Apple HomePod, originally planned for $ 349 for December, was postponed until early 2018 due to various reasons.Micro official also expressed regret.However, the latest news, Apple seems very optimistic about the sales of HomePod, and Uploaded HomePod orders.
Supply chain sources said that although Apple postponed the listing process of HomePod, but after optimizing the experience, Apple confidence in the sale of HomePod, which increased the HomePod speaker sales in 2018, from the original plan of less than 10 million units, up to 12 million to 15 million units, an increase of over 50%.
Supply chain sources said that in December this year, Apple has asked Inventec supply chain began to supply.At present, Inventec is stepping up home shipments for the HomePod, the first batch of shipments estimated at millions of units.
It is worth mentioning that Apple's main rival HomePod, but also the current market's most intelligent smart speaker Amazon Echo also just over 15 million units sold.
Amazon Echo integrates with Alexa voice assistants to report weather conditions, stock prices, sports event results, news headlines, and even activate smart apps to help users buy pizza, make a reservation for a car, etc. However, the Apple HomePod is more advanced with just six Microphone array, 4-inch subwoofer, the bottom with seven speaker arrays, built-in Apple A8 processor.In Apple's vision, HomePod streaming media services to provide better quality sound, which is also slightly higher than the price of the product Amazon Echo's reason.
