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AirTag 2 not expected until 2025 as Apple sits on backlog of first-gen inventory::If you’ve been hoping for a second-generation AirTag, you’ll have to keep waiting. According to a new report from Bloomberg,...

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[–] Pacmanlives 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Maybe if they where cheaper people would be buying them in droves

[–] Ghostalmedia 21 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Last year they were up to $1B sales.

They’re around $25 and priced pretty similarly to Tile an Chipolo. And unlike Tile, they’re actually good at precision tracking outside of your home.

Of all the stuff Apple sells, these things actually seem priced well. They’re like $5 more than the competition, but they have a much broader network.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Samsung ones have a pretty huge network too, especially in the eu

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

The trouble is Samsung is only for it's own ecosystem. The Google version should render the Samsung one obsolete.

[–] lepinkainen 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

My bike cost 1000€, the cost of an AirTag is a rounding error when keeping it safe.

[–] samtoxie 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[–] garretble 4 points 10 months ago

No, but I bought the pack of four and it's nice to have one on my bike, in my car, and in my bag where my laptop and iPad live when I'm traveling.

[–] lepinkainen 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You can tag your 1k car with it too.

..but not everyone. Yeah yeah 😆

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

You joke, but I definitely bought a Civic for $950 and drove it a couple years. It burned oil and looked atrocious. But hey, it got me to work. Then I sold it and broke even. 😂