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Title: Apple cuts the price of HomePod by $50, but it’s still too expensive Post by: HCK on April 08, 2019, 04:05:13 pm Apple cuts the price of HomePod by $50, but it’s still too expensive
<article> <section class="page"> <p>If you’ve forgotten that Apple still sells a smart speaker, you’re not alone. At last count, HomePod was struggling to capture even <a href="https://files.constantcontact.com/150f9af2201/5c84cae5-7ff0-403d-acd5-9065db944222.pdf" rel="nofollow">a sliver of the smart speaker market share[/url], and it barely garnered a mention at Apple’s latest event. But Apple is hoping to reverse that trend with an uncharacteristic move: a price cut.</p><p>On Thursday, Apple quietly lowered the price of HomePod to $299, a $50 discount over the previous price. Apple isn’t promoting the price cut as a limited-time deal, so it seems like the 17 percent discount is permanent. That makes HomePod’s price a bit more palatable, but it’s still more expensive that nearly every other smart speaker including the Alexa-powered Sonos One (https://www.techhive.com/article/3233141/sonos-one-review.html), which sells for $199.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3387296/apple-homepod-price-cut.html#jump">To read this article in full, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Apple cuts the price of HomePod by $50, but it’s still too expensive (https://www.macworld.com/article/3387296/apple-homepod-price-cut.html#tk.rss_all) |