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The accessories from apple to hold these things will be amazing(ly)................expensive.
 
But what if the battery is dead. :)



The chip doesn't really help if your dog took off and you want to know where in the neighborhood it is. (Granted, AirTags would probably require a pretty dense population of Apple devices for this to work effectively, and a cellular GPS tracker would most likely be a much better option.)

Well if the battery is dead yeah I guess!
But you better borrow someone else’s phone to track down your iPhone air tag before someone removes it from your lost flat iPhone 😹
 
To help people who constantly lose their **** to find it again. iPhones with the U1 chip will be able to direct you within a few centimeters of a lost item with an air tag attached to it. Keys, wallet, remotes, you name it.
im sorry, are you being serious?
 
I initially thought the whole tech is in the keychain shown in the first picture. That would be amazing.
 
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I know you're joking but some ppl here really think this is a better answer than 'chip'n' their pet in a national registry.

I see this just as a normal keychain with a BIG apple logo ... not a 'tag' product.

Two very different things. Chipping is about identifying found pets and re-uniting them with their owners; tagging them is about allowing owners to find them in the first place.
 
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Looks 100% fake. The text is all over the place and looks very sloppy.
 
Looks like $99 leather keychain
Looks more like a $2 keychain. The metal ring is scratched all over and dinged in a couple of places. The leather is worn and starting to fray and the big red circle Photoshopped over the stud (which presumably has a (non-Apple) logo on it) isn't even nearly centered.
 
I think I understand why they're taking so long: they need all the pieces in place first to make it work.

In other words:
- several iterations of iPhone/iPad with the U1 chip
- Apple Watches with the U1 chip (Series 6)
- HomePod minis with the U1 chip

Once you have several HomePod minis in the house and an iPhone/iPad you suddenly have an 'internal GPS system' for your house. So querying Siri for 'Where are my keys' will result in something magical:

"Your keys are in the kitchen"

...and when you get your iPhone out you'll be able to 'see' their location in augmented reality.
You've just got to love first-world solutions.
 
I really hope they price well these but when Tile costs so damn much we assume these will be $40-$100 depending on style.
 
They’ll need to sell these pretty hard over tile for me to buy one. I feel others will be the same. Why reinvent the wheel. Why not work with existing products?

Tile so far has been fantastic.

The only thing that could be better is if you aren’t in range of your tile it can’t be found. A bit like find my airpods. Well if they’re lodged in the couch they won’t be found.

If apple worked with telcos around the world and made these 5G capable that would be what would really sell it for me.
 
I don't understand why they use a radio technology that has such a short range for this purpose.
You could read up on the recent changes to Find My. All that's needed is short range since
a) people misplace their stuff around the house and find it with BT5
b) people lose their stuff somewhere on the road, then nearby Apple devices are used as relays to position them.

Also keep in mind that battery power tends to run out quicker with more powerful "radio technology".
 
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They’ll need to sell these pretty hard over tile for me to buy one.
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The only thing that could be better is if you aren’t in range of your tile it can’t be found.
And I think Apple will do exactly that. The Find tech concept they have for lost iPhones is amazing, my guess is they will build that into the Air Tags as well.

 
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Is it just me or does the leather look way too worn to be some new unannounced product being photographed here?
 
And I think Apple will do exactly that. The Find tech concept they have for lost iPhones is amazing, my guess is they will build that into the Air Tags as well.

You know this was mentioned briefly during iOS 13’s WWDC announcement and the media at the time were bashing it as a “creepy” feature. Then it appears almost everyone forgot about it.

I’ve had to constantly remind people of this huge Find My upgrade in iOS13/Catalina and explain why AirTags will dominate Tile.

Even when it’s been explained, my experience so far is that people still don’t seem to understand it.

So I hope when Apple do announce AirTags they have a really dumbed down marketing video on why it’s so awesome.
 
I want this, but the only thing i usually misplace is my Wallet...and if i put it in my wallet its gonna look like a condom indentation...so i think ill wait til gen 3 where its as thin and flat as a piece of paper 🤷🏻‍♂️
Tile do a very thin, credit sized one for wallets, passports, etc. Apple should do the same I think.

They’ll need to sell these pretty hard over tile for me to buy one. I feel others will be the same. Why reinvent the wheel. Why not work with existing products?

Tile so far has been fantastic.

The only thing that could be better is if you aren’t in range of your tile it can’t be found. A bit like find my airpods. Well if they’re lodged in the couch they won’t be found.

If apple worked with telcos around the world and made these 5G capable that would be what would really sell it for me.
Apple has a big, deal breaking advantage over Tile - Tile relies on other users having the Tile app installed to help you find things lost outside the home. Apple's system could use potentially any iOS device in the world (assuming it's opt out and most people won't bother).

is losing your keys a daily occurrence for people?
When you lose something the fact that you haven't lost it many times before doesn't really help does it?
 
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