Jakub Karnik Isipikha esihlakaniphile se-HomePod sesiqala ukusabalala ezindlini emhlabeni wonke, kodwa sisahluleka emqhudelwaneni waso. Imiphumela yekota yokugcina ka-2018 ikhombisa ukuthi ukuthengiswa kwe-HomePod kukhule naphezu kwezibikezelo ezingezinhle neze.
Uma kuqhathaniswa ne-Google Home noma i-Amazon Echo, nokho, isikhulumi esivela kwa-Apple sisenokuningi okumele sikubambe. Inkampani yezibalo I-Strategy Analytics ikhombisa ukuqhathanisa ukuthengiswa komhlaba wonke kwemishini ngayinye, lapho uma uthi nhlá i-HomePod yenza kahle kakhulu. Ithengise izigidi ezingu-2018 ngekota yokugcina ka-1,6 futhi yathatha ingxenye engu-4,1% yenani eliphelele le-smart speaker pie, ekhuphuke ngo-45% unyaka nonyaka.
Igalari yezithombe
Kodwa-ke, ngasikhathi sinye, bobabili i-Amazon ne-Google bathengise izipikha eziningi ezihlakaniphile. I-Amazon ngesipika sayo se-Echo iphumelele ngamayunithi ayizigidi eziyi-13,7 kwathi i-Google Home ithengise amayunithi ayizigidi eziyi-11,5, cishe izikhathi eziyishumi kune-HomePod. Kumele kwengezwe ukuthi umncintiswano uhlinzeka ngezinhlobonhlobo eziningana, ezinye zazo ezishibhile kanti ezinye zibiza kakhulu, uma ziqhathaniswa ne-HomePod. Ngakho-ke abantu bangakhetha ukuthi bangakwazi yini ukuthola ngokuyinhloko ngesipika, inzuzo eyinhloko ezoba umsizi ohlakaniphile, noma bazofuna okuhlukile okumba eqolo okunomsindo wekhwalithi ephezulu kanye nokucutshungulwa kwe-premium okwengeziwe.
Muva nje, kube nokuqagela okuningi mayelana nenguqulo eshibhile futhi enqanyuliwe ye-HomePod, ukufika kwayo okwabikezelwa nomhlaziyi owaziwayo uMing-Chi Kuo. Ngakho-ke kungenzeka ukuthi ukuthengiswa kwezikhulumi ezihlakaniphile ze-Apple kuzokhula ngokushesha ngemuva kokwethulwa.
Kuyini iphuzu lokuqhathanisa ukuthengiswa komhlaba wonke lapho leyo mikhiqizo ingatholakali emhlabeni jikelele? Khona-ke isiqhathaniso esinjalo asinanzuzo echazayo.