HomePod teardown: 16GB onboard storage, 14-pin diagnostic port, LED array & more
by Christian Zibreg
iFixit used knives and a hacksaw to pry open their HomePod so you don’t have to.
They found a number of advanced components and solutions inside, including sixteen gigabytes of Toshiba-supplied onboard flash storage, a 14-pin diagnostic port, a LED array that produces Siri graphics for a top-mounted touch interface and other notable tidbits.
“HomePod is built like a tank,“ iFixit says, so durability should not be an issue.
Apple’s crammed a 4-inch high-excursion, upward-firing woofer, a seven-tweeter array, a six-microphone beamforming array (in two sets of three) driven by two Synaptics chips, plus low frequency microphone for real-time woofer calibration inside the cylindrically shaped housing.
原文英文文長省略，來源：
http://www.idownloadblog.com/2018/02/12/homepod-ifixit-teardown/
The built-in Apple A8 chip handles HomePod’s fancy signal processing. It’s the same part used in the iPhone 6 series and likely paired with one gigabyte of RAM layered underneath.
HomePod has a newly minted model number A1639 and includes 802.11ac Wi-Fi networking with MIMO and Bluetooth 5.0 for proximity sensing (you cannot use your HomePod as a regular Bluetooth speaker). It comes with an integrated power supply and has a non-removable power cord with a cool braided cover for additional protection.
iFixit：
https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/HomePod++Teardown/103133
拆解影片：
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArH41WyUt28
iFixit 挖出內有16GB東芝的快閃記憶體，14pin的維修連接器等，
認為 HomePod 造得很堅固，耐用度不會太差。
至於維修難易分數則是給了最低的 1 分(滿分10)。
難怪官方維修費用那麼高，幾乎要人直接買新的。
其它裝置維修分數參考：
Apple TV 4K: 8
Apple Watch Series 3: 6
iPhone X、8、SE: 6
iMac Pro: 3
MacBook Pro 13" Touch Bar 2017: 1
iPad Pro 12.9": 3