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  • Exhaustive acoustical analysis demonstrates HomePod is '100 percent an audiophile-grade sp...

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    rain22 said:
    So let’s recap...
    Sounds good for an Apple Music Only - Must Have Subscription - Smart Speaker. 
    If audio quality is your only concern, there are true audiophile speakers that blow HomePod out of the water - but for a much higher price.

    So the HomePod is a made in China, budget consumer-level speaker that sounds pretty good - and has a nifty voice command feature for 1 person only - who is willing to pay for an Apple Music Subscription and already owns Apple devices - who doesn’t value their privacy. 

    Im sure there is a market for that. 

    Apple is all about maintaining the user's privacy. Sounds like you have them confused with Google.

    Let's face it... everything is made in China these days and this sounds like it's an audiophile's dream. It also sounds like they will be taking the operating system of HomePod to the new level, probably starting in June (WWDC).  I'd expect to see some big things at that point.
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  • HomePod review roundup: Apple's smart speaker sounds incredible, but Siri is lacking

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    It's pretty basic. Apple needed to nail the hardware and the ability to update the HomePod. Software can be updated and improved (and marketed). Sucky hardware cannot.
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  • KGI: Intel might be exclusive modem supplier for 2018 iPhone lineup, Qualcomm iced out

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    k2kw said:
    jrholmes said:
    proline said:
    bluefire1 said:
    If the QCOM chips used in iPhones is superior to the one from Intel, then I hope the company resolves its issues with Apple sooner rather then later and returns to the fold. 
    The cellphone network is rarely able to achieve the top speeds possible with existing chips, and when those tops speeds are achieved there is little need for anything faster. There is therefore not a huge rush at the moment making this an excellent time for Apple to take their time and make sure that Qualcomm's attitude is properly adjusted. Another year at Intel speeds will be just fine. 
    Superior modem isn't about the peak speeds, but the performance in low signal conditions. When the conditions are poor, which is more often than ideal, Qualcomm's digital signal processing shines, outperforming Intel modem by a wide margin. That's where a good modem makes a difference, not when the signal is pristine...
    So if Apple is going to put cheaper inferior modems into its phones do you think they will lower the price of the phones.   Probably not.   And after Meltdown and Spectre (and Intel's response to it) the last thing I want is intel in the phones.   Another been counter mistake like their crap-out batteries.
    You obviously don’t understand CPU design. Every modem processor was/is effected... this includes Intel, AMD and ARM processors (every iOS and android device) Baseband modems do not work on the same principals as a general purpose CPU and are not effected by Meltdown and Spectre.

    So to sum up for you...
    A) Your phone and computer are already effected no matter what you have.
    B) The baseband modem is not effected at all.
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  • Ahead of Apple's HomePod launch, Amazon teases new voices for Alexa

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    Oh, you mean just like Siri?
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  • A deep dive into HomePod's adaptive audio, beamforming and why it needs an A8 processor

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    Unless you are an audio engineer, you would think it’s so simple to make a speaker and not understand why HomePod costs $349 or why you should be so thrilled.

    As an audio engineer that understands the physics of sound and technology, when I saw the keynote at WWDC, I was floored. Basically Apple is shrinking what amounts to concert-level (room tuning, steerable audio, sub node cancellation, phase cancellation detection, audio engineer experience) into a sub $400 device. Are you kidding me???
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