Cleaning out the leftover parts. Maybe they ran out of tweeters - that's why there's only 5 instead of 7!
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Apple Announces New HomePod for $299 With Full-Size Design, S7 Chip, and More
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This is a forum to discuss Apple products d services. People are allowed to express an opinion here. Saying "if you don't like it, don't buy it" is infantile and no more helpful than saying "if you like it, just buy it.".
If you don't like to hear any discussion or criticism of your beloved trillion dollar corporation then don't go browsing Apple forums.
For $300, it still needs a non-proprietary audio input method.
And maybe better controls, trying to find a + and - on a circle is impossibly difficult. At least you can always ask Siri - oh wait, she's worse than useless too.
100% the same! my Kitchen one is basically a glorified timer with occasional speaker from my phone while cooking. Lounge ones are a stereo pair for my projector (just sounds more natural coming from actual projector screen and not the projector behind, which does have amazing speakers incorporated) My bedroom one is a glorified alarm clock... TBH I also have them all on smart power sockets, that when home I turn them all off as they make terrible home hubs! whenever I have unresponsive devices (have a total of 180) its always due to one of the Minis being used as the home hub. When Apple TV is the hub I have zero issues! but maybe just my setup.
I’d like to believe that Apple realized they shouldn’t have canceled the product in the first place, but someone probably just wanted to build them cheaper & market it as a new product. Oh, Apple… 😒
Yeah, this makes no sense to me. "Discontinue" then release a revised version with the only change probably being better margins. What's in it for the customer? I'm not complaining exactly, but I fail to see the value proposition at $300 price point.
Per specs page:
- Creating a HomePod stereo pair requires two of the same model HomePod speakers, such as two HomePod mini, two HomePod (2nd generation), or two HomePod (1st generation).
More likely the chips they were using weren't able to handle 7 speakers, and instead of selecting different chips, they opted to remove the tweeters instead. This is Apple we're talking about here.
Still a no for me. Reason: I'm so invested in the Amazon Alexa ecosystem that if I need a speaker upgrade, it will likely be the Amazon Echo Studio instead.
Because the first one flopped so hard you'd think they might actually price these to sell. Any other questions?
So Apple should sell these at $199 because you think thats all their worth. Got it.
Unexpwcted.
Midnight though? This color inconsistency os driving me nuts. Can’t market to us OCD folks and not offer products on all the color options...
You want me to spend all the money to kit out my whole house Apple? Then Space Gray AND Midnight for all products plz
Midnight though? This color inconsistency os driving me nuts. Can’t market to us OCD folks and not offer products on all the color options...
You want me to spend all the money to kit out my whole house Apple? Then Space Gray AND Midnight for all products plz
Just got off with chat support. No pairing of gen 1 and gen 2 for stereo playback.
Just ordered 2 myself! Excited to have 2 OG and 2 of the new ones 👌
It is high, but Apple generally just uses the exchange rate to determine Canadian pricing (there might be a few rare exceptions).
Or the fact that at least 3 people, including me, posted the info from the specs here already.
Does anyone know if the updated HomePod supports third party music services such as Spotify, et al. Can you airplay Spotify or other music sources to the HomePod or ask Siri (on the homepod) to load a track from a source of your choosing (e.g., Spotify)? Or are Homepods, incl. the new one, tied to Apple Music?
Should have been 199, 299 is still too expensive.
There will likely be price reduction. I won't bite until I see it for 229 or less.
There will likely be price reduction. I won't bite until I see it for 229 or less.
This wasn’t necessary. The information is already on the specs page. Giving attitude to undeserving customer service workers is out in 2023.