Noooooo… I love mine. I have 2 and added a mini but the sound just isn’t even close to the same. I’m rushing to buy another full-size HomePod. Looks like they’re getting full firmware support alongside the minis.
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Apple Discontinues Full-Sized HomePod to Focus on HomePod Mini
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you can still use these speakers and hopefully they last a lifetime.
i still have nd use products that will never be produced again!
Well that sucks. Love my 2 OG Homepods over the mini.
Outside of Siri, the HomePod is outstanding. Apple simply messed up with the outrageous price.
Outside of Siri, the HomePod is outstanding. Apple simply messed up with the outrageous price.
price is fine actually. the problem probably is Sonos owns the nice wireless speaker market. and you get more flexibility there. plus isn't Siri on Sonos? if not I figure that will be happening soon enough.
So you’d rather that they didn’t give the HomePod Dolby atmos?
I have a stereo pair and love the sound, but I live in an apartment building and the bass is a little too much even at low volumes. I may offload the big ones for a pair of minis. If I wasn’t living in an apartment building, I would never let go of the pair of HomePods I have now. The sound that comes out of them is truly amazing, but I don’t feel like I am getting the most out of them since I have to keep the volume lower so I don’t disturb my neighbors, especially since I like to listen to music late at night. I wish Apple would allow us to adjust the bass. C’est la vie.
Apple had the iPod Nano when there was no iPod anymore. It makes perfect sense to keep calling this speaker HomePod mini given it’s size.
Yes they have to. This HomePod is the second last device with the A8 SoC sold and if this is true then the Apple TV HD is the last one yet, unless a new Apple TV is revealed for the March 23 event which could discontinue this Apple TV then this is a possible move by Apple to discontinue what is left of the A8 perhaps😊
EDIT: so Apple has officially announced this, I thought this was a rumor.... so this means Apple TV HD is the last A8 SoC device still in production and sold
Apple discontinues original HomePod - 9to5Mac
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I’m actually pretty shocked by this. Yeah they priced it too high but the sound is incredible for it’s size. Why not just lower the price and keep it around for 199
If they put Dolby Atmos in the HomePod Mini, the price will increase a lot.
At this rate, iPhone 12 mini will be the next to go. I won’t be surprised if I see ‘While supplies last’ for iPhone 12 mini next Friday 😆
If you read Apple’s statement, it’s clear they’re discontinuing. If they had a refresh in the pipeline, they wouldn’t have released that statement.
I picked up the HomePod as soon as it came out, and use it all of the time. That said, I primarily use it to play music in the kitchen, and set timers; I don't usually play it loud enough to take advantage of the higher quality sound. Since I have a home theater system for playing music loud, a mini would be fine in the kitchen, and has a much smaller footprint.
Apple released a statement. This is official. It literally says while supplies last on the website.
Part of the problem is that apple came late when the market was dominated by others and they came in way too high on price. I think the HomePod is incredible for its size but $349 was way too much for people to digest when the market was owned by much cheaper alternatives. They should've lowered the price to 199 last year when they announced the mini. Sadly this became the next iPod hifi. That too had great sound but was way overpriced. The sad reality is that most people only care if something sounds “good enough”. Clearly the HomePod mini accomplishes that at 1/3 the price.
This is also confusing considering they just launched $599 headphones.maybe the AirPods max will suffer the same fate in a few years.
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Presumably it’s not profitable at $199. It’s probably not even profitable at $299 unless they reach a minimum threshold of sales, which it appears they didn’t.
Enter: HomePod Pro with a bunch of ports on it so you can plug into your Mac / TV and run them wired and paired.
Major disappointment just like when they stopped making monitors.
200$ price was right price bought two over the years, they should have done that from the beginning but no 399 for 4 years made total sense.
200$ price was right price bought two over the years, they should have done that from the beginning but no 399 for 4 years made total sense.
The big homepod is to bass heavy and you can’t change it so in a flat I can’t use it, so minis are much better
I think the killer devices would be 1) a HomePod mini that you can plug into your own stereo system. 2) HomePod built-in to Apple TV
This would make a lot of sense. As someone else pointed out, they added home theatre support which is not available for the mini. Why spend the money to develop software integrations for a dead product? I would suspect THIS iteration will be going away and something new is coming.
Apple is running a business. The HomePod was selling poorly. The HomePod Mini is selling well. Apple as always made the business decision to focus on products that sell well and generate revenue. From that perspective it’s a good move.
wow this is so sad. One of Apple’s best products - it’s a shame that apparently not many people understood how great it really is. 