The brand new second-generation HomePod seems to have a major backlog of pre-orders, delaying delivery dates by as much as seven weeks in sure markets for Apple’s newest good speaker.
Final week, Apple introduced a brand new HomePod with a barely up to date design, sooner efficiency and options, and a bigger backlit contact floor. Pre-orders for the brand new HomePod have been open for lower than per week since its announcement on Tuesday, January 18.
In the USA, the midnight HomePod is estimated to ship in three to 4 weeks, a lot later than the HomePod’s launch date of Friday, February 3. The white HomePod, nonetheless, is listed as having no delay. In the UK, the midnight HomePod faces a 5 to six-week delay in delivery. In different markets, resembling Germany, each colours of the brand new HomePod face greater than a month delay.
The up to date HomePod comes roughly two years after Apple discontinued the unique good speaker. The unique HomePod was not the market success Apple hoped for attributable to a number of elements, together with the speaker’s $349 value at launch and restricted options. Apple’s new HomePod is its newest try and develop its presence within the good residence market, which Google and Amazon have dominated for a number of years.
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