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Why is Apple HomePod worth so much more than Amazon Echo? Is the technology fundamentally more advanced? Or is this just a marketing position to elevate the pri
by forkLding 9y ago
Why is Apple HomePod worth so much more than Amazon Echo? Is the technology fundamentally more advanced? Or is this just a marketing position to elevate the price point so that it can be seen as a luxury good?
- berberous 9y agoHomePod is a _much_ better speaker than the Amazon Echo. For playing music, the Echo is terrible. The more appropriate comparisons would be to the Google Home Max ($400) or the Sonos line (Play:1 is $200, Play:3 is $250 and Play:5 is $500, with the HomePod probably somewhere in between the 3 and 5 in terms of sound quality). All that said, Apple is foregoing a big opportunity by not making a cheaper equivalent of the HomePod like Echo Dot or Google Home Mini. Those devices sound terrible, but consumers are happy enough with them given the price point.
- gormz 9y agoconsumers are happy because no one listens to music from an echo dot
- dragonwriter 9y agoI don't know about Echo Dot, but I definitely use my Home Mini for music. It's nothing special in that role, but actually better than I would expect, and music isn't the main use (controlling content being cast to the TV is a lot bigger use than listening to music from the speaker.) I guess I can understand getting one of the premium (Home Max, HomePod, etc.) smart speakers if direct music playback on the speaker is your main use case, though even people for whom that is the main use case often seem happy with the mid-range units like the regular Echo and Google Home.
- gormz 9y agoYeah for sure. I just think that the full sized echo or the google home plays fairly good music. I don't see much of a use for the home max or the homepods. What do I know though, I have 3' tall cerwin vegas in my living room and can't comprehend why someone would want something smaller