AirTag Teardown Part One: Yeah, This Tracks
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#2Do you think they modeled the design after the round Apple campus?
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#3I wonder what the internal discussion at Apple was about whether or not to include a loophole in the product.
The fact that fixit has gone out and shown how you can add a loophole rather than wasting $13 on an accessory is a bit of a facepalm moment.
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#4> But why bother putting a real driver in here at all? Magnets not only add weight, they take up a lot of space. Looks like one corner Apple refused to cut on this tiny disk is sound quality.
I find it fascinating what tradeoffs are decided upon. Apple is arguably the best luxury brand in the world - and this is why.
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#5Do you think they modeled the design after the round Apple campus?
I don't think you need to be inspired by a particular circle-shaped object to decide to design another circle-shaped object.
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#6Do you think they modeled the design after the round Apple campus?
Probably some old Apple product that nobody remembers.
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#7I wonder what the internal discussion at Apple was about whether or not to include a loophole in the product. The fact that fixit has gone out and shown how you can add a loophole rather than wasting $13 on an accessory is a bit of a facepalm moment.
>add a loophole
Now, throw it in a glass of water for an hour.
I'd be amazed if it didn't trash the IPx7 rating, which is an AirTags differentiator over Tile.
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#8Hahah the coin x-ray thing was great
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#9Do you think they modeled the design after the round Apple campus?
I don't think you need to be inspired by a particular circle-shaped object to decide to design another circle-shaped object.
I was thinking in terms of circuit layout. Trying to fit it into the floor plan of the building would be a very Apple thing to do.
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#10I wonder what the internal discussion at Apple was about whether or not to include a loophole in the product. The fact that fixit has gone out and shown how you can add a loophole rather than wasting $13 on an accessory is a bit of a facepalm moment.
I’ll go out on a limb here and guess that their guiding principle with this was as it is with every other portable device they have now - make it as small as practically possible and let people extend it if and how they want[1] to.
Saves a little bit of material, makes manufacturing a little less complicated, and makes the accessory ecosystem a whole lot more appealing.
1. I don’t carry a keychain, for example, but I’ll slip one in each of my bags.