HomePod is a smart speaker previously released by Apple, which has stopped production in 2021, which is an out-of-print product, I don't know if it is because it is out of print or for what reason, and now the price of HomePod on the second-hand trading platform has even doubled.
HomePod is a smart speaker product released by Apple Inc. on June 5, 2017 at 10 a.m. (June 6, 2017 at 1 a.m. Beijing time) at the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California, U.S.
And officially launched in China on January 18, 2019, HomePod from the sale to the suspension of sales has passed a few years, perhaps Apple itself did not expect that this product can sell so high after being removed from the shelves.
According to the news, the homePod smart speaker on overseas second-hand websites has now far exceeded Apple's official pricing, in the past week, an unopened second-hand HomePod on eBay on the average price of $375, while the average price of new unopened products has reached $639.
At the beginning, the listing price of homePod was 349 US dollars / 2799 yuan, and a year later, Apple reduced it to 299 US dollars / 2299 yuan.
According to data from a foreign second-hand platform, the value of "HomePod" has gradually appreciated over time. 6,610 HomePods have been sold on eBay over the past year, with an average selling price of $347.61, more than 15% higher than Apple's retail price. A total of 2,082 new or sealed HomePods were sold during this period, with an average selling price of $432.27.
Even the lowest used unsealing can be sold for $220, which is a 30% discount on the original price, which is obviously not too common in the second-hand market.
The fluctuation of the second-hand price of the HomePod this time is so high, it should be unexpected by many people, and the residual value rate after the new iPhone is usually only 65%, and the HomePod has been on the shelves for several years.
This at least shows that Apple's initial positioning of this audio is no problem, at least some people need to have a good sound quality and intelligent sound.
Have you ever used this speaker?