I-HomePod iyisiqephu sokuthengisa, esisalele ngemuva kokuncintisana emakethe evamile

Inkampani yaseMelika yokuhlaziya i-Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP), egxile ekuhlaziyeni izimakethe, ishicilele umbiko omusha lapho iveza khona ulwazi mayelana nendlela izikhulumi ezihlakaniphile ezithengiswa ngayo e-US. Ngokusho kwedatha yabo, kubukeka sengathi i-HomePod yakwa-Apple iyi-flop enkulu yokuthengisa.

Imininingwane ivela engxenyeni yesibili yalo nyaka, futhi ngokusho kwabo kwakunezikhulumi ezihlakaniphile ezingaba yizigidi ezingama-76 e-US ngaleso sikhathi. I-HomePod imelwe ngu-5% kuphela wale mali. Abanye babenakekelwa ikakhulukazi izimbangi ezinkulu ze-Apple kulo mkhakha, okungukuthi i-Google, i-Amazon.

I-Amazon isabambe irekhodi ngenani lezipikha ezihlakaniphile ezithengisiwe. I-Amazon Echo yenza ama-70% okuthengiswa okuphelele kule ngxenye. Endaweni yesibili i-Google ne-Google Home yayo, emelwe cishe ama-25%. Okunye okungokuka-Apple.

Ukuthengiswa kwezipikha ezihlakaniphile emakethe yase-US kukhula kancane kancane. Inani lokuthengisa lonyaka nonyaka lenyuke ngamaphesenti angaphezu kuka-50, okwenza libe ngesinye sezigaba ezikhula ngokushesha zama-electronics abathengi.

I-Google ne-Amazon zikweleta ukukhula kwazo ikakhulukazi kumamodeli ashibhile, athengisa ngokunengqondo kakhulu kune-HomePod ebiza kakhulu. Kungakho konke ukuqhathanisa kungalungile, ngoba i-Apple ayinawo umkhiqizo ongakhuphula ukuthengiswa. Umkhiqizo ongu-$299 ngeke nje udayise ngendlela eshibhe kakhulu (i-Echo Dot, i-Google Home Mini). Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-HomePod igxile kakhulu kunezipikha ezihlakaniphile ezijwayelekile.

I-Apple iyasazi isimo esinzima se-HomePod, futhi ngokwezinye izinkomba zezinyanga ezisanda kwedlula, kubukeka sengathi imodeli ethengekayo isemisebenzini. Intengo yayo ingaba cishe uhhafu, okungase kubonakale kumthamo omkhulu wamadivayisi athengiswayo. Nokho, akukacaci ukuthi sizowubona nini umkhiqizo onjalo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-HomePod ngokwayo iyinto ekhetheke kakhulu uma kucatshangelwa izimakethe lapho kuthengiswa khona. Kusukela ekuqaleni kokuthengisa, ukusatshalaliswa kuye kwanda ngaphezu kwamazwe akhuluma isiNgisi, isibonelo e-Czech Republic, nokho, akunakwenzeka ukuthola i-HomePod ekusabalaliseni okusemthethweni. Njengoba kunikezwe ukuthi i-Apple ithengisa i-HomePod kuphela emazweni lapho i-Siri yakhiwe khona, cishe ngeke sikubone ukuthengiswa okusemthethweni e-Czech Republic. Futhi uma kunjalo, kuzodingeka sixhumane ne-HomePod ngezinye izilimi.

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[UJimmy.L]

I-HomePod ijwayelekile ekunikezweni kuka-Alza, ngakho-ke anginandaba "nokungatholakali okusemthethweni" kwendawo. Oyifunayo, uyayithenga nje. Yini enye obungayifuna? Impela, uSiri ngesi-Czech, kodwa leyo ingoma ehluke kancane. Noma ubani ofuna ukusebenzisa i-Siri ngesiNgisi kuyo (nakuzo zonke izinto ze-Apple ngokujwayelekile).

[DusanK]

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