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Chipolo Takes Dig at AirTags When Advertising ONE Spot Item Tracker: 'No Accessory Needed'
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Sorry not direct link but if you have a look on chipolo Twitter account the questions have been asked about find phone feature (double click) and out of range alerts, precision tracking etc
And unfortunately they’ve replied that these features are not included with the spot model.
There will be plenty of much cheaper third-party accessories coming shortly, if not already launched.
It's not even close to an oversight. Apple's typical customers are going to want to put these in something, and adding a hole would make these bigger than they need to be. Moreover, some of Apple's customers will buy accessories directly from Apple, so there is a new revenue stream there. But unless you want a naked plastic thing hanging off your bag/keyring/etc. (in which case you could have gone with a Tile already), Apple's approach is good for consumers, too.
I didn't know Chipotle was in the tracker business. Oh wait...
not being able to clip anything through an Air Tag and having to buy an accessory to do it is classic .
Where there's another $ to be made, they'll figure out a way to make it
Where there's another $ to be made, they'll figure out a way to make it
yes and no. Yes FIND MY is theoretically fully featured in third parties, but the precision shown requires a built in U1 chip, otherwise its just a bluetooth device like tile with so so precision. Third parties CAN license the U1, but my bet is most won't because of cost.
You can get one from Belkin for $12.
I got Apple's Product RED keyring holder for $29 because I thought it looked nicer and I usually like the Product RED stuff.
I'm going to attach it to my car key which would probably cost me about $300 to replace.
That way my car won't become a $10,000 paper weight sitting in the driveway.
$29 doesn't seem so bad all of a sudden, does it? 🤔
This right here! I don't need something to tell me my keys are in my house. I need to know where in my house. Chipolo have been so quiet about actual features.
Also, it looks like it's not battery replaceable. How long will it last before you have to bin it?
Others can argue that U1 is such a huge advantage that people are willing to pay an extra £35 for accessories just to have the device with U1.
They’re not even a competitor in this case. They make a device that works with the tracking network that Apple enabled.
Their dig against AirTags would hold a lot more weight if their product was available now. AirTags are going to be popular and the accessories will build up the ecosystem, similar to what the watch bands did for the Apple Watch.
I'm glad they're going to be around to offer a choice, but by the time their product will be available, the market momentum will be strongly against them.
Could add a hole and also put it into another cost accessory if desired. At least add the hole for an option
It's absolutely stupid of Apple to have not put a simple hole somewhere in the AirTag to allow it to easily be put on a keyring or dog collar, or zip-tied to just about anything.
Apple sells $699 wheels for a computer, or a $999 stand for a monitor. Nothing is ridiculous for Apple if they can sell it.
Apple sure can design a hole in AirTag, but it cannot force the CR2032 batteries to all have a hole at the same location. Among all of these people commenting here, how surprising none understand such a simple fact!
Personally, I couldn’t care less about U1 because my iPhones don’t have the U1 capability.
