Iyo HomePod haisi kuwanikwa parizvino kuti itengwe uye parizvino haina kutarisirwa kunze kwemiganhu yeUnited States, United Kingdom neAustralia, uko kwaichasvika mukati memwedzi waZvita. Sezvinotarisirwa, akati wandei midhiya akatotanga kuita ongororo dzakasiyana kuti aone zvinangwa zvekutenga zvevashandisi. Muchikamu chino tinotaura nezve iya yakagadzirwa naMorning Consult Intelligence, iyo yakadzvanywa naAppleInsider. Iyi ongororo, yakaitwa pakati pevanhu zviuru zviviri nemazana maviri muUnited States, inotiratidza kuti mumwe muvatatu akaratidza sei kufarira HomePod.
Pane iyo 30%, vashandisi vaiti vanosarudza iyo HomePod yakasarudza iyo mushure mekudzidza kuenzanisa pakati pePambaPod, iyo Imba yeGoogle uye iyo Amazon Echo. Pane vese vakapindura avo vaive neApple chigadzirwa, 17% vaifarira kutenga HomePod zvichienzaniswa ne18% avo, vakatendeka kuApple, vakati vanosarudza iyo Amazon Echo. Kana Apple yakundikana kuburitsa mushe chii chinonzi HomePod kana mutengo wekutanga wechigadzirwa ichi, 349 madhora pamwe nemitero ndicho chipingamupinyi chakakosha chinowanikwa nevashandisi kuwana mamwe majaira.
Iyo yakachipa pamutengo Amzon Echo inodhura $ 139, nepo Google Imba iri mutengo pa $ 129. Pane vese vakaongororwa, iyo 57% yakati mutengo uyu yaive nyaya yakakosha pakutenga mubatsiri werudzi urwukana, nepo 51% yakatsigira kuti mhando yemubairo mumwe chete pamusoro pemutengo wainogona kupa. Parizvino, zvese zvatingaite kumirira kuvhurwa kwePambaPod kuti tione ongororo dzekutanga nemabasa ese atinopihwa nemutauri weApple, anotungamirwa neA8 processor uye inoenderana neAirPlay 2, iyo nyowani yekutaurirana protocol iyo yakaratidzawo kambani munguva yakapfuura WWDC 2017