I understand HomePod needs to charge, but why is it non-detachable? A really bad design decision in 2020, IMO, especially considering they advertise it as being easy to move around places. Our 2015 small Bose Bluetooth speaker has a small female USB port, so we can charge it as needed and then move around. Go figure... 🤷🏻♂️
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HomePod Mini Cable is Non-Detachable, Ends With USB-C Connector for Use With Included 20W Power Adapter
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You're trolling right? The number of HomePods in the world is insignificant compared to the number of iPhones.
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Great post - thanks for sharing problems related to your life style choices.
Wait, what do you do with your homepod that it has even a remote chance of becoming unplugged?
They need to hold back a feature or two for the next model. lol. I suggested an actual screen like an echo show would be more useful.
surf? I’ve never seen a clothes dryer with a power cable not wired in directly.
I don't know where you live, but in North America, clothes dryers plug into outlets. Washers typically use regular 110V while dryers typically have heavier duty 220V outlets with a special shape.
Wonder why they are including a power adapter. Everybody has so many extras laying around already.
Because this needs to be plugged in all the time?
I don’t see how. I still have mine from my iPhone 6s. What are you all doing with these cables that they “constantly” break?
Oh...
I had actually thought of buying a Homepod, but will pass on it now. To have a 'portable speaker' with a hard attached power cable is insane. It would be as stupid as having an 'ebike' with an attached power cable that you need to keep wrapped up and/or dangling as you rode it. Or having a power cable attached to an electric car that you need to coil up on the car. Yikes!!!
Stupid on a rope? At least they could have made it easier to remove, and user replaceable. What kind of crazy stuff is this? Damn... I thought it WAS removable. Just crazy...
I had actually thought of buying a Homepod, but will pass on it now. To have a 'portable speaker' with a hard attached power cable is insane. It would be as stupid as having an 'ebike' with an attached power cable that you need to keep wrapped up and/or dangling as you rode it. Or having a power cable attached to an electric car that you need to coil up on the car. Yikes!!!
Stupid on a rope? At least they could have made it easier to remove, and user replaceable. What kind of crazy stuff is this? Damn... I thought it WAS removable. Just crazy...
you are telling us you have absolutely no usb c adaptors (apple brand or not) in your house that is unused? None.... not a single one?
Hah! My mother-in-law had a dog that kept chewing a power cable. I found it, with chew marks in it, and it was still plugged in. Apparently the dog liked getting shocked. It was a Schepperke (sp) and they are weird dogs, but wow...
You do realize this is not a portable speaker? This is why it has a permanent cable. If it was a portable speaker, it would have an internal battery.
I’d like to see different versions available. I wouldn’t hesitate to buy a version with an aux out so I can plug it into my stereo. That would make it a smart airport express that I really need. Another version could be portable. Unfortunately this version is just not it for me.
Yet they never show the power cord connected in their ads. So are they lying? Is it a 'touchy subject'? If they won't show the cable in their ads, why the heck is it 'permanently attached'? It must embarrass them, and they are hiding it. What other 'portable speaker' has an attached cable? YIKES!!! (They never show the cable, but never show 'the hole' either.
They could have used MagSafe on these. Good grief...
EDIT: I guess my point is that the mini is small enough to be 'portable', and having an attached cord isn't. It's an odd product for this day and age... Like soap on a rope. Great idea 'way back when', not so needed, appreciated now.
They could have used MagSafe on these. Good grief...
EDIT: I guess my point is that the mini is small enough to be 'portable', and having an attached cord isn't. It's an odd product for this day and age... Like soap on a rope. Great idea 'way back when', not so needed, appreciated now.
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Yeah! Since they have a 'permanently attached' power cord, why not an ugly 3.5mm 'AUX-IN' jack to further date this hot mess. Wow...
Oh, I thought it was a 'portable speaker'. DOH!!! So the better question is probably 'Why make a portable speaker sized stationary speaker'. So this is a second attempt at an 'Apple Hi-Fi'? Oh, with Bluetooth now. Who designed this? If it looks like a portable speaker, shouldn't it BE a portable speaker? Tying it to a power plug is so dated...
Sorry to be a bit off topic but the US has not used 110/220V in quite some time. We’ve been 120/240V since before most people on this forum have been alive. I’m referring to typical home distribution which is 120/240V split phase with two “hots” and a neutral. I know some people still use 110/220V to describe residential electric service, and it’s not hard to follow what is meant, but I figure it’s worth an effort to be accurate even if the general concept is being conveyed either way.
