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Apple considers cheaper HomePod in face of lackluster sales
Apples target market is not the indigent. A large portion of Apples market is not sensitive to what items cost. That aside, who tries to hock an iPhone X to Gazelle?DavidAlGregory said:
Well I am sure there is a lot of pent up demand in Antigua, Barbados, Iceland and Qatar that will make those numbers jump.chaicka said:Launch Markets so limited (3 countries only), what do journalists and analysts expect?
The speaker is a flop like Apple Music where Apple has been able to convert almost a Billion iTunes accounts to well under 1/10th that many to the rental model after years of giving away trials to anybody with a pulse.
That speaker is grossly overpriced. I already have an excellent Focal system in my Living Room and allI have to do is connect an Amazon Dot as an input for more features and far higher sound quality. It won’t cost a King’s Ransom, either.
That speaker is a flop. When it goes stupid out of warranty repairs start at $275. I am sure a lot of people will spend $275 to fix a speaker that costs $350 before discounts. That is kind of like the iPhone X that costs $1000 but only gets you a little over $400 on Gazelle. Or a $5000 iMac. Someone at Apple needs to give the people in the bubble of Silicon Valley a wake up call.
Kinda hard to claim Apple Music as a flop since it’s probably the only profitable streaming music service. Add to that it will like over take Spotify (market leader by users) within a year for paid subscriptions and you claim is pretty weak.
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CarPlay becoming pivotal purchase priority for new car buyers
I was greatly disappointed in Toyota for eschewing CarPlay in favor of their horrible deficient infotainment offering. It’s just such a customer negative decision on their part and makes the driving experience in their vehicles feel extremely dated. Lack of CarPlay is the only reason we looked outside of Toyota for our next purchase. -
Channel checks, sales data on HomePod likely as wrong as it was about Apple Watch in 2015
Didn't mean to sound snarky there. Based on the information you provided, power does not seem to be the case. Perhaps, it is some issue with the computational beam forming algorithms. I wonder if you put it in a different room if the issues would persist ... obviously not an acceptable solution just may be useful to narrow down the issue to the source.zroger73 said:
Good suggestion, but my supply voltage is stable at 124 volts and clean according to my Rigol DS1054Z scope. The HomePod sits on a table about 20 feet form the nearest electronic device. If there was a line noise/RFI issue, I'd expect to have issues with other electronic devices - including my four Amazon Echo devices, which seem to operate flawlessly. I've about determined that my home was built on top of an ancient Indian burial ground.minisu1980 said:
I can confirm that I have had exactly zero of the problems you are describing, maybe check your power/wiring situation occasionally electronics can act funny if the power to them fluctuates.zroger73 said:I'm on my second HomePod since launch. The first one had a problem where Siri became hard of hearing after hours/days of use. Apple refunded my money and I bought another one at a retail store. Unfortunately, it does exactly the same thing. When Siri starts going deaf, all I have to do is unplug the HomePod and plug it back in and the operation returns to "perfection"...for hours or days. Apple couldn't solve my problem with the first one, so they refunded my money. They haven't been able to figure out why the second one does the same thing, either. All I get is escalations to another department who calls back a few days later and I go through the same "infinite loop". I had hopes the 11.3 update would resolve this issue, but it didn't. I also don't like how Siri answers me too loudly at times and too softly at others independent of the volume setting. The sound quality is impressive, but the voice control makes the product too frustrating for me. My "workaround"? I plugged the HP into a digital timer that turns off the power for one minute each day.
When it works, it's well worth the $349 I paid for it. However, having to cycle the power to get it to work is unacceptable. I find myself using my Amazon Echo devices more often. Even though the sound quality is much lower, Alexa doesn't have a hearing problem.
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Channel checks, sales data on HomePod likely as wrong as it was about Apple Watch in 2015
Really, that is the only possible explanation for a supplier cut? In reality, it could be related to any number of things: low demand, poor yields, not meeting deadlines, less profitable to continue using two suppliers, more reliable supplier has expanded operations or lowered price, logistical issues, etc. Seems someone has picked a conclusion they wanted to arrive at and is now employing a form of tunnel vision defend their stanceDracarys said:If Apple cut from one then it's because demand is lower than expected. But sure, you can try to spin it to fit your narrative.
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Channel checks, sales data on HomePod likely as wrong as it was about Apple Watch in 2015
I can confirm that I have had exactly zero of the problems you are describing, maybe check your power/wiring situation occasionally electronics can act funny if the power to them fluctuates.zroger73 said:I'm on my second HomePod since launch. The first one had a problem where Siri became hard of hearing after hours/days of use. Apple refunded my money and I bought another one at a retail store. Unfortunately, it does exactly the same thing. When Siri starts going deaf, all I have to do is unplug the HomePod and plug it back in and the operation returns to "perfection"...for hours or days. Apple couldn't solve my problem with the first one, so they refunded my money. They haven't been able to figure out why the second one does the same thing, either. All I get is escalations to another department who calls back a few days later and I go through the same "infinite loop". I had hopes the 11.3 update would resolve this issue, but it didn't. I also don't like how Siri answers me too loudly at times and too softly at others independent of the volume setting. The sound quality is impressive, but the voice control makes the product too frustrating for me. My "workaround"? I plugged the HP into a digital timer that turns off the power for one minute each day.
When it works, it's well worth the $349 I paid for it. However, having to cycle the power to get it to work is unacceptable. I find myself using my Amazon Echo devices more often. Even though the sound quality is much lower, Alexa doesn't have a hearing problem.
