Yandex.Station: offline store, a queue for 300 people and the beginning of sales
On Habré well: you do not need unnecessary words about the Station , you already know everything about it. I'll tell you better about what was in the morning at the start of sales on July 10 .
Moscow store Yandex Frunze opens at 10:00. I came to 9:30, and the people were already standing - 300 people, if I correctly counted. Some go inside, others - are tightened from behind. And the first buyer queued at 5:20 in the morning.
They say that in the first hours after the announcement at YaC, Yandex received more than 20,000 applications. With that, the device costs 9990 ₽. Today, you can buy no more than two devices in one hand offline, because the first batch is small. How many stations are there in it, Yandex employees will not confess.
In the hour that I spent at the store, about every second bought two pieces — in different rooms — although they know that the Stations are not yet synchronized and work each by itself. I ask the store employees: is enough for everyone who is in the queue? Answer: yes, we hope not to offend anyone.
I talked with the happy owners of a clever speaker. The main reason for buying is to watch TV shows and listen to music, but for many with an eye to integrating with the zigbee ecosystem in the future.
By the end of this week, they promise to launch online sales of the gadget in Yandex.Market. True, the paid device will be shipped to the buyer not immediately, but within 90 days. Shipping will be free in any region of Russia.
The store itself is cozy, for my taste, like the Yandex office in Moscow. The area is not very large, and about a third is given to an improvised museum. Among the exhibits is the first Yandex server on a Pentium II with a frequency of 233 MHz and 384 MB of RAM.
In addition to the museum and shelves with clothes and backpacks, there was a place in the store for the Station demo zone. Inside sits Sergei and everyone tells what and how it works. For example, about the fact that ahead of us are waiting for software updates. First and foremost, the efforts of the developers will be aimed at managing the smart home. They asked Alice if she knew about Habr. Informed, devil! And he hears well: he distinguishes his name through music in 9 cases out of 10.
Moscow store Yandex Frunze opens at 10:00. I came to 9:30, and the people were already standing - 300 people, if I correctly counted. Some go inside, others - are tightened from behind. And the first buyer queued at 5:20 in the morning.
They say that in the first hours after the announcement at YaC, Yandex received more than 20,000 applications. With that, the device costs 9990 ₽. Today, you can buy no more than two devices in one hand offline, because the first batch is small. How many stations are there in it, Yandex employees will not confess.
In the hour that I spent at the store, about every second bought two pieces — in different rooms — although they know that the Stations are not yet synchronized and work each by itself. I ask the store employees: is enough for everyone who is in the queue? Answer: yes, we hope not to offend anyone.
I talked with the happy owners of a clever speaker. The main reason for buying is to watch TV shows and listen to music, but for many with an eye to integrating with the zigbee ecosystem in the future.
By the end of this week, they promise to launch online sales of the gadget in Yandex.Market. True, the paid device will be shipped to the buyer not immediately, but within 90 days. Shipping will be free in any region of Russia.
Pro shop and museum
The store itself is cozy, for my taste, like the Yandex office in Moscow. The area is not very large, and about a third is given to an improvised museum. Among the exhibits is the first Yandex server on a Pentium II with a frequency of 233 MHz and 384 MB of RAM.
In addition to the museum and shelves with clothes and backpacks, there was a place in the store for the Station demo zone. Inside sits Sergei and everyone tells what and how it works. For example, about the fact that ahead of us are waiting for software updates. First and foremost, the efforts of the developers will be aimed at managing the smart home. They asked Alice if she knew about Habr. Informed, devil! And he hears well: he distinguishes his name through music in 9 cases out of 10.