Apple’s HomePod Isn’t a Hot Seller
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Apple’s HomePod Isn’t a Hot Seller
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Re: Apple’s HomePod Isn’t a Hot Seller
#2Slice is the same company that said the Apple Watch wasn't a hot seller either. So I would be taking this with a grain of salt.
The fact is that we just don't know what Apple's internal targets are. Nor do I think lacklustre sales are all that worrisome anyway given that the HomePod quite firmly locks users into the Apple ecosystem e.g. only works with HomeKit and Apple Music.
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#3I believe it. Siri is woeful. Plus they sell it as a high quality speaker yet it has no line-in for me to use with my entertainment system. For £350 that’s a hard pass from this Apple fanboy.
Re: Apple’s HomePod Isn’t a Hot Seller
#4Slice is the same company that said the Apple Watch wasn't a hot seller either. So I would be taking this with a grain of salt. The fact is that we just don't know what Apple's internal targets are. Nor do I think lacklustre sales are all that worrisome anyway given that the HomePod quite firmly locks users into the Apple ecosystem e.g. only works with HomeKit and Apple Music.
> Apple Watch wasn't a hot seller
Is it a hot seller ? I don't know, but I don't see many smartwatches around me. The only one person I know who has one and wears it is the boss of a friend and they make iOS apps specifically.
But I don't have any numbers, and I can't find really any...
Re: Apple’s HomePod Isn’t a Hot Seller
#5Slice is the same company that said the Apple Watch wasn't a hot seller either. So I would be taking this with a grain of salt. The fact is that we just don't know what Apple's internal targets are. Nor do I think lacklustre sales are all that worrisome anyway given that the HomePod quite firmly locks users into the Apple ecosystem e.g. only works with HomeKit and Apple Music.
Is the Apple Watch er success? They sold reasonable well initially, but pretty much everyone I know who bought one sold it again within a year.
Re: Apple’s HomePod Isn’t a Hot Seller
#6As with all Apple products, I'm sure Apple will iterate on this and keep making a better product until it can rival Google Home and Amazon Echo. It seems quite often that Apple first generation of new products (huge exception for the original iPhone) can't really compete with competitors, but very quickly, in two or three generations, they end up with the best product on the market.
Although what really surprised me in this article is that Google Home only has 14% of the market share while Amazon Echo has 73%. I had assumed that their market shares were much closer, but according to the article Echo is out selling Google Home more than 5 to 1!
Re: Apple’s HomePod Isn’t a Hot Seller
#7Slice is the same company that said the Apple Watch wasn't a hot seller either. So I would be taking this with a grain of salt. The fact is that we just don't know what Apple's internal targets are. Nor do I think lacklustre sales are all that worrisome anyway given that the HomePod quite firmly locks users into the Apple ecosystem e.g. only works with HomeKit and Apple Music.
> Apple Watch wasn't a hot seller Is it a hot seller ? I don't know, but I don't see many smartwatches around me. The only one person I know who has one and wears it is the boss of a friend and they make iOS apps specifically. But I don't have any numbers, and I can't find really any...
Apple Watch is the to selling smartwatch now as far as I know. So even if this is a niche market, Apple Watch is not a failure.
Is smartwatch a hardware segment that will last is yet another question.
Re: Apple’s HomePod Isn’t a Hot Seller
#8I believe it. Siri is woeful. Plus they sell it as a high quality speaker yet it has no line-in for me to use with my entertainment system. For £350 that’s a hard pass from this Apple fanboy.
is Siri that bad compared to the other home assistants? from what I've seen at least, it feels pretty similar to google assistant and alexa (which imho is strictly worse than google assistant, but that's just an opinion)
Re: Apple’s HomePod Isn’t a Hot Seller
#9Slice is the same company that said the Apple Watch wasn't a hot seller either. So I would be taking this with a grain of salt. The fact is that we just don't know what Apple's internal targets are. Nor do I think lacklustre sales are all that worrisome anyway given that the HomePod quite firmly locks users into the Apple ecosystem e.g. only works with HomeKit and Apple Music.
> Apple Watch wasn't a hot seller Is it a hot seller ? I don't know, but I don't see many smartwatches around me. The only one person I know who has one and wears it is the boss of a friend and they make iOS apps specifically. But I don't have any numbers, and I can't find really any...
Apple was the #1 global watchmaker by revenue before Apple Watch 3.
https://www.wareable.com/apple/watch-sales-rolex-tim-cook-55...
Re: Apple’s HomePod Isn’t a Hot Seller
#10Slice is the same company that said the Apple Watch wasn't a hot seller either. So I would be taking this with a grain of salt. The fact is that we just don't know what Apple's internal targets are. Nor do I think lacklustre sales are all that worrisome anyway given that the HomePod quite firmly locks users into the Apple ecosystem e.g. only works with HomeKit and Apple Music.
Is the Apple Watch er success? They sold reasonable well initially, but pretty much everyone I know who bought one sold it again within a year.
I got one without knowing whether I would be using it or not, and it has proven way more useful than expected (or, at least, way more "expected to be in my wrist), something I didn't realise until I had to bring it for repairs and went watchless for a week. Worth noting I had been watchless for the past 15 years or so (after wearing a watch daily before), so the change has been surprising even to me.
Also, anecdata: I see a relatively large amount of people in the London tube with AWs. For a supposedly failed product they represent quite a sample.