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Apple's HomePod Speakers Leave White Marks on Wood (bbc.com)

Posted by msmash on from the stranger-things dept.

Apple's new smart speakers can discolour wooden surfaces, leaving a white mark where they are placed, the firm has acknowledged. From a report: The US company has suggested that owners may have to re-oil furniture if the HomePod is moved. The device went on sale last week after having been delayed from its original 2017 release date. Apple told Pocket-lint that it was "not unusual" for speakers with silicone bases to leave a "mild mark." But the gadget review site told the BBC it had never seen anything like this problem. The website's founder, Stuart Miles, told the BBC that a speaker left a mark on his kitchen worktop within 20 minutes.

6 of 86 comments (clear)

  1. Feature, not a bug by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is simply the mark of awesomeness and will totally get you laid if chicks see it.

  2. You need the HomePod iCoaster! by Blinkin1200 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Only $29.95 at your local Apple store.

  3. Setting it down wrong by Scarred+Intellect · · Score: 5, Informative

    The users are obviously setting it down wrong.

    1. Re:Setting it down wrong by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      I'm oiling my wood right now.

  4. Re:sticky problem by AmiMoJo · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'm starting to think that apple's secrecy is causing them not to test stuff properly.

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  5. Re:Oiled wood. end of story by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Woodworker here, goombah99 is talking out of his ass. Go ahead and put a heavy piece of plastic on your oiled wood cutting board and see how it won't leave a circle. I find it amusing that some asshole on slashdot can now just lie right through their teeth and be upvoted for it.