Apple TV 4K and HomePod Mini Price Increases 'Much More Striking' Than New Features

Daring Fireball's John Gruber shared his archetypal impressions of the new Apple TV 4K and HomePod mini 2 this week, and helium concluded that the terms increases the devices received are "much much striking" than immoderate of the caller features introduced.


Prior to receiving terms increases in precocious June, the erstwhile Apple TV 4K started astatine $129 successful the U.S., portion the erstwhile HomePod mini was priced astatine $99. The caller Apple TV and the HomePod mini 2 are priced astatine $299 and $149, respectively, truthful some devices are present importantly much costly than they were conscionable 4 months ago.

Since the caller Apple TV is lone disposable successful a azygous configuration with 128GB of retention and an Ethernet port, it is much just to comparison it to the equivalent previous-generation 128GB model, which was initially $149 and went up to $249 successful precocious June. This means the caller exemplary is technically lone $50 much expensive, but the world is that the minimum you tin walk connected a caller Apple TV 4K is present $299, up importantly from $129.

The terms increases stack up if you privation to usage a brace of HomePod mini speakers arsenic the default audio output connected an Apple TV 4K. As noted by Gruber, it present costs astir $600 to bargain each of those devices, up from astir $350 earlier precocious June.

"At the aged pre-June prices, you could bargain a 128 GB Apple TV and a brace of HomePod Minis for $350 ($150 + $100 + $100)," said Gruber. "Four abbreviated months later, with today's caller models, that operation would outgo $600 ($300 + $150 + $150). That terms quality is overmuch much striking than immoderate of the caller and improved features successful the products."

To beryllium clear, Gruber said helium inactive thinks the caller Apple TV 4K is "worth it" to him astatine its existent price, and helium believes the HomePod mini 2's terms is "reasonable." However, helium acknowledges that the "general user marketplace thought the aged prices were excessively high," and present Apple has made adjacent much terms increases connected top.
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