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Leaker Reveals Size of Apple's AirTags and Says They'll Cost Around $39
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Well, if they were any smaller, you'd need a tracker to keep track of your tracker.
Don’t give the rumor mill any ideas…
An Apple Contact Lens for my Apple AirPod for my Apple Watch for my iPhone for my MacBook for my iMac…
Put one on your bicycle, and if it is not where you remembered, you can maybe find out where it is - maybe someone borrowed it and is down the street or miles away.
Lots of use cases.
Put it on a care package you mailed to a friend or relative, now you have your own "tracking system" for the items you mailed - of course they would have to mail it back to you if you want the airbag back.
That could be. Tracking your Bicycle maybe is a good example.
How about your kid's backpack or mittens or snowpants? Or maybe you simply want to know where something is regardless of cost of the thing.
Engineering and other development costs. And it's a business. If they sold them for the production cost how would they make the next cool product?So they cost about 4-5 dollars to produce to allow for the 7500 percent apple tax.
I mean I have the same gripe about my $60 bluejeans that cost $6.47 to make. But there are lots of costs along the way such as shipping to the clothing store etc etc.
You do know they still make a profit selling things on clearance right? Even if breaking even the clearance rack prove the rest is pure profit. Which in many cases on clothing can be huge when it comes to luxury brands. Apple is no different.
Understandable they need to make a profit. But given Apple's track record lately of bug ridden software and cancelled products, Im a little confused where that money is going other than more stuff thats just a profit stream for them regardless of actual worth or quality....COUGH Airpods COUGH Max.
Why they introduced $549 headphones and cancelled a $299 speaker is beyond me I guess.
Only if you regularly misplace your cat in your home. These trackers are for near distances or to warn you should you move too far from them, say leaving your keys somewhere when you leave.
They are not going to tell you where your cat is if it's a mile away (unless it happens to be in someone else's house and they have an iPhone and have switched on the tracking feature.)
If it's like other similar devices it can also warn you when you get too far from it. Say you leave your keys at the office or a bar, or they fall out of your pocket. Which gives you the chance to backtrack and find them immediately.
But yes there's a lot of misinformation / misunderstanding from people thinking these work like a gps tracker and you can keep an eye on your pets car etc when they are miles awy
It's meant to have a better type of Bluetooth which can locate much more precisely such as direct you to the sofa or whatever. Lets hope so.
Dogs are better than cats. The just are.
Dogs consider you part of the family. Cats consider you "staff".
HA!
I mean obviously I'm willing to learn more, and I don't know too much about Tile which has been doing this a while... but they still look kinda large for what I heard the use case is... being on a keyring, going in a wallet etc.? I mean what the heck will these things (thicker than I expected) attach to for you?
Hopefully the tech in these gets put into every Apple device (remote controls, apple watches (including non-cellular, AirPods etc.) so you won't really need the airtag but get the lower power bluetooth worldwide find my functionality.
Hopefully the tech in these gets put into every Apple device (remote controls, apple watches (including non-cellular, AirPods etc.) so you won't really need the airtag but get the lower power bluetooth worldwide find my functionality.
yes if someone in the car has a modern iPhone, including people not in your family. from what i understand an anyomized mesh network of worldwide iPhones is created and when they sense an airtag nearby it somehow marks the location. i don't think the airtag itself is connecting to the internet but rather uses low power bluetooth to connect to a nearby iPhone or iPad and then it uses its connection (even an iPhone not yours) to help "locate" the tag.
its close. the 50p is 27mm wide, the half dollar coin is 30mm wide. the half dollar is about 50% thicker too.
Classic marketing. Create a
worry about something you never worried much about before and flog a product to ease that worry.
worry about something you never worried much about before and flog a product to ease that worry.
I, too, will immediately put one of these on my car. I figure just in the top corner of the windshield, inside in the corner. I live in a downtown core and, between home and clients’ offices (if that’s ever a thing again) basically live my entire life within a 2-hour parking zone. I move my car so frequently that some days I come out of the apartment and just wander a few blocks radius trying to remember where I parked.
I haven’t made a single cash transaction in over a year. Guaranteed.
Far far too big for many practical uses
Apple's rumored AirTags item trackers will be slightly larger than a 50 cent coin and around three times the thickness, based on dimensions offered by leaker Max Weinbach (via YouTube channel EverythingApplePro).
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 – a bit smaller than Samsung's Galaxy SmartTags (39mm x 39mm x 9mm) and a little larger than a Tile Sticker (27mm x 7.3mm).
A previous rumor from L0vetodream suggested Apple would make AirTags available in two size options, but it's not really clear why two sizes would be required.
Based on images found within an internal build of iOS 13, AirTags are small, circular white tags with an Apple logo on the front. They will likely be attached to items via adhesive or an attachment point like a ring, and there may be multiple ways to use them with different items.
According to his retail sources, Weinbach says AirTags are estimated to be priced at around $39 each (Samsung's SmartTags are $29.99). When they'll be launched though remains the question.
A new "Items" tab enabled by default in the Find My app in the iOS 14.5 beta has led to some hope that Apple's long-awaited AirTags item trackers will finally be released soon. Apple said iOS 14.5 will be released in "early spring," but a specific release date remains unclear.
Weinbach also believes Apple will announce new products "soon," either via press release or some sort of event, although event rumors remain murky at best. According to a YouTube video by hit-or-miss leaker Jon Prosser, Apple plans to host an April event this year.
Prosser himself acknowledges that it's worth treating this April event rumor with some skepticism since it would be Apple's first April event in 11 years, but he does say the source he got this from has a perfect track record.
Either way, Weinbach's retail source tells him that they are expecting three new products to drop into the tablet, wearable, and accessories categories.
The wearables are "likely" to be new seasonable Apple Watch bands, new colors for the solo loop bands, and possibly a new band style. The rumored new iPad Pro is the new tablet, while AirTags will fall into the accessories category.
Volume shipments of mini-LED display components for a new 12.9-inch iPad Pro will reportedly begin in the second quarter of 2021, which spans April through June. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman has previously claimed that Apple plans to announce new iPads as early as April, including new 11-inch and 12.9-inch iPad Pro models.
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