In the mean time, I still have an Apple TV 4 (9 years), Airport Express Nv1 (16 years), and an iPod (3rd gen) running just wonderfully.
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Apple Reclassifies iPhone X, HomePod, and Original AirPods as 'Vintage'
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iPhone sales share by model in U.S. 2014-2021| Statista
As of March 2021, Apple’s iPhone XR accounted for **** percent of total iPhone sales and continues to be Apple’s most sold iPhone model since December 2018.
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This has the X at 20% in Dec ‘17 for sales share, 17% in June ‘18, and 14% in Sept ‘18.
I loved mine and would have kept it still if it had been supported.
You can get them fixed. See in this thread.
That's sad. The OG is awesome. Never heard the Gen 2's.
Sure I've had a problem or two over the 7 years, but sh*tshow? That's a bit extreme.
Mine have been endlessly problematic. Skipping during songs (always around the 14 second mark), struggling with 5 different routers, Siri being retarded, the pair falling out of synch, synching very badly with iPhone and Mac, volume levels fluctuating when paired etc etc. I've posted about these issues in depth on these forums over the years.
Come on lets face it, When did killing support for a product you designed, built and sold become acceptable at any age?
Because it didn't use to be!
I've not known someone to 'upgrade' from the OG HomePods to the HomePod 2s before, which isnt so surprisingly to me considering in some ways they're a downgrade. May I ask why?
I've been completely burnt on the HomePods so wouldn't upgrade even if they released new ones with non-moronic Siri. I'd go as far as to say I would only buy dumb, wired speakers from now on...
How about turning up at a mobile phone store in the UK the day the original iPhone launched and being the only person there to buy one as no one else had even heard of them.
Now that's old.
While I absolutely agree with you on Siri, sorry to hear about your other issues. After my own experiences with other products, I don't doubt your troubles.
To my understanding the OG HomePods have iPhone 6 components in them. By Apple now listing them as "Vintage" they likely wont be receiving upcoming major iOS revisions. They'll likely stay on iOS 17 moving forward. This wont render them useless, but will make them less useful moving forward depending on what iOS18 (and on) features they wont get.
Your experience with smart speakers isn't our experience and its ok to not understand why someone chooses to do something you wouldn't.
The final OG HomePod just sold about 5 minutes ago so it will be off to its new owner tomorrow. In the end for each of the three households it cost about $50 to upgrade from OG to 2nd gen since Verizon had them on fire sale about a month ago. I only wish I had bought two more. Maybe they'll go on sale again sometime soon.
We'll have to see what improvements future updates bring. The HP2 has a weaker processor, fewer internal speakers, fewer microphones, and lower specced WiFi chip.
When you say "our experience" I assume you mean your family, as there's a ton of people all over the internet (and these forums) that have been less than impressed with HomePods. I'm glad some are happy at least! I don't wish the problems I've had on others.
Edit: It's not ALL doom and gloom with my HomePod experience- when they're behaving, they do sound really good, especially when paired. (I had to unpair them, though, sadly, as they misbehave more as pair.)
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same as iPad, iPad Pro has better hardware than iPad 7th gen, yet iPad Pro support is being dropped.
His point was that speakers historically lasted waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay longer than any tablet or phone or computer ever has, hence how we would expect them to get at least a few years more support than an iPad.
Well it's only a classification. Doesn't mean it won't carry on working in the same way for years.
I just bought a mint boxed iMac Goose neck G4 (for £95!!) and it's works fine even for a lot of websites.
It sadly does mean they'll never fix the current awful incarnation of Siri, though...
Ok but all joking aside, some kind of old timey gramophone base to set the HomePod on would actually be a fun accessory! If you launch a kickstarter campaign for such a novelty then I promise I'll be among the first to contribute to it
Good point, even Alexa device owners have this worry any smart speaker (such as Dumb speakers
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We dont know that yet. It will get audioOS 18 in September (there is a beta profile for it within the resources tab of Appleseed, so we know it´s coming) which means that for now we are covered. As for the next year and audioOS 19, who knows. I think as long as the Apple TV HD will get software updates, the original homepod will get them too (since they use a fork of tvOS as their operating system).
PS: audioOS 18 will be a great update, if only for improved Siri and spatial audio support for Airplay 2 (enhanced surround sound when playing Dolby 5.1/7.1 and Atmos content)
Yes. There is a beta profile for it within the resources tab of Appleseed so we know it´s coming.
If only for including spatial audio support for Airplay 2, this update is going to be awesome.
Agreed. A 3.5mm jack and/or a USB-C port would have much improved the device. If I could have found a way to entirely bypass all elements of its flawed wireless connectivity I certainly would have at times, when they were misbehaving. Those features would also have offered us more standard speaker longevity.
Speaking of vintage devices, I tried to sign up somebody to the Visible network but it kept refusing his iPhone 7 Plus.
If you remember back in those days there was a debacle about Intel modems and qualcomm modems. Well apparently it’s still an issue for a certain networks, even some of the iPhone 11 and SE models have it and won’t work on the Visible network.
I thought we were done with all this nonsense.
If you remember back in those days there was a debacle about Intel modems and qualcomm modems. Well apparently it’s still an issue for a certain networks, even some of the iPhone 11 and SE models have it and won’t work on the Visible network.
I thought we were done with all this nonsense.
