Airtags, the most useless thing Apple spent this much time on.
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Leaker Reveals Size of Apple's AirTags and Says They'll Cost Around $39
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Not sure if max overall range has been leaked/rumored yet, but it should be better than Bluetooth if the signal is unobstructed in an outdoor area.
Airtags will really shine in a dense urban environment with lots of iOS devices present; this is where the distributed mesh network will really come into play. This is new/different - this has shades of what Steve Jobs was dreaming of a decade ago with a distributed Apple Cellular network. Obviously this isn't that, but it's the first baby step towards something like that in the future. Give it another decade, and we may see another step.
UWB is huge, I don't think many people understand how ground breaking this protocol will be. This is the first new product from Apple that I am really excited for since the initial release of Airplay.
Airtags will really shine in a dense urban environment with lots of iOS devices present; this is where the distributed mesh network will really come into play. This is new/different - this has shades of what Steve Jobs was dreaming of a decade ago with a distributed Apple Cellular network. Obviously this isn't that, but it's the first baby step towards something like that in the future. Give it another decade, and we may see another step.
UWB is huge, I don't think many people understand how ground breaking this protocol will be. This is the first new product from Apple that I am really excited for since the initial release of Airplay.
Not even close. It's sad you can't see the potential use cases for them...
Ovals are also not triangles. Ovals are also not the Queen of England. And most importantly, ovals are also not as tall as they are wide. If they were, they'd be a circle and have a single "diameter" rather than a width and length.
“Hey Siri, where’s my ‘girlfriend’ with the restraining order?”
This won’t end well… lol
The nearest UK coin is the £2 coin at 28.5mm diameter and 2.5mm thick, so at 32mm by 6mm, the airtags are slightly bigger according to the rumour. Having said that it’s smaller than the Tile Pro, which is 42mm by 6.5mm, though that has a replaceable battery which will increase thickness while it isn’t clear what kind of battery airbags has. For those wondering if they’ll be too big, I’ve been using various Tiles on my house keys key ring since they came out and currently use a Tile Pro and has never been a problem - well apart from the rate that the Pro goes through batteries.Here you go
The 50p coin is 27.3 mm in diameter so the Airtag is a smidge larger.
How long does the battery last in current products that are out there? Is the battery replaceable or the tag rechargeable?
I’m waiting to see if they will be battery replaceable or not w that price tag.
It's about 6,122,000 Beard Seconds or 3.62 Barleycorns in diameter.
Tile lasts around a year before you change the battery yourself which is either 1632 or 2032 on the newer models.
Not sure how many people have actually owned/use Tiles here, but I think Apple also needs to consider matching/beating the ReTile program too. Excluding any major sales, I found the ReTile program ended up giving me a decent deal for an older non-replaceable battery version in the past.
Interesting and thanks for the info. I still wonder what exactly would be this safety mechanism (how long etc). I also wonder how legislation will be impacted by this. Time will tell.
I'm not at all interested in using these to find something I lost.
I am very interested in being notified on my phone about things (they're attached to) that move, and what their spatial positioning accuracy, both relative and absolute, is. And of course their battery life, whether a replaceable or rechargeable battery is used.
I am very interested in being notified on my phone about things (they're attached to) that move, and what their spatial positioning accuracy, both relative and absolute, is. And of course their battery life, whether a replaceable or rechargeable battery is used.
My thoughts too. I got a couple of Tile Pro's kind of cool, but they are only useful in the house kind of. Since they are bluetooth they a limited range. That seems like a like of money/inconvenience to find something in the house. Unless for my keys are they are always in my pocket.
That's where this bit of the article comes in.For a website that’s so global you ain’t half American-ist. I have ZERO idea how big a “half dollar piece” is. So still very much in the dark.
"According to Weinbach, the AirTags will come in one size measuring 32mm x 32mm x 6mm, which would put the circular devices in the same ballpark diameter-wise as a half dollar piece"
Why don't you just google what the dimensions of a US 50 cent piece is, and then google the size coins of whatever your country uses, and then compare?For a website that’s so global you ain’t half American-ist. I have ZERO idea how big a “half dollar piece” is. So still very much in the dark.
I want one just to leave in my car. That way, by this summer I will be able to find my car in the parking lot.
How so, magnetism does not affect radio waves.
But, as with all radiowaves, they are made of matter, which influences radio waves, like attenuation on those infamous antenna bands on the iPhone 4.