A few days ago our colleague Jordi He told us about accessory companies that were putting on the market solutions so that the vibrations of the HomePod together with the type of silicone that has been used in the base of the same do not make circular scratches on the surface of varnished wooden furniture.
Now, rumors begin to circulate around the network that Apple could have already put letters in the matter in its assembly line and that the HomePods that are manufactured now already come with a base made with those improvements that would completely eliminate the problem of the that you have already been able to read these days.
As you already know, a few days ago the network of networks was flooded with articles in which it was said that the new HomePod came with a defect for all those who located it on wooden furniture and that is due to the silicone of which it is Once its base is made, in addition to the micro-vibrations that it performs, it leaves whitish stains on the wood that in many cases disappear when we remove the HomePod from the place but that in others they do not.
Quickly, accessory companies have put leather or poly-leather mats on sale that what they do is that the silicone from the base of the HomePod does not reach the wood of the furniture. The solution to the problem is very simple, but there are industry analysts who point out that they do not understand how Apple has missed this aspect. They talk about what any industrial design engineer who knows materials You should know that in the case of tabletop speakers, you have to take into account the chemicals that make up their bases and the possible incompatibilities that can occur on different surfaces.
The oils leave the wood porous, while the varnish does the opposite effect ...
As we have mentioned, Apple itself has reported that, indeed, this problem is occurring and that is why it is rumored that they have already made modifications in the assembly lines so that this part is modified because a product of almost 400 euros does not It must have industrial design flaws like the one we have discussed. We'll see if the HomePod arrives in Spain the silicone base has been replaced by another made of a different elastomer that is not incompatible with varnished surfaces. A change of this style in the assembly line could mean a delay of more than a month and a half and that is that the supplier of the same would be working piecemeal so that more affected HomePod units do not go on the market. Will Apple come up with a solution for those who already have the HomePod with this problem?