Vala isikhangiso

Isipikha esihlakaniphile se-Apple's HomePod asikaze sihlangane nempendulo okungenzeka ukuthi inkampani yama-apula yayiyilindele. Iphutha akuyona nje intengo ephezulu, kodwa futhi nokulinganiselwa okuthile kanye nokubi uma kuqhathaniswa nemikhiqizo encintisanayo. Kodwa ukwehluleka akuyona into i-Apple engayithatha kalula, futhi izinto eziningi ziphakamisa ukuthi akukho lutho olukude nokulahleka. Yini i-Apple engayenza ukwenza i-HomePod iphumelele kakhudlwana?

Incane futhi iyathengeka

Izintengo eziphakeme zomkhiqizo zingenye yezimpawu eziyinhloko ze-Apple. Kodwa-ke, nge-HomePod, ochwepheshe kanye nomphakathi wonke bavumelana ngokuthi intengo iphezulu ngokungafanele, uma kucatshangelwa ukuthi yini engenziwa i-HomePod uma iqhathaniswa nezinye izikhulumi ezihlakaniphile. Kodwa-ke, isimo samanje asiyona into engeke isetshenzwe esikhathini esizayo.

Kube nokuqagela ukuthi i-Apple ingakhipha inguqulo encane, engabizi kakhulu yesipikha sayo esihlakaniphile se-HomePod kulokhu kuwa. Izindaba ezinhle ukuthi umsindo noma enye ikhwalithi yesipikha ngeke ihlukumezeke ngokwehliswa kwentengo. Ngokwezilinganiso, ingabiza phakathi kwama-dollar angu-150 no-200.

Ukukhipha uhlobo olushibhile lomkhiqizo oyiprimiyamu ngeke kube okungajwayelekile kakhulu ku-Apple. Imikhiqizo ye-Apple inezinzuzo eziningi, kodwa intengo ephansi ayiyona enye yazo - ngamafuphi, ukhokhela ikhwalithi. Noma kunjalo, ungathola izimo emlandweni we-Apple wokukhulula inguqulo engabizi kakhulu yeminye imikhiqizo. Khumbula nje, ngokwesibonelo, i-iPhone 5c yepulasitiki kusukela ngo-2013, intengo yayo yokuthengisa yaqala ku-$549, kanti uzakwabo, ama-iPhone 5s, abiza u-$649. Isibonelo esihle futhi i-iPhone SE, okuyi-iPhone ethengeka kakhulu njengamanje.

Iqhinga elinenguqulo eshibhile yomkhiqizo liphinde labonakala liyimpumelelo uma liqhathaniswa nomncintiswano esikhathini esidlule - lapho i-Amazon ne-Google bengena emakethe yezipikha ezihlakaniphile, baqale baqala ngomkhiqizo owodwa ojwayelekile, obiza kakhulu - i-Amazon Echo yokuqala ibize u-$200, i-Google Home. $130. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, bobabili abakhiqizi bakhiphe izinguqulo ezincane nezingabizi kakhulu zezikhulumi zabo - i-Echo Dot (Amazon) ne-Home Mini (Google). Futhi kokubili "ama-miniatures" athengiswa kahle kakhulu.

I-HomePod engcono nakakhulu

Ngaphezu kwentengo, i-Apple ingaphinda isebenze emisebenzini yesipikha sayo esihlakaniphile. I-HomePod inezici eziningi ezinhle, kodwa nakanjani mkhulu umsebenzi okufanele wenziwe. Enye yamaphutha e-HomePod, ngokwesibonelo, isilinganisi. Ukuze i-Apple yenze i-HomePod ibe umkhiqizo ophambili ngempela, ohambisana nenani lawo, kungaba kuhle uma abasebenzisi bengalungisa imingcele yomsindo kuhlelo lokusebenza olufanele.

Ukusebenzisana kwe-HomePod nenkundla ye-Apple Music nakho kungathuthukiswa. Yize i-HomePod izodlala izingoma eziyizigidi ezingamashumi amane ezitholakalayo, inenkinga yokudlala inguqulo ebukhoma noma exutshwe kabusha yengoma uma ifunwa. I-HomePod iphatha imisebenzi eyisisekelo njengokudlala, ukumisa isikhashana, ukweqa ingoma noma ukuya phambili ngokushesha phakathi nokudlala. Ngeshwa, ayikazibambi izicelo ezithuthukile, njengokumisa ukudlalwa ngemuva kwenombolo ethile yamathrekhi noma amaminithi.

Olunye "lwezinhlungu" ezinkulu ze-HomePod futhi nethuba eliphansi lokuvumelanisa namanye amadivaysi - akusekho ithuba lokuqhubeka, ngokwesibonelo, lapho uqala ukulalela i-albhamu ku-HomePod bese uqeda ukuyilalela usendleleni. ukusebenza ku-iPhone yakho. Awukwazi futhi ukudala izinhla zokudlalayo ezintsha noma ukuhlela lezo osuvele uzidalile nge-HomePod.

Abasebenzisi abanganelisekile bahlezi futhi yonke indawo, futhi kwa-Apple ngaphezu kwanoma iyiphi enye indawo kuyiqiniso ukuthi "ukuphelela" kuyadingeka kuyo - kodwa wonke umuntu unemibono ehlukene ngalokho. Kwabanye, umsebenzi wamanje wokulawula umculo we-HomePod awanele, kanti abanye badinwa amanani aphezulu futhi abasazihluphi ngokuthola ulwazi olwengeziwe ngesipika. Kodwa-ke, ukubuyekezwa okushicilelwe kuze kube manje kuqinisekisa ukuthi i-HomePod yakwa-Apple iyithuluzi elinamandla amakhulu, okuzosetshenziswa inkampani yama-apula nakanjani.

Umthombo: MacWorld, BusinessInsider

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