Apple's HomePod Sales Aren't Very Good (Apple Bitz XL, Ep. 3)

Apple Bitz XL w/ Brian Tong

Apple Bitz XL Podcast w/ Brian Tong

Tech News, Technology, News

4.9 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2018

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Apple can't be thrilled with HomePod sales. Consumers aren't thrilled with what it can do for $349. So make a better product. The (PRODUCT) RED iPhone 8 and 8 Plus are on sale, a cheaper HomePod could be coming this year and Apple Music hits 40 million subscribers. Plus, Brian's first parody of the year. HomePod Apple Style! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:13.0	I know I love this it just gets me in the mood. It's a nice vibe. It's cool. It's calm. It's collected.
0:15.0	What's up everybody?
0:16.0	Welcome to the Apple Bits XL.
0:18.0	Episode 3. I'm Brian Tong here for everything good and bad inside the world of Apple and this
0:24.9	Podcast this show is sponsored by you
0:28.8	Patreon.com slash Brian Tong for all the details to keep us rolling.
0:33.3	But let's jump right into the show.
0:35.5	The big headline for this week from Bloomberg and my man Mark Germin,
0:40.4	Apple's stumbling home pod isn't the hot cellar it wanted.
0:45.0	Now some of you are thinking, or duh?
0:49.0	Well, some of you are also thinking,
0:52.0	uh, I love my Home Pod.
0:53.2	What are you guys talking about?
0:54.8	So let's just jump into what is going on right now, right?
0:59.8	The Home Pod, the Smart Speaker, went on sale, I think at least went on pre-sale in late January,
1:06.7	and it obviously entered a market that was dominated by the Amazon Echo platform.
1:13.0	Even Google's assistant or the Google Home platform
1:17.1	had made some inroads, but it's an Amazon Echo world
1:20.9	right now.
1:21.7	The Home Podcast came out of the gates. It had great sound.
1:25.4	It but it also had a 349 price point and yes the biggest bugaboo was
1:30.3	Siri. I hammered it because Siri was so horrible specifically for the home pod more limited
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