I have not gone crazy, I know that the HomePod is discontinued by Apple. In fact we told you about it in this post. The company decided on the mini model, leaving the original only for sale until stocks ran out. If you visit the Spanish page and want to buy a speaker, the wait is one month for gray and one day for white. However, be careful because there are those who are buying this model now and is receiving items manufactured at the end of 2017.
Although Apple has discontinued the HomePod, this is still worth 329 euros. I really don't understand Apple's strategy very well. If you want to get the stock out of the way, the normal thing is to lower the price and adjust it to the demand, which is rather little. Because the original Apple speaker is not that it has been the most successful product that we say. And one of the causes is undoubtedly the price. Even so there are those who are acquiring these models now. It may be out of nostalgia or knowing that in the future they will be worth much more as happened to the Mac Pro of 40 years ago.
In any case, what may be happening is not typical of a serious company like Apple. According to Yotuber Michael Kukielka, known as DetroitBORG, bought at least two HomePods after Apple discontinued the product, and to his surprise, the models he bought They were the ones from the launch. That is to say, three years ago, the end of 2017. This is how he has taught it through his account on the social network Twitter. We can also see how the plug has whitish stains, typical of when it spends a lot of time inside a box.
https://twitter.com/DetroitBORG/status/1372384892865159171?s=20
Not only does it keep the original price of the HomePod, but it also sends you a model from three years ago. Never seen. Not that way.