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A 10-Year Battery for AirTag

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672 points dmd | 1 comments | 18 Dec 24 18:17 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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jerlam ◴[18 Dec 24 22:10 UTC] No.42456019[source]▶
Not a bad price, but it does require an existing Airtag.

Ten years is a very long time in tech. I wouldn't be confident that the Airtag protocol will be functioning in 2035, and there are already rumors of a new Airtag and possibly a newer protocol coming up.

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chadash ◴[19 Dec 24 19:22 UTC] No.42464822[source]▶
> Ten years is a very long time in tech.

Well, they certainly _might_ be functioning in ten years from now. Conservatively, you get 5 years of use out of this, which isn't bad for $15-20, depending on your use case.

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1. jonhohle ◴[19 Dec 24 20:50 UTC] No.42465586[source]▶
I replace AirTag batteries every 6 months to be safe, so $15 (plus batteries) isn’t significantly more expensive over 5 years.