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A 10-Year Battery for AirTag

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673 points dmd | 9 comments | 18 Dec 24 18:17 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source | bottom
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dcdc123 ◴[19 Dec 24 03:24 UTC] No.42458116[source]▶
Cool 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

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1. avree ◴[19 Dec 24 03:36 UTC] No.42458196[source]▶
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.
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2. jrmg ◴[19 Dec 24 14:00 UTC] No.42461434[source]▶
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.

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3. dmd ◴[19 Dec 24 14:44 UTC] No.42461813[source]▶
My amplifier and speakers date from the 70s.
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4. zamadatix ◴[19 Dec 24 15:48 UTC] No.42462590[source]▶
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?
5. pcdoodle ◴[19 Dec 24 15:58 UTC] No.42462690[source]▶
This guy replaces his garage door opener every 2 years...
6. avree ◴[19 Dec 24 17:29 UTC] No.42463722{3}[source]▶
Do they run a proprietary Apple software, and have NFC and UWB inside them?
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7. Spivak ◴[19 Dec 24 19:04 UTC] No.42464655{4}[source]▶
When the software is fixed we're back to thinking of the object as a single piece of hardware. My Gamecube and Xbox 360 have been working for (nearly) 20 years now.

Unless there's a known failure mode in these devices that gets worn down over time you should probably expect them to outlive you. The worst you'll probably get is corrosion from the AA batteries in the pack.

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8. mikestew ◴[19 Dec 24 19:44 UTC] No.42465023[source]▶
Your smoke alarm has a ten year battery.
9. avree ◴[20 Dec 24 06:53 UTC] No.42468877{5}[source]▶
The software isn't fixed.