaire in hip - hop . "

The video did not explicitly confirm the acquisition agreement Beats by Apple . However , several hours later , Gibson decided to remove the content from their account .

If the later happens, then the purchase of Beats will be the acquisition of the greatest value to Apple that have never spend more than 1 billion U.S. dollars to buy other companies .

Some are wondering about the reasons behind the acquisition of Apple . Forbes speculates that Apple eyeing Beats Music streaming service and talent in Beats to strengthen his own business .

News of the proposed acquisition by Apple Beats Audio sound a bit ironic because the two founders of Beats , Dr . Dre and Jimmy Iovine , forming the company was disappointed with the loss of quality because the audio ( MP3 ) which is driven by a homemade Apple iPod .

Shares of Beats Audio was purchased by as much as 50.1 percent of smart phone manufacturer HTC from Taiwan in 2011, valued at 300 million U.S. dollars . The two companies then collaborated apply audio products in a number of models of HTC smartphones .

However , the agreement failed to produce significant added value to the September 2013 and the HTC Beats resell all shares owned.