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Black Friday 2018: Get Apple's HomePod for $250 at Best Buy

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Apple's HomePod is now nine months old, and one of the best all-around deals this Black Friday is a $100 discount on the Siri-based smart speaker at Best Buy. With this sale, you can get the HomePod for $249.99, down from $349.99. Space Gray and White are both available, but Space Gray appears to be sold only in stores and White is available both in stores and online.

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Best Buy's Black Friday sale represents the lowest-ever straight discount offered on HomePod, beating out regular $50 discounts at retailers like Costco and sales that dipped to around $280 for the speaker during eBay's sitewide sales over the past few months. If you've been interested in HomePod but hesitant due to its price, definitely visit Best Buy and check out the sale before it expires on Saturday, November 24.

Best Buy is the only retailer offering a discount on a new HomePod this Black Friday. If you're on the hunt for other AirPlay 2 speakers, check out our Black Friday Roundup for sales on Sonos One and more.

Update: If you have a Costco membership, they have the HomePod for $80 off in White and Space Gray

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I took the plunge. While homepod is still limited by Siri, Siri is getting better (albeit slowly), and I've only heard good things about the sound quality (pun absolutely intended). If nothing what, I figure if I hate it or regret the purchase or what not, I can easily return it to best buy.
 
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Awesome price for these amazing sounding speakers! I ordered one from B&H Photo last week and have been listening to my music collection all over again. Loved it soooo damn much that I just ordered another one from Best Buys! Can't wait to pair them up in stereo mode!
 
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Meh, says in store only when I went to the site. Not worth fighting ppl when you can go to other sites and get it for the same price.
 
Tim Cook is still laughing at those who think it's a good deal.

Personally, I think it should be 30 bucks given its limited usability and connection. No Bluetooth support or an audio-in option.. WTF Most of the world uses Andriod.

God forbid someone comes over and wants to play some music. Tim Cook, bad CEO or worse CEO in Apple History?
 
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Soccertess said:
Tim Cook is still laughing at those who think it's a good deal.

Personally, I think it should be 30 bucks given its limited usability and connection. No Bluetooth support or an audio-in option.. WTF Most of the world uses Andriod.

God forbid someone comes over and wants to play some music. Tim Cook, bad CEO or worse CEO in Apple History?
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Lol $30 for something that cost apple around $216 to make. The person can still ask Siri to play what they want. Android users can buy the google home or echo. This isn’t for them.
 
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Soccertess said:
Tim Cook is still laughing at those who think it's a good deal.

Personally, I think it should be 30 bucks given its limited usability and connection. No Bluetooth support or an audio-in option.. WTF Most of the world uses Andriod.

God forbid someone comes over and wants to play some music. Tim Cook, bad CEO or worse CEO in Apple History?
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Yeah... I heard people did that in the 1970s.
[doublepost=1542939057][/doublepost]Nice... Think I'll get a second HomePod; for the garage.
 
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I love my HomePods. I would get a couple more at this price but Best Buy is sold out online and there's NO WAY I'm going anywhere near a Best Buy store in the next 36 hours! :)

Costco is already sold out on the Space Gray model, no white for me.

Maybe Apple will be offering them for the same price tomorrow too? If so, I'll grab a couple more Space Gray ones.

Did I mention I love my HomePods? I recently added a Philips Hue system and I really enjoy the convenience of having Siri turn on/off lights at my request. I installed a new pergola recently and rather than wire in a bunch of switches I simply added HomeKit compatible outlets. Bingo!

Mark
 
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Still $100 too expensive.
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I was just thinking that the problem Apple faces today is that they are raising prices for the same thing that is dropping in price and rising in comparable feature sets and reliability from competitors. Apple will always hold a special place in design and durability for the most part, but how much longer will that hold the market share? Gone are the days where the competition just didn't compare at all on feature/function. Heck I would say Alexa buries Siri. Many other phone manufacturers have a very decent phone at a much lower price. I mean outside of sending talking poop pictures? I have an all Apple technology stack minus my storage array, switches, and VM host in my home. I am "bought into" the ecosystem, but I can't see staying long term if this new trend continues. Apple either needs to step up again and start spending some of that money they have banked on making some amazing advances... or they need to be lowering prices, not raising them.
 
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Apple products will always have a special place in the hearts of people that care about their privacy rights. Amazon and particularly Google don't remotely demonstrate as much concern for your privacy. If you have a Google assistant in your home you are the PRODUCT, not the customer.

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I held off on getting one. Didn’t think the price fit the features. But for this sale price, I just went and picked one up (space gray). Now headed home bag in hand (and receipt) to see if it’s worth keeping or returning.
 
noraa said:
I took the plunge. While homepod is still limited by Siri, Siri is getting better (albeit slowly), and I've only heard good things about the sound quality (pun absolutely intended). If nothing what, I figure if I hate it or regret the purchase or what not, I can easily return it to best buy.
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I’m in the same boat. I’ll give this three days to win me over. Or it’s going right back!
 
Soccertess said:
Tim Cook is still laughing at those who think it's a good deal.

Personally, I think it should be 30 bucks given its limited usability and connection. No Bluetooth support or an audio-in option.. WTF Most of the world uses Andriod.

God forbid someone comes over and wants to play some music. Tim Cook, bad CEO or worse CEO in Apple History?
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I would not say that price should be $30, but I believe that it might be little overpriced. What gets me is no Bluetooth support. Apple offers Apple Music on Android, so you would think people who have Android with Apple Music should be able to play their content on the speaker.
 
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