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A 10-Year Battery for AirTag

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673 points dmd | 1 comments | 18 Dec 24 18:17 UTC | HN request time: 0.21s | source
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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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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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1. 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?