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Apple isn't making a more affordable Sonos, the HomePod is £319/$349, the Sonos Play One (with Alexa) is £199/$199 and you can get two for £349/$349. So it's mo

Apple isn't making a more affordable Sonos, the HomePod is £319/$349, the Sonos Play One (with Alexa) is £199/$199 and you can get two for £349/$349. So it's more expensive than a Sonos One however it's probably got better sound quality. The more comparable sound quality Sonos Play:3 (no Alexa) is £249/$249, still cheaper. Only the Play:5 is more expensive at $499/$499. I would bet that Sonos has a "smart" Alexa enabled version of both the Play:3 and Play:5 in the works. When they launched the "One" they launched it at the same price point as the old Play:1 and dropped its price point by £50, again I would bet the same will happen. Apple needs to make the "smartness" of Siri the selling point to win over Sonos customers...

TYPE_FASTER 9y ago
> I would bet that Sonos has a "smart" Alexa enabled version of both the Play:3 and Play:5 in the works. I know it's not the same, but there's a Sonos skill now, so I can control, and play music on, my Play:5 using my Echo Dot. However, I cannot stream all music on the Sonos. There are either license restrictions or arbitrary Amazon limitations on what songs I can stream from the Amazon Prime catalog.
pasbesoin 9y ago
I think the GP was referring to competition and resulting price pressure. The Apple device sounds better; Sonos has dropped prices, with journalists interpreting this as a bid to shore up their sales -- sounds "almost" (?) as good while costing somewhat less.