Adam Kos KwakungoJuni 5, 2017, lapho i-Apple yethula isipikha sayo sokuqala esihlakaniphile i-HomePod e-WWDC. Uqale ukuyidayisa ngo-2018, wabe eseyimisa ngoMashi odlule. Esikhathini esinikezwayo, inenguqulo yayo encane kuphela esesimweni se-HomePod mini, ekhishwe ngoNovemba 2020 futhi ekwindla edlule, i-Apple iyibuyekeze ngemibala emisha. Kodwa manje sesilindele isizukulwane esisha ngokubekezela. Sazini ngaye?
Design
Ekuqaleni kukaMeyi, umhlaziyi uMing-Chi Kuo uthe i-HomePod entsha kungenzeka igcine umklamo abantu asebewujwayele. Hhayi-ke, akumele sibe abahlaziyi be-supply chain ukuze sicabange kanjalo. Kuya ngobukhulu besikhulumi. Uma i-Apple isuselwe kumodeli yasekuqaleni, izoba isilinda, kodwa futhi ingavele yandise ubukhulu be-HomePod mini, noma mhlawumbe iqhamuke nesixazululo se-cylinder longitudinal.
Igalari yezithombe
UMark Gurman waseBloomberg ushilo esikhathini esidlule ukuthi i-HomePod entsha ingaba inhlanganisela ye-Apple TV, isipikha esihlakaniphile kanye nedivayisi yezingcingo ze-FaceTime. Asisho ukuthi akuyona into engenakwenzeka ngokuphelele, njengoba i-Google iphinde izama isu elifanayo, kodwa lokhu ngokuqinisekile kungasiphikisa "isiprofetho" sikaKuo.
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U-Vratislav Holub Izici
Akukho okuningi okwaziwayo mayelana nomkhiqizo omusha, ngakho-ke akunakwenzeka ukuqagela ukuthi iyiphi ubuchwepheshe idivayisi okufanele inikeze yona. Okuqinisekile ukusekelwa kwe-AirPlay 2, i-Dolby Atmos futhi, uma kungenzeka, ukusekelwa kokudlala komculo okungalahleki, nakuba kunombuzo omkhulu lapha wokuthi lokhu kungenzeka yini ngokobuchwepheshe. Idivayisi kufanele ihlanganiswe ngokujulile nakakhulu phakathi kwemikhiqizo ye-Apple, lapho inkampani kufanele iqinisekise ukuxhumana okungenamthungo phakathi kwesipika namadivayisi asekhaya.
Sethula i-HomePod mini
Kungaba yinzuzo futhi uma into entsha ihlanganisa i-chip ye-U1 yokudlulisa ngokushesha izingoma phakathi kwe-iPhone nesipikha nokuhambisana ne-eARC, ukuze i-HomePod isetshenziswe njengesipikha esikhulu esixhunywe ku-Apple TV. Cabanga nje ukwazi ukubeka ama-HomePods amane egumbini lakho lokuphumula, ngalinye lisebenza njengesiteshi somsindo esizimele, noma uma bekukhona inketho yokusetha isistimu ezungezile engu-5.1 usebenzisa i-HomePod enkulu njenge-subwoofer. Kodwa masingabheki intengo yomhlangano uma kunjalo, okubalulekile ukuthi kungenzeka.
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Cena
Manje njengoba sesiyibethele intengo, i-Apple kufanele iyikhathalele ngempela. I-HomePod yokuqala yayiyi-flop ngoba yayibiza nje. I-Apple yaze yehlisa ngesinye isikhathi ukukhulisa ukuthengisa kwayo. Imodeli yasekuqaleni ithengiswe ngo-$349, intengo yayo yehla yaya ku-$299. I-HomePod mini ithengiswa ngabakwa-Apple ngama- $99. Lokhu kusho ukuthi ukuze umkhiqizo ungadli imodeli encane, kodwa ungakhokhiswa ngokweqile njenge-HomePod yasekuqaleni, kufanele ube nenani lentengo elilinganiselwa ku-$200. Ngakho-ke ingathengiswa ezweni lakithi ngentengo efika ku-5 XNUMX CZK. Uma ngabe yadayiswa ngokusemthethweni lapha.
Konke kuncike ekutheni iyiphi imishini entsha ezoletha. Ngakho-ke ngenhla sibheka intengo yomkhiqizo u-Kuo ayicabangayo. Uma besingakhuluma ngenguqulo ye-Gurman, cishe bekungeke kube yinkinga ukushwiba umaka we-$300 (cishe CZK 7).
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Izokhishwa nini i-HomePod entsha?
U-Kuo uthi sizoyibona ku-Q4 2022 noma ku-Q1 2023. U-Gurman uthi imodeli ayiprofethayo izofika ngo-2023. Phela bobabili bangase baqinisile, ngoba bobabili bakhuluma ngamadivaysi ahluke kakhulu futhi akushiywa ngaphandle ukuthi i-Apple ngempela kunemikhiqizo eminingi esigcinelwe yona . Uma sibheka ukuhlolwa kwemithombo kusukela ekuqaleni konyaka ngokusho kwe-AppleTrack.com, u-Gurman unokunemba okungu-86,5% kokubikezela kwakhe, kodwa u-Kuo ulahlekelwa kancane futhi okwamanje une-72,5%. Nokho, amaphuzu angase ehle kubo bobabili uma i-Apple imangaze futhi ibonise i-HomePod entsha ngoJuni 6 ku-WWDC 22. Kungaba iminyaka emihlanu ngemva kwesipikha sokuqala esihlakaniphile senkampani.
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