Njengoko besibhengezile kwiveki ephelileyo, abafana baseCupertino basandula ukubeka iPodPod kwintengiso eChina naseHong Kong. I-China iye yangumthombo ophambili wengeniso ye-Apple kule minyaka idlulileyo, nangona kuyo yonke i-2018, sibonile indlela uqoqosho lwaseTshayina oluthe chu ngayo, ukwehla okuchaphazele ukuthengiswa kwe-smartphone ngokubanzi, hayi iApple kuphela.
Ixabiso lekhaya lePod eTshayina lifikelela kwi-2.799 yuan, malunga ne-362 euro ukutshintsha. Ukusukela ekuqaleni kwayo ngasekupheleni kuka-2017, isithethi esili-Apple sikhulile ngokufumaneka. Ekuqaleni yayinokuthengwa eUnited States, United Kingdom nase-Australia. Emva kwexesha ifikelele eFrance, Canada, Germany, Spain nase Mexico.
Ngalo lonke eli xesha, iApple ibisongeza imisebenzi emitsha kuSiri kumzamo wokuzama ukuba usebenze ngakumbi kumsebenzisi ngamnye. Nangona kunjalo, ngaphandle kolu phuculo, i-HomePod inendlela ende ekufanele ihanjwe ukuba ifuna usuku olunye iphakame zombini umncedisi kaGoogle kunye neeAmazon, nangona ezi zimbini zingenakubakho kwimakethi yaseAsia.
Kwintoni ukuba iPod yasekhaya ime ngaphandle, xa kuthelekiswa nezinye izithethi ezikumgangatho okwisandi, umgangatho ozwakalayo oza kuthi kuphela izithethi ze-Sonos zingasondela, izithethi ezihambelana netekhnoloji I-AirPlay 2, itekhnoloji ethi kulo nyaka wonke nayo ifikelele kumabonakude we-Samsung, LG, Sony kunye neVizio ngokwendalo.
Elinye inyathelo lika-Apple elibonisa indlela inkampani eqale ngayo ukuzama ukwahlula ishishini layo, siyifumana ekufumanekeni kwe-Apple Music kwizithethi ze-Alexa zeAmazon, umsebenzi lowo nawuphi na umsebenzisi weApple angaze awulindele kwaye ivula umnyango wokuba mhlawumbi kwixa elizayo, iSpotify inokufikelela kwiKhaya ePod.
