IJapan okwangoku lilizwe lesithathu elivelisa eyona ingeniso kwizitetimenti zengeniso ka-Apple, ilizwe apho i-HomePod ingekabikho, ngaphandle kokubaluleka kweli lizwe le-Apple. Ngethamsanqa, abasebenzisi be-Apple abanomdla wokufumana i-HomePod baya kuba nakho ukwenza njalo. kungekudala.
Iwebhusayithi ka-Apple eJapan isongeze i-HomePod kuluhlu lwezixhobo ezikhoyo, nangona okwangoku umhla wokumiliselwa uthi izakwenza njalo kungekudala. Xa iApple ibonisa okulandelayo, inokuba isuka kwiiveki ukuya kwiinyanga, kodwa Ihlobo akufuneki liphele ngaphandle kokubetha imarike yaseJapan.
I-HomePod iya kufumaneka nge-yen ye-32.000, malunga ne-294 yeedola, kwaye iya kufumaneka kuzo zombini ezimhlophe kunye nendawo engwevu. I-HomePod iza kuphehlelela eJapan ngaphezulu konyaka emva kokumiselwa kwayo ngokusemthethweni e-United States, e-Australia nase-Japan (ngoFebruwari 2018), kwaye phantse iminyaka emibini emva kokumiselwa ngokusesikweni, okwenzeka kwi-WWDC 2017. Kuyo yonke i-2018, i-Apple ibisanda Inani lamazwe apho i-HomePod ifumaneka khona, Ekugqibeleni ndafika eSpain naseMexico ngo-Okthobha kunyaka ophelileyo.
I-HomePod yenzelwe ukudala isandi esine-nuanced ngaphandle kobungakanani bayo obuncinci, ukulinganisa ngaphantsi kwe-intshi ezi-18 ubude. Ineprosesa ye-A8 kunye Itekhnoloji yeaudiyo ephuhliswe yiApple kunye nesoftware ehambileyo yokuzisa isandi esichanekileyo kwikona nganye yegumbi.
IHomPod ifike kwintengiso ye $ 349, kodwa njengoko iinyanga zidlulile, iApple Linciphise ixabiso layo laya kwi-299 yeedola euros eYurophu. Isizathu sokuncitshiswa kwamaxabiso kunokuba ngenxa yentengiso ephantsi ebinayo ngaphandle kokuhlangabezana nokulindelwe ngu-Apple kuyo.
I-HomePod ngoku iyafumaneka nge I-United States, i-United Kingdom, i-Australia, i-Spain, i-Mexico, i-China, i-Hong Kong, i-Canada, i-France ne-Jamani.