Comment on AirTag 2 not expected until 2025 as Apple sits on backlog of first-gen inventory

Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• Kraven_the_Hunter@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Remember this is Apple we’re talking about. Gen 2 will introduce additional form factors and fanboys will call it “game changing”, “amazing”, and god knows what else.

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  • eluvatar@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Air tag pro, in our newly invented color “basically black”

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    • DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      “Now with the iStalk+ monthly service!”

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  • noodlejetski@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    “it’s our most AirTag ever”

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  • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    New form factor you say?

    Credit card sized trackers are handy for wallets.

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    • Kraven_the_Hunter@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Revolutionary!

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      • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Honestly, there aren’t a lot of credit card sized trackers with a good tracking. Chipolo recently launched one with Find My support, but from what I can tell, most other credit card trackers are on pretty small networks.

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  • Munkisquisher@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Next version will make the current generation cease working, even though there’s nothing wrong with the hardware

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    • lud@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Isn’t apple quite good at supporting old products?

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      • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        100%

        Aside from that iPhone 6s batterygate issue back in 2017, they’ve generally been one of the best companies at keeping old hardware running.

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      • meyotch@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Yes, vastly better on the average compared to PC makers and other phone makers. Having worked at an Apple Store once upon a time, we were happy to help the technically-savvy keep ancient stuff working if they had a need, but no way would we take the time to help a typical tech-phobe granny get one last year out of unsupported hardware. Granny gets a new mac that ‘just works’! It’s just basic business, a different solution might work better for different customers.

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    • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Of all the things to criticise Apple on (and boy are there a lot of those), software support isn’t one of them, particularly in their mobile division.

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      • Kraven_the_Hunter@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I think the rub is how they’re happy to obsolete hardware and make customers re-buy accessories. That’s tenuous here for sure.

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    • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I literally just helped my friends pick out a new Mac to replace their old one. Their reason? The decade old computer finally stopped getting software updates.

      It makes sense to dump on Apple for being pricy, a walled garden, or being crappy with right to repair, but longevity / software support? Come on. They famously provide software updates for a long ass time.

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    • PoolloverNathan@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Unfortunately, criticizing Apple’s hardware support is only fine when someone else does it.

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• CosmoNova@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Next gen will be a square with rounded edges. Oh and the pro version will come in dark gray! But personally I prefer the round ones so I‘ll wait for the 3rd generation.

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  • tsonfeir@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    You don’t want the AirTag2 Pro? It’s titanium.

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• roofuskit@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  For a lot of Apple users it’s about flaunting that you have the latest toy. A multi year old device is not a good status symbol.

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