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

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• Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Only thing I could see is making them somewhat harder to tamper with and sealed with a rechargeable battery.

  They fit on the Apple Watch charger exactly. A lot of people assumed they were originally supposed to be rechargeable.

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  • gregorum@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I don’t know how that could possibly been seen as an “upgrade”.

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    • lepinkainen@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It could be used to make the device completely waterproof.

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      • Ross_audio@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        There are plenty of waterproof devices with replaceable batteries.

        The idea you have to seal in the battery (and the device goes to landfill instead of getting a replacement) is a myth.

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    • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yeah, it’s a stretch for sure.

      That said, because the tracking network way broader than the other BT trackers, stalkers do love use and mod these little things. And they’re very un-Apple like, in that they’re easy to open up.

      Stalking has been the one thing that AirTags constantly get slammed for in the press about. I wouldn’t be surprised if they sold an updated tracker that was sealed, packed full of resin, and marketed as “more secure.”

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  • ExLisper@linux.community ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    EU objects. The replaceable battery regulation kicks in 2025 and I believe it will apply to devices like AirTag.

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• lucidinferno@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Smaller. Thinner.

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  • ExLisper@linux.community ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Faster. Stronger.

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• EdibleFriend@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Those Apple fans see the need for a gen 2.

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  • gregorum@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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    • EdibleFriend@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Those guys are pretty happy with their current phone too. But when a new one comes out they buy it day one.

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      • WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I worked for them for a while, and my observation was that the power users upgrade less frequently than the tech-illiterate ones. I think you actually see this behavior across a lot of machines people interact with—especially cars. People who understand and work on cars often like to take care of old ones and keep them running forever, while people who don’t know much about cars will just lease them or buy a new one when they can afford it.

        Waste aside, it isn’t necessarily a bad approach. If a user doesn’t know how to update their software or properly care for their device, and they’d rather spend money than learn, then remaining on a relatively quick upgrade cycle does all that for them without them having to think about it, just like how buying a new car resets the clock on your brake pads.

        I’d much rather have my tech illiterate mother be the person who comes in every other year for a new phone that she doesn’t really need rather than being the person who shows up with the crusty iPhone gen 1 who is furious that their long discontinued bible phrases app isn’t supported anymore.

        Sometimes, money really is the easiest patch to a problem.

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