Ukusukela oko yasungulwa ngokusemthethweni, i-HomePod iye yaba kubasebenzisi abaninzi be-Apple isixhobo esitsha senkampani ekufuneka sibekho, nokuba yintoni na, kwiishelufu zabo. Njengoko iinyanga zihambile, Ukufumaneka kweHomePod kunyukile Kodwa namhlanje, ayikakabikho kweyona ntengiso inkulu emhlabeni yeApple: China.
Izolo, iApple ihlaziye iwebhusayithi yenkampani eTshayina naseHong Kong ukwazisa abalandeli benkampani ukuba I-HomePod kungekudala iza kuba kuyo yomibini le mimandla ekuqaleni konyaka olandelayo. Uhlaziyo lwamva nje lwesoftware yeHomePod sele lubandakanyiwe nenkxaso yemimandla yomibini.
I-China ibe yeyona ntengiso iphambili ye-Apple, kodwa kwiinyanga zakutshanje, iimpawu ze-Asia ezifana neHuawei okanye i-Xiaomi zithatha ngokukhawuleza, into i-Apple efuna ukuyiphepha ngokuzama ukubopha abasebenzisi kwizixhobo ezitsha, njengale meko i-HomePod.
Kuzo zombini eTshayina naseHong Kong, iHomePod iyafumaneka ngomhlophe kunye nendawo engwevu. Ixabiso le-HomePod e-China liya kuba yi-2.799 RMB, ngelixa e-Hong Kong iya kuba yi-2.799 HK. Ukuba siyiguqulela kwimali esiyazi ngcono, sibona indlela ixabiso lokugqibela liya kuba 358 dollar, I-9 yeedola ngaphezu kwexabiso e-United States, apho kufuneka songeze irhafu yelizwe ngalinye.
I-HomePod yasungulwa okokuqala e-United States, e-United Kingdom nase-Australia ngoFebruwari walo nyaka, emva koko yandiswa ukuya eCanada, eFransi naseJamani. Ukusukela ngo-Okthobha ophelileyo, sele ikhona eSpain naseMexico. Asazi ukuba kutheni i-Apple ithatha kancinci ukwandisa i-HomePod kumazwe amaninzi, kodwa inxulumene kakhulu namandla kunye nokusebenza okubonelelwa nguSiri.