Apple believed that interest in the smart speaker would be much greater than it currently is. According to the agency Bloomberg the Cupertino company even had to limit orders from suppliers.
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Already at the end of March, two months after the start of sales HomeAs a result, analysts began to be skeptical, stating that the Californian giant would sell far fewer smart speakers than originally expected. Apple allegedly canceled some orders from Inventec, the company responsible for production HomeThe reason is that in Apple StoreI am HomeThe pods are piling up.
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Early analyst estimates based on strong pre-orders suggested that HomeThe Pod will sell well and gain a significant share of the smart speaker market. Unfortunately, the predictions have not come true. According to Slice Intelligence si HomePod gained 10% share of the smart speaker market in its first ten weeks. It still holds the lead Amazon Echo with 73%, followed by Google Home with 14%. After three weeks of launch HomeFollowing the sale, weekly sales of the speaker decreased by an average of 4%.
A newspaper also came up with a similar claim China Times, which informs that Apple reduced production HomeThe original 500 units per month went down to "only" 000 units per month. Suppliers then started to reduce production Applu since the beginning of the second quarter of this year, i.e. roughly since the beginning of this month.
Is it because of its price or limited options?
HomeThe Pod costs $349, making the device more expensive compared to competing smart speakers. Apple However, it has put a lot of effort into offering users excellent sound, but it still has several shortcomings that discourage users, for example, it cannot be connected to other devices, but only to those from Applu. Furthermore, it cannot fully work with other music services, only with Apple Music.
As he states Bloomberg, and the fact that HomeThe pod only started selling in February instead of December as originally planned. Apple promised, is responsible for low sales. Apple because he missed the most important Christmas period.
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HomeThe Pod continues to lack promised features, such as stereo pairing capability and support AirPlay 2. However, it is speculated that the feature will appear in an update iOS 11.4, which we informed you about in this article.
Apple se HomePodu won't give up despite lackluster sales. Analyst firm Loup Ventures predicted that Apple will sell a total of 7 million this year HomePods and that next year the number will increase to 10,9 million.
I mean the price?
But they should have done it as a normal Bluetooth speaker that works with any mobile phone...
I'm not surprised at the price it costs in the Czech Republic
Not to reduce the production but the price to 149 USD without VAT
+ compatibility with other devices
For that money, I'm not even surprised at such a piece of shit... and it will be at least. Twice the size and performance for this money, I'll start thinking about the possibilities
That price is really quick for what it can do
As the price seems completely fine to me, even cheap Apple xd as $349 is on Apple quite a bit..
But, but, Kristík... He can do shit, he's big as shit and amazon Alexa is way better
Wolf LaunchpadI'm not saying it's the best xd. But I just think the price is worth it. Apple cheap xd
Wolf LaunchpadUnfortunately, Alexa cannot work with iPhonem.
Can't work with iphonem? I use Alexa every day. Amazon also has an app for ios.