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Tim Cook Says HomePod Experience Will Blow People Away
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I don't hate it, but I don't know yet that I want it.
When I build my dream house in about two years in the future (It's been a rolling two years in the future for a couple of years), I'd like to have one of these in every major room. But that's kind of expensive. I'd have preferred a lower price for modest sound.
Oh well, in two years maybe there will be a HomePod Mini for rooms where you don't need the full sound field experience. If not, there will at least be refurbished units in the Apple Store.
Is $349 expensive? I don't get it. What people are comparing this to? Many Bluetooth speakers are already on $200-$300 price point, and they are just speakers. $349 is really cheap.
Seriously, are people comparing this to $20 speakers or something?
Seriously, are people comparing this to $20 speakers or something?
I think they want you to have TWO in every room, which will be quite expensive, but probably sound amazing. At each room at $700.... this will be quite outside most people's budgets. who's planning on getting two to have stereo?
Why would you say that? Do you have any, and I mean ANY legitimate evidence that Apple uses their devices for spying and doesn't do everything possible to NOT provide a data harvesting conduit for third parties, or even themselves?
I did and I wasn't. Never got the hype around Sonos. I can appreciate the convenience of wireless speakers, but they sounded very mediocre to me.
“Good audio” sounds like...whatever individuals prefer good audio to sound like. You or I are in no position to dictate that to anyone. It’s not an absolute.
Even if you try to reproduce the audio experience of a live event, you can only hope to reproduce it from one single point of “view”. What is important from a technology standpoint is that the speaker is capable of producing a wide range of sound components consistently and with minimum distortion or artefacts. The rest is subjective by nature.
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Like I said, it’s subjective. Although most people do like Sonos gear so who knows...
I like how there's a deal on these the same day Homepod is announced.
https://slickdeals.net/f/10216308-pair-of-sonos-play-1-speakers-348-50-off-fs
https://slickdeals.net/f/10216308-pair-of-sonos-play-1-speakers-348-50-off-fs
No, I don't think so, as Tim Cook introduced it with Apple Music in combination.
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It has no battery, just stationary entertainment.
It better be better quality than a bluetooth speaker. Bluetooth speakers are terrible. WiFi is the only way to stream music.
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Been like that for days, now
First of all I want to know how it sounds.
For now it looks like a rolled up sleeping bag
For now it looks like a rolled up sleeping bag
I think they keep calling it a "speaker" because it is, in fact, a speaker.
I agree and I think that, in combination with the price, will severely limit the audience. I can't see any reason to replace my Sonos system with HomePod. In my mind HomePod has two serious drawbacks. First, Apple service exclusivity. Second, the speaker itself. Apple should have followed Sonos's lead and offered a HomePod that connects to one's existing home hifi setup. I have built-in speakers. Why would I want a HomePod sitting on a cabinet? But a HomePod connected to my stereo system with a discrete little Bluetooth microphone somewhere in the room would be very compelling.
Uhhhh...... Apple was still predictable when Steve was alive. What "One More Thing" are you referring to?
Get over it. Apple is doing extremely well and is still and awesome company.
That's it Cook, over sell and under deliver. Keep throwing out the hyperbole.