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Belkin, Moment, Nomad and More Debut AirTag Accessories

What on Earth are these prices? The Apple leather cases are more expensive than the actual Air Tags?! Classic Apple ripping people off.

On another note, do these Air Tags have battery life? How do they recharge?
 
I have been using the tile pro and other tile products for 4 years now. It’s been a life saver and i’m very welcome to apple bringing out their own. And even allowing other groups like chipolo to join the find my network. And I’m also glad that over time, better accessories will be made for this airtags, can’t wait for april 30th

For my usage, the tile version had problems where over time, the build would flex and the speaker would not work. I would be calling my tile but no sound would come out. After the twist the build, the speaker would then play. This happened...every...single...year so it wasn’t a one off.

I‘m hoping the apple airtags is more durable and because of the larger network, it will be a great and powerful tool to find my lost items (which i‘m know to keep doing).

Question/concern
it says that a sound would play if you are away from your tile, but it is unrealistic to have all your tags with you At any given moment in time except for home, so if i’m flying away on a trip, then wouldn’t be annoying to people who might live with me - i know this is for the anti-stalker stuff but i think the logic is flawed.
 
ErikGrim said:
Uh...why wouldn't a leather band be more expensive than a mass produced doodad?
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Because it is still ultimately, a mass produced case. By that logic the leather cases for iPads and iPhones should be as expensive or more expensive than the actual mass produced iPhones and iPads!
 
varun14 said:
Because it is still ultimately, a mass produced case. By that logic the leather cases for iPads and iPhones should be as expensive or more expensive than the actual mass produced iPhones and iPads!
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That's some spurious logic you have there. AirTags are ultimately a tiny chip, battery and metal case - which at scale is cheaper to produce than leather bands. iPhones and iPads are not that.
 
kamilstudios said:
This is actually a clever way of how Apple trigger third party makers to make accessories for their product. Instead of making a hole (like Tile and Samsung SmartTag), buyer will need another accessories to attach it. So there will be more demand for its accessories, and more and more third party maker will join to produce it, making this product seems more valuable, customisable and personal.

Now compare this to Tile and Samsung SmartTag, buyers won't necessarily need another accessories since it already has a hole. So its not very popular for third party maker to make accessories for it.

This is something that make Apple looks 'stupid' for designing the AirTag without a hole, but very brilliant to expand the product's value when it's getting attention with more and more accessories produced for it.
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I love this kind of thing. It’s so ingenious it’s fascinating.

I’d bet consumers will see these cases in a shop and wonder ‘what are these AirTags things?’ That doesn’t happen for Tile or Samsung because they don’t need cases.

It’s the same reason Apple will keep the iPhone mini around. It makes most consumers spend the extra $100 for the “normal size”.
 
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redmac said:
The burger that you ate at lunch has a worse environmental impact than something that you’ll buy once in every couple of years.
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I’m not talking about the environmental cost of one of these things. Many people want a nice key fob and that’s fine, enjoy it. I’m talking about the meeting in which Tim Cook and others decided that the product should be designed so that millions would have to buy a new accessory from China, even if a bit of old string would have done exactly the job they needed. It not going to ruin the planet on its own, but it‘s pretty tone deaf to Apple’s eco image.
 
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I wonder about the best way to attach to a bike. Maybe an accessory with a clip to attach to a saddle rail.

I'd need to check my bike's seat post dimensions to see if it might fit there but surrounded by a metal tube may not be the best place!
 
WaltCD said:
Tile has had a replaceable battery for well over a year.

I'm trying to see where Air Tags fit in... I think they're for people who haven't used Tile? Maybe I'll buy these as my Tiles wear out?
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In my case they are for people who have used Tile and had a bad experience.
 
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WaltCD said:
Tile has had a replaceable battery for well over a year.

I'm trying to see where Air Tags fit in... I think they're for people who haven't used Tile? Maybe I'll buy these as my Tiles wear out?
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I’ve checked the Tile app twice today as it shows how Tile users are in a vicinity. In an area that’s around 1/3 of my small state there’s been between 800-1100 tile users across a dozen to two dozen suburbs. I guess that’s sort of ok, but in a population of 400k there will be many magnitude more Apple devices forming a much stronger network. Chances are a lot of the Tile users are in small clusters too around households where all members have the app, and it’s thus not an equal distribution and in effect maybe only 400 or 500 street addresses have someone with a tile app running out of that lot where I live.

If my goal was to find something in my house and my own device will be in range then sure, the Tile will do. The Air Tag where I live will have a far far better chance of being picked up by someone else’s device however I would assume should I need to locate something I’m not in range of. I’m in Australia where iPhones are very common.

Tile for better or worse is reliant on Tile owners signing up. I doubt many people that don’t own a tile are running their app. Apple can draw on users that have no interest in Air Tags at all to still provide service.
 
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I'm perplexed by AirTags. I can count on no hands how many times I've lost my keys or wallet. I feel they're like security cameras -- they're priced reasonably enough that people put them in every room of their house so they can catch criminals that will never come, cameras or no cameras. Having this feature on the Apple Remote would make more sense, but even then, all you have to do is lift a cushion on your couch.
 
Ridiculously overpriced accessories. These things will be a dime a dozen in Asia in 3 days.
 
bookcase said:
I'm perplexed by AirTags. I can count on no hands how many times I've lost my keys or wallet. I feel they're like security cameras -- they're priced reasonably enough that people put them in every room of their house so they can catch criminals that will never come, cameras or no cameras. Having this feature on the Apple Remote would make more sense, but even then, all you have to do is lift a cushion on your couch.
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Don't buy them then, not compulsory.

I have Tile in my wallet and on 2 keyrings. It's helped me find those items on several occasions. If that doesn't apply to you, it's cool.
 
How is the battery changed on an Airtag??
Dont tell me I have to take it in to Apple!

EDIT - Ah just seen its user replaceable, and fortunately a pretty common CR2032 battery too!
 
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