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the home pod has arrived now this is an important product for Apple because it's the first in the smart speaker category so let's see what's inside the box of this three hundred and fifty dollar Apple product okay so the first thing I'm noticing is the weight of this thing it is heavy much more so than say the Amazon echo or the Google home now let's get all this out of the way and I'm gonna keep the box because I'm hoping there's some other things inside let's focus on the speaker itself first it is space grey as you can see and the plug is already connected to the speaker itself so in terms of design I think it's a good-looking speaker it's a cylinder kind of like the Mac Pro and it's covered in this mesh like fabric that you see here with what looks to be a plastic top but let's peel off the plastic to confirm and yep that's plastic underneath too but honestly what strikes me the most is the cable I'm so used to seeing the USB and wall adapter for Apple products and even the material itself of the cable is different it also seems to be covered in fabric maybe to avoid knotting not so sure in fact the entire cable is completely attached to the speaker and there's no way to disassemble any part of it so let's flip this thing over and the bottom looks like plastic as well but it feels more like a soft rubber with the Apple logo of course so back to the box we have the instruction manual which is pretty short and the Apple logo sticker and that's it guys no more cables no more wall adapters no more fun surprises that's all you get inside the box of this 350 dollar home pod well I think this has been one of the shortest unboxings in CNET history let's go over what's in the box once again the box the home pod and oh yeah this sticker now check out our full review of Apple's home pod at sea Netcom