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A 10-Year Battery for AirTag
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Re: A 10-Year Battery for AirTag
#32Cool idea for a product but you either have to be a serious airhead or just lazy to miss or ignore all the low battery notifications. Also, that case should have a spot to store the back plate. > Just discard the AirTag's back plate
its not about missing the notifications, its about not needing to worry about it.
Re: A 10-Year Battery for AirTag
#33Not a bad price, but it does require an existing Airtag. Ten years is a very long time in tech. I wouldn't be confident that the Airtag protocol will be functioning in 2035, and there are already rumors of a new Airtag and possibly a newer protocol coming up.
If Apple kills existing Airtags any time soon they effectively kill the product line. So they won’t.
This might underestimate Apple consumerism (I include myself in that).
Re: A 10-Year Battery for AirTag
#34Earlier quoted context omitted.
> This might be a boon to AirTag stalkers who are too lazy or unskilled to disable the sound and upgrade the battery life. What a nonsensical fear to have.
Why is that nonsensical? Airtags are very nice little bits of technology, a marvel really. But examples of abuse are not theoretical. Increasing the battery life by years and placing the airtag in a waterproof case are totally valid things a legitimate user might wish to do, but it also enhances their nefarious or unethical use potential. That is not nonsense.
that's not the part that seems nonsensical. it's the idea that a stalker wouldn't just pull out the speaker.
Re: A 10-Year Battery for AirTag
#35I'm OK with the One-Year-ish battery life and happy to change them yearly. I try to do them in batches (the fours usually die together within about a month).
The irritating ones are in the bags/check-ins I stashed/stored snugly, and now I have to take them out to replace the battery. Of course, the bearable thing is that the battery lasts for about a month after the warning, so there is that.
I think I'm complaining about something which is not a big deal.
I’m not sure if this much bigger device is any benefit just to make it last 10-years and forget about it.
Re: A 10-Year Battery for AirTag
#36Cool idea for a product but you either have to be a serious airhead or just lazy to miss or ignore all the low battery notifications. Also, that case should have a spot to store the back plate. > Just discard the AirTag's back plate
It's a cool hack, but a terrible idea for a product. There are more components than the battery that will fail over a 10 year period (both in hardware and in software) - which is why ignoring notifications, and assuming that this product solves your problem is a big issue.
This seems incredibly pessimistic to me. Do you really not expect things to last for over ten years?
In my experience most electronic things - and especially things that are simple and solid with no wear and tear like an AirTag - easily last 10 years. I’d expect an AirTag to work for, at least, decades.
Re: A 10-Year Battery for AirTag
#37Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's a cool hack, but a terrible idea for a product. There are more components than the battery that will fail over a 10 year period (both in hardware and in software) - which is why ignoring notifications, and assuming that this product solves your problem is a big issue.
This seems incredibly pessimistic to me. Do you really not expect things to last for over ten years? In my experience most electronic things - and especially things that are simple and solid with no wear and tear like an AirTag - easily last 10 years. I’d expect an AirTag to work for, at least, decades.
My amplifier and speakers date from the 70s.
Re: A 10-Year Battery for AirTag
#38Not a bad price, but it does require an existing Airtag. Ten years is a very long time in tech. I wouldn't be confident that the Airtag protocol will be functioning in 2035, and there are already rumors of a new Airtag and possibly a newer protocol coming up.
AirTags use the same Find My protocol that's been out for years before them, I doubt Apple will cut them off. They also get regular software updates, so the hardware should last that.
Re: A 10-Year Battery for AirTag
#39Cool idea for a product but you either have to be a serious airhead or just lazy to miss or ignore all the low battery notifications. Also, that case should have a spot to store the back plate. > Just discard the AirTag's back plate
But when you have 4 -- and I bet people have more -- it does get a bit boring having to switch them out. It's no longer an annual event, it's now quarterly. I mean, first-world problem. But if it could be less frequent, of course I'd take it.
I have about 8. They used to run low at the same-ish time frame, but over time they drift apart due to frequency of moving around. (e.g.: the AirTag in my luggage runs out months after the one in my wallet)
Re: A 10-Year Battery for AirTag
#40Cool idea for a product but you either have to be a serious airhead or just lazy to miss or ignore all the low battery notifications. Also, that case should have a spot to store the back plate. > Just discard the AirTag's back plate
It's a cool hack, but a terrible idea for a product. There are more components than the battery that will fail over a 10 year period (both in hardware and in software) - which is why ignoring notifications, and assuming that this product solves your problem is a big issue.
I've got a 10 year old Bluetooth headset that works fine with a 2024 iPhone so why would something even simpler so obviously not?