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Peteo
Enthusiast I
October 19, 2017

Missed opportunity: Portable Sonos One with Wifi/BlueTooth/Alexa &Power Doc for home use

Ultimate Ears just came out with their new MegaBlast its a Portable Wift/Bluetooth speaker with alexa and has a Power Doc accessory for use when inside. 16 hour battery life. The wifi lets the device stream with out your phone and lets you use alexa to request songs, pause, play forward etc.. When your done using it in your back yard you bring it in and plop it on the doc where it charges and can be used as one of your indoor speakers. This is what Sono's should have added to the Play One (or they should make a new one for $299 called Play one portable)
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      John B
      October 19, 2017
      Ah, if only you were in charge....
      PeteoAuthor
      Enthusiast I
      October 19, 2017
      Ah, if only you were in charge....
      Why would I want to be CEO? I'm a customer looking to expand my Sonos ecosystem to my patio. Saw the ultimate ears MegaBlast with WiFi, BlueTooth, Alexa and charging puck and said THIS IS WHAT I WANT, just with SONO'S
      melvimbe
      melvimbe
      October 19, 2017

      So you are saying a $299 out door speaker is not the best use of sono resources, really?


      I think Sonos made the right choice in creating the Sonos One and integrating Alexa with the entire Sonos lineup. Absolutely that was the right choice. If Sonos starts losing market share it's going to be because they were beaten by Apple, Google, Amazon, Bose, Denon, etc...in the multiroom wifi speaker market. They are not going to go out of business because they didn't enter the portable wifi/Bluetooth speaker market.


      Sonos: Listen to your music on our incredible sounding speakers EVERYWHERE, except outside in your back yard or any where else in your house that you do not have a plug or where there's water or your camping or at the beach etc..


      You can listen to sonos in your backyard, I do it all the time. And way better and easier to deal with the a portable speaker. I've never had a problem finding a plug for my sonso speakers. And I don't want to take expensive speakers to the beach. I'd rather take cheap speakers that I don't mind getting damaged so much.


      CEO's are ousted for a reason, even he knew they were not moving in the right direction.

      Which is why I think Sonos should start making speakers for cars. I mean, you can listen to sonos everywhere except your car! I'd buy a $300 sonos car stereo that had wifi (for when the car is parked in my driveway) and Bluetooth everywhere else. And yes, Alexa integration...that works though my phone without Bluetooth (because I can do that already) Why isn't Sonos taking this opportunity?
      Danny
      John B
      October 19, 2017
      Despite having none of the financial information, no marketing research, and little understanding of Sonos' strategic direction, you are confident you know what Sonos should be prioritising. And it happens to be what YOU want.

      You think you know better than Sonos. Can you understand why I might think Sonos knows better than both of us?
        PeteoAuthor
        Enthusiast I
        October 19, 2017


        You think you know better than Sonos. Can you understand why I might think Sonos knows better than both of us?

        Yes Sonos knows so much they ousted their CEO months ago. If they want to stay competitive they have to start thinking differently. You have airplay 2 coming out that will do multi room. Alex speakers can already do multi room. Google home, HomePod, UE speakers with wifi streaming.. its endless. If sono's thinks it can survive with the same old game they will be gone in a few years. (and that will STINK)
        melvimbe
        melvimbe
        October 19, 2017
        That makes no sense. Regardless of what Sonos does with leadership, they still have all the data, that you don't have, to make the wise decision.

        Wait, I take it back, we do have the data to make the right decision. Amazon echo's are running away with the market on wfii speakers. Not the Tap, but the Dot and main echo. Voice Control is clearly the feature that's brining in sales. Amazon realized a bunch of new echo products...none of them portable. Google did the same, none portable. The Apple hopepod...not portable. They are all wrong on this?
        Danny
        PeteoAuthor
        Enthusiast I
        October 19, 2017
        Considering they all JUST got into the speaker business, when sonos has been doing speakers since 2009 and is now getting its lunch eaten, they might want to start thinking about expanding their market. I'm sure the multi billion dollar logitech corporation sat around the table and said how can we lose millions of dollars? Oh lets make a great sounding portal speaker with wifi/bluetooth/alexa and docking puck that no one will want! Brilliant!
        Kumar
        October 20, 2017
        Every maker approaches the objective from a different point of view, derived from target markets. Sometimes, these points of view converge and there are some winners and some losers. It is as easy to pick these after the event as it is to second guess strategies developed and deployed without the benefit of that hindsight.

        Clearly the winner will be the voice enabled good sounding speaker that can stay on all the time via mains power, do multiroom via the ability to work in tandem with others, work wirelessly without WiFi, be weatherproof when taken out of doors minus the mains power and play all the music in the world.

        Who wants to be lay good money on which make will get there first?
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