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> On 12 Feb 2018, at 07:34, christopher hallsworth <challswor...@icloud.com> > wrote: > > 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 > homepoding+subscr...@groups.io > 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 <siegh...@live.ca> 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: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of >> Aleeha Dudley >> Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2018 1:45 PM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> 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 <mk...@ucla.edu> 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. 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