Ukusukela oko kwafika i-HomePod, inkampani esekwe e-Cupertino ayikaze ibhengeze ngokusesikweni amanani entengiso esi sixhobo, njengoko kunjalo nge-Apple Watch, ii-AirPods ... Kwiinyanga zokuqala, kubonakala ngathi intengiso Wayengathethi malunga nokuhlawulwa kwesibini kwe-Apple kwishishini lesandisi-lizwi.
Ukuba yimveliso ebiza kakhulu kunokhuphiswano, njenge-Sonos One, kuyamangalisa ukuba kwiinyanga ezintathu ezidlulileyo, I-HomePod iqalile ukufaka amanqaku esithethiI-Smart okanye akunjalo, abathengisi abaphezulu eMelika, ngokweenkampani ze-analytics CIRP kwingxelo yayo yamva nje.
Ngokwenkampani, ukuthengiswa kwezithethi ezikrelekrele kufikelele kwizigidi ezingama-53 e-United States kwikota ephelileyo, ngelixa kweyesibini bezingama-5 ezigidi. Kule kota yokugqibela, ii-Echos ezahlukeneyo zeAmazon ezenziwa ukuba zifumaneke kuthi yinkampani kaJeff Bezos i-70% yentengiso, ngelixa iKhaya likaGoogle ligcina ama-25%. I-HomePod iza kwindawo yesithathu nge-5% eseleyo.
Ngaphandle kokumangalisa, zombini iAmazon kunye noGoogle bayaqhubeka nokufumana isabelo sentengiso, bobabini bakhuphisana ukunikezela ngexabiso eliphantsi lesipikha somncedisi kwintengiso ngelixa I-Apple ihlala ikwindawo ngaphandle kokusika ixabiso nanini na.
I-HomePod iyaqhubeka nokufumana isabelo sentengiso, nangona isenza kancinci kakhulu, kusengqiqweni ukucinga ukuba yimveliso entsha kwintengiso Kwaye ayinguye wonke umntu ozimisele ukuchitha i-euro ezingama-350 kwisithethi ukulwa nemida uSiri aqhubeka nokusinika yona namhlanje.
Ukuba iApple ibona ikamva kule marike, kunokwenzeka ukuba kwinqaku elilandelayo, inkampani esekwe eCupertino izakusungula isithethi esine-smart, esinexabiso eliphantsi kunye neempawu ezimbalwa kune-HomePod, ukulandela indlela obonakala ngathi ufuna ukuyivula nge-iPhone XR, Inqanaba lokungena le-iPhone elinikwe yinkampani kulo nyaka kwaye efuna ukufikelela kulo abathengi abatsha.
