Watching a car tracking YouTube video, Samsung one is way better…
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Samsung Tag is better?
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Right, okay. Is that it? Are you not going to add anything to that which might be of use to potential purchasers of either product?
That’s it? That’s your justification. A single Australian video from NINE MONTHS ago?
Wow! ?
Weak…most weak…
So how is it "way better" in your opinion? I mean, sure...the Samsung one updated more often, but perhaps Samsung is more prevalent in Australia than the iPhone (haven't checked), or maybe he just happened to be near more Samsung phones in general. But either way, who are using these for real-time tracking, besides stalkers? If you need to do real-time tracking, then a GPS tracker is probably a better device for you. In the end, both phones were able to find their tags just as good, which is the ultimate goal for these. The Apple one even pointed the direction and distance away, while the Samsung one did not. Now I'm not saying AirTags are better either. Each have their own pros and cons.
You gave a single video, from Australia, from nine months ago that was for an older version of iOS that even stated that they expected the results to be quite different once iOS 15 had been released.
In other words, you provided nothing of actual value for 2022.
I have not seen anyone saying AirTag has improved a lot after IOS 15
And that’s proof to you? Your anecdotal experience means nothing.
If you want to make a point then find a video from this year. Technology moves fast - information from last year for this sort of technology is vastly out of date.
For example, since that video, Apple have ported tracking functionality onto Android handsets so they can detect AirTags. Can Samsung’s Airtags do that? Nope - and that makes them more of a security risk than Apple’s devices.
In addition you can help ID legitimate AirTags with an Android device. Same cannot be said with Samsungs devices.
So how’s your ‘better than’ working out for you now?
I’m sorry, I’m out. I was hoping this would be a good informative two-way conversation but I’m afraid a single video from nearly a year ago proves absolutely nothing in favour of anybody, any product, any service et cetera.
You talk with your imagination again.
Zero clue what point you think you're trying to convey here...
I'm also outa here. This thread was dead before it started.
He quoted it, so he did.
His point is valid, the video is „very“ old and has little to do with the current situation.
If you chose not to acknowledge any arguments from someone else that’s ok, just leave the rest of the logically thinking world alone then. You added nothing of value to the point you wanted to make.
I can buy a device from Amazon for $20 that'll be far better than Airtags to stalk people - AND it won't be detectable by annoying iPhones.
I mean- what is it you want to say? If all you want to say is Samsung good Apple bad based on a random video from 9 months ago, we’ve heard enough
No they shouldn’t IMO. Brilliant things. We can’t keep legislating for scum, criminals et cetera et cetera otherwise we would have nothing. Where do we draw the line, ban cars in case somebody decides to run someone over because it’s incredibly easy to do in a car…?
"I found one single cherry picked outdated video from a year ago that supports my view, which I didn't even link or describe in the original post, and for some reason everyone isn't super convinced that the Samsung smart tag is better" -OP
I have plenty. It was a sarcastic post about what people say regarding AirTags just because it’s apple.
Specific to using such devices to track a car, then I'd probably agree that the AirTag is likely to be worse than Samsung's SmartTag. Apple's AirTag has a BT/UWB range of about 10 metres max... but when driving along a freeway and relying on an iPhone in a nearby car to pick up the signal, this is going to be quite hard at freeway speeds unless there is a car immediately adjacent to you - note also that 10 metres doesn't allow for the fact that the metal body of the car will have some effect on the signal being picked up by a nearby phone. The Samsung tracker has a BT range of somewhat more than Apple's AirTag, though the UWB distance is still only about 10 metres... So this means that the chance of a car driving past you being able to pick up the signal is naturally going to be higher with the Samsung.
But considering that any real world "thief" stealing a car is likely to have a phone on their person, which would also be reporting the location depending on they type of tracker/phone combination... then this video really isn't that reflective of real world scenarios since the "better" tracker is going to boil down to whether the tracker in the car is the same as the phone on the thief(s) or not... I guess putting BOTH tracker types in possibly would be best.
But considering that any real world "thief" stealing a car is likely to have a phone on their person, which would also be reporting the location depending on they type of tracker/phone combination... then this video really isn't that reflective of real world scenarios since the "better" tracker is going to boil down to whether the tracker in the car is the same as the phone on the thief(s) or not... I guess putting BOTH tracker types in possibly would be best.
Yeah, but then that would disprove the video and that’s not what the OP wants.
The OP seems to want affirmation that their view is the only valid view worth having - and to hell with those annoying pesky things like facts.
If we count numbers of Samsung phone on earth, Samsung beats apple for sure, then thief has much better chance using Samsung instead of Apple.
Quite likely, though I'm not sure exactly on which models of Samsung have the capability compared to Apple's devices... Even so, I think the video is pretty flawed in respect of how it portrays the usage and reliability of the respective trackers - I'd doubt neither Samsung nor Apple really intended to use them for tracking if a car is stolen... but more if someone leaves a small personal possession behind somewhere such as handbag, wallet, jacket, bag etc.