Comment: Six reasons for HomePod optimism despite reports of disappointing sales<div class="feat-image">
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Bloomberg report suggests that Apple has <a href="
https://9to5mac.com/2018/04/11/homepod-report-early-struggles/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lowered sales forecasts[/url] and reduced orders for the <a href="
https://9to5mac.com/guides/homepod/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HomePod[/url]. The report was based on data from Slice Intelligence indicating that sales were strong at launch but rapidly tailed off.</p>
<p>The headline number in the report did seem to support the contention that the HomePod is selling poorly.</p>
<p>Three weeks after the launch, weekly HomePod sales slipped to about 4 percent of the smart speaker category on average.</p>
<p>But that gives a rather misleading impression, for six reasons …</p>
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Comment: Six reasons for HomePod optimism despite reports of disappointing sales
