Apple will time the release of the AirTags with the first Mars bases. I mean, that is a big planet and it is easy to lose stuff in a sand dune somewhere.
How is your reply any different? Kinda sounds exactly like your description of him. Just saying.
I feel the same way as you do. Apple marketing has been quite successful with perpetuating self-fulfilling prophecies. Since early October, when I enter my kitchen to make coffee, my Nest Hub Max recognizes me and starts reading the morning news from various outlets. There's always at least one or two stations that will speak of new tech' and Apple specifically. Even the news broadcasters go out of their way to promote or otherwise defend Apple's product timelines. It's akin to the proverbial 'drum roll' as consumers wait for Apple's latest new gadget(s). We've become accustomed to hearing company announcements of new products that are months or years away before they're released.
You downvoted my comment. Please explain why. How is your post any different? Personal feelings?
I guess you have a point. I would certainly forget it but I would probably only use them while traveling and then I would think of keeping them charged. For normal every day use I would forget about them. But then I would also only forget if my wallet is in the gym bag or my pants..
Brilliant and on point. He’s laughable. He’s Worth reading for entertainment value alone.
I guess that depends on who you are, how much they cost and how well they work.
If they are inexpensive enough, I would put them on most of my power tools that never get put back in the right place. Same for all the video production gear. Lots of things that cost more than $150 that would make sense to track.
With the Find My network including every recent iPhone, iPad, Macintosh and (maybe) HomePod/HomePod Mini, you should get better granularity with coverage in places like malls where GPS tracking does not work as well.
With how long these have been rumored, I wonder if it's more of a case of "you people think they're delayed. But the truth is we aren't even working on these AT ALL".
Tile is particularly worthless (it only works with people willing to leave the Tile app running in the background, so there are not enough users to make it work) and the Samsung one was just announced (not sure it is shipping yet). Apple has the scale needed to make the product interesting. While Samsung may have the scale, they do not have the same track record for getting people to adopt a new technology. Until a major player ships this tech, it is hard to say how big the market is.
The question is how long will the battery last and will it notify you when it needs to be charged. If it is less than 3 months, it is not really interesting. If it is more than 6 months that would be great.
To be useful, they need to make sure one’s Apple Watch, iPhone and iPad need to notify you about the charge state with enough time to make sure they get recharged. That would also remind people they have the tags, keeping them in people’s minds.
He has a 78% accuracy that’s why he’s mentioned. All he’s mentioned recently is March. He did say 16th March but that was many months ago
Buy your kids really locked down phones with GPS & you can track them by satellite…
