Hello all, Following on this thread, I have changed the subject to reflect what I'm about to post. For those who are interested in the Homepod, are due to receive one or received one already, I invite you to join my new list with dedication to the Homepod. I did this to try and prevent the bashing between that and rivals like Amazon Echo and Google Home to name but a few. So, if interested, please send an email to [email protected] Alternatively you can request an off list invite or an off list request to add you directly using your email address. Thanks in advance for joining, I look forward to seeing you on there.
> On 12 Feb 2018, at 07:14, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > > Why on earth they wouldn't make it a standard plug-in cable like on the Apple > TV which happens to be the same as any Sonos player is beyond me. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Aleeha > Dudley > Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2018 1:45 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: I went to pick up my Apple HomePod and got a dire warning, CNET > > I saw online that the repair for the HomePod cable is $29. > Aleeha > >> On Feb 11, 2018, at 2:28 PM, M. Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I went to pick up my Apple HomePod and got a dire warning >> Commentary: When you buy Apple's new musically smart speaker, you're >> told to be very careful with it or it'll really cost you. >> By Chris Matyszczyk, February 11, 2018 9:30 AM PST >> >> It really is quite pretty. >> Andrew Hoyle/CNET >> It was such a sunny day in Northern California on Friday. >> Little did I know that it would be clouded by portents of doom. >> After all, I was wandering along to my local Apple store in Marin >> County to pick up an Apple HomePod on launch day. >> I'd never bought a first-generation Apple product before, preferring >> the company to iron out kinks before I give it my louchely earned lucre. >> For utterly irrational reasons, I felt good about the HomePod. >> Yes, it's expensive. But I couldn't bear the idea of a Google Home or >> Amazon Echo -- aka the salt cellar and the garbage can -- in the >> house. Aesthetics, you understand. (I can feel you pitying me.) I >> presented the QR code kindly texted me by Apple that morning and the >> store employee, a rather positive sort, insisted I'd be so very, very >> excited about getting my new toy. >> "We've been playing with it here all morning and the sound fills the >> whole store. It's incredible," he said. >> "Incredible sounds good," I thought to myself. "But is that better >> than, say, magical and revolutionary?" It's hard to tell with Apple's >> constant embrace of superlatives. >> We chatted pleasantly for a little while, as we waited for the HomePod >> to emerge from the back. >> But when it did arrive, the atmosphere changed. >> "Now I have to warn you," the store employee began. Oh. >> "The cable is permanently attached to the HomePod. If you rip it, >> it'll cost you almost as much as the HomePod itself to repair," he >> said. (Naturally, someone has already tried to rip it off.) I didn't >> have time to react, as he continued: "A pet or a vacuum cleaner >> catches it, and it'll be really expensive." >> I insisted I had neither of these things. >> He barely listened and added: "Unless you've got AppleCare." >> Aha. >> The math is painful. The HomePod costs $350. Repairing it costs $279, >> as revealed by Apple support -- and my Apple store salesman -- on Friday. >> As for AppleCare+ for HomePod, which extends your coverage to two >> years, that's $39. >> The Apple store employee admitted that he was duty-bound to lay out >> his fears for my gadget-caring inadequacies. >> It is, though, rare for a product to cost almost as much to repair as >> to buy. Repair costs for Apple products are going up, though. The cost >> of repairing an iPhone X screen? Why, $279. >> In the case of the HomePod, unless you have AppleCare+, why wouldn't >> you just buy a new one, rather than wait an unspecified period for >> your own to be repaired? >> Apple didn't immediately respond to a request for comment. It's >> likely, however, that the high cost of repair is linked to the fact >> that the product is one whole piece, with seemingly no place of entry to >> outsiders at all. >> The mesh of the device, though, will surely attract some >> scratching-obsessed cats. Which, in my experience, is most cats. It'll >> be fascinating to see whether there will be a sudden surge of cat-related >> snafus. >> I walked out with my head hanging a little lower, worried about a >> neighbor's cat wandering into our house. A few hours later, it >> actually happened, as a lithe ginger cat sauntered in to look around. >> (The front door's open when it's warm.) I want to end on an uplift, >> however. Let's talk about the HomePod's cable. >> It's thick and study-looking. It doesn't look as if it will fray like, >> well, every other Apple cable I've owned. It doesn't look easy to yank >> off, even if you're an aggressive vacuum cleaner or a rabid cat. >> Why doesn't the person who designed this cable design all of Apple's others? >> I brought my HomePod home. It took but a minute to set up. It's >> actually quite pretty and the sound is clear and strong. Although Siri >> has already begun to protest that she's can't play my music any louder >> than she is already. >> "Try harder," I keep pleading. >> Now, though, it's me against the neighborhood cats. I wonder if I >> could charge their owners $279 if their cat scratches my HomePod. >> >> Original Article at: >> https://www.cnet.com/news/i-went-to-pick-up-my-apple-homepod-and-got-a >> -dire- >> warning/#ftag=CAD-09-10aai5b >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: >> [email protected]. 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