Apple recently introduced the HomePod, a Siri-powered smart speaker which seems poised to compete against Amazon's Echo devices and Alphabet's Google Home. But here's the big difference: the HomePod will cost $349 when it arrives this December, compared to $140 for the Echo and $109 for Google Home.
Unlike those companies, Apple doesn't have a long-established reputation of producing great audio products. Audiophiles frequently ridiculed the build and sound quality of Apple's older EarPods.
Apple also doesn't really grasp why Amazon sold over eight million Echo devices to date. http://ift.tt/2sEMPKX
Submitted June 18, 2017 at 06:01PM by dennisrieves http://ift.tt/2rugNxG
