Apples $350 HomePod may damage wood furniture, but at least it sounds good

[TheBlackAdder]

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Just look at is a value-added feature. Problem solved!

Here’s the deal: the HomePod has a silicone base. If you place it on top of some surfaces, it’ll leave a mark.

According to the Wirecutter, this happened on an oiled butcher-block countertop and a wood side table. Pocket Lint saw the same thing happen when they placed a HomePod on a oak surface that had been treated with oil. It only took about 20 minutes for white marks to appear.

Apple’s response to the Wirecutter is that the marks should at least partially clear up on their own a few days after the speaker is taken off the surface… but that if they don’t disappear you should probably just retouch or refinish the surface of your furniture.

Seriously.

So right now Apple’s sales pitch is buy our expensive speaker because it sounds better than the competition, but which may be less useful, which is definitely tougher to repair, and which probably shouldn’t be placed on certain surfaces, because it can ruin your even more expensive furniture (which we kind of forgot to tell you… or did we?)

Read up on it and see the pics at:

https://liliputing.com/2018/02/apples-350-homepod-may-damage-wood-furniture-least-sounds-good.html

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[underpants]

1. Introducing... the iDoily

Only $49.99 at Apple stores or on line

[MrScorpio]

2. Apparently, that's a popular joke these days.

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r31701796-HomePod~start=60

[underpants]

5. and here I thought I had an original thought

[MrScorpio]

6. Unless you riffed it from somewhere else, it can still be an original thought

Welcome to the wonderful world of Multiple Discovery!

[ProudLib72]

3. It's silicone, too

Come on, it's a product of Silicon Valley. Whaddya expect?

[USALiberal]

4. Apple Fanboys will buy anything they sell. nt