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Samsung's $30 SmartTags Beat AirTags to Launch

farewelwilliams said:
By your logic, Apple copied Samsung because Samsung created a smartphone before Apple, right?

No. A company doesn't have to be first in order to be copied by someone. You completely failed to understand my point but thanks for the effort.
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So Samsung copied and produced Apple's rumored Airtags way back in 2017?

Thanks, its so clear to me now.....Samsung's psychic tech division department are really pulling their weight.
 
I am starting to think Apple will never release their version. They've never said they would, and this feels more like their magic charging device that died. And they'd at least announced that one.
 
If we needed more confirmation that Apple is releasing their own, here we go. These companies love copying each other. I mean we knew Samsung would eventually reduce their phone box contents too. 😁
 
ian87w said:
Will this only work with the S21+ and ultra? Only those models get ultra wideband. The regular S21 doesn't. Samsung website is not clear on which devices support this.
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Note 20 Ultra is the first Samsung phone with ultra wideband.
 
yg17 said:
Airpower had tons of proof it existed, including a damn announcement at a keynote, and it still doesn't exist.

The AirTags don't exist until they're on sale.
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You're completely failing the understand the point. Being first to market isn't the rule for who copies who. Considering all major Apple products get reliably leaked well before release, Samsung has the capability to build a half-baked product in a short time frame and release before Apple finishes.

If Samsung copies every single homework Apple does and turns it in before Apple does, does this mean Apple is the one copying Samsung? No. Samsung is still the one copying Apple.
 
himanshumodi said:
Just so they could beat out Apple to the market, who cares if it's a sub-standard product. Honestly, if I were to buy this, it better point me to the exact corner I decided to put my keys at... not a general "in the apartment somewhere". (I am not sure even Air Tags will be able to do that though)
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SchrodingersMartian said:
Samsung has priced this so cheaply they care nothing about making money and it’s not even elegantly designed and doesn’t support UWB which means they have no confidence in their own products.

This will be 5.00 in a year at a yard sale. A autographed picture of Lindsay Graham will sell more than this.
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They do have the UWB version called Smart Tag+ for their phones that support UWB.
 
Whether it's Samsung, Apple or Tile...

How practical are these things? How often do people misplace their keys to need this thing with a battery life of only a few months? I'm sure there are niche applications out there, but I don't see people attaching one of these things to everything that's not bolted down.

Even if you put it inside a handbag or luggage, a thief could easily find and remove it.
 
noSpeed said:
Whether it's Samsung, Apple or Tile...

How practical are these things? How often do people misplace their keys to need this thing with a battery life of only a few months? I'm sure there are niche applications out there, but I don't see people attaching one of these things to everything that's not bolted down.

Even if you put it inside a handbag or luggage, a thief could easily find and remove it.
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It's not always a thief that causes a bag or luggage to be lost.

Besides, AirTags could help coverage incase a MacBook is lost. A user can ping iCloud and it'll send a broadcast throughout the entire world's worth of Apple bluetooth products including AirTags to find the MacBook.
 
noSpeed said:
Whether it's Samsung, Apple or Tile...

How practical are these things? How often do people misplace their keys to need this thing with a battery life of only a few months? I'm sure there are niche applications out there, but I don't see people attaching one of these things to everything that's not bolted down.

Even if you put it inside a handbag or luggage, a thief could easily find and remove it.
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Yeah, it's a product looking for a problem. And if it were to solve the problem, it needed to be tiny and last for years not just months. It should be you put it and forget it. By the time you want to find your stuff, it would've ran out of battery.
 
I would be ok with this was just a big troll from Apple to get Samsung to develop random products and then Apple just doesn't release anything.
 
chipchen said:
I would be ok with this was just a big troll from Apple to get Samsung to develop random products and then Apple just doesn't release anything.
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Could you imagine getting a job at Apple of unspecified description only to find that you will now be responsible for feeding garbage intel to Samsung to keep them distracted but you have to maintain the relationship with them and keep spurring them on and they’re all yeah we’re gonna beat Apple to market? That would be an awesome job.
 
Piggie said:
Agree, but please don't do the stereotypical thing and say men are bad and woman are victims.
There are a lot, and I mean a LOT of crazy females out there, and many mean are not taken seriously when they have problems.
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I did qualify my statement with “almost always”.

Yes, it does go both ways, but statistically speaking, men commit more crimes against women in domestic situations.

Here in Oz, 1 in 3 women have been abused by their partner, versus 1 in 20 men.
 
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