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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    10 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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      10 months ago

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

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        10 months ago

        Yeah, it’s a stretch for sure.

        That said, because the tracking network is way broader than the other BT trackers, so stalkers 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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          10 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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            10 months ago

            Of course it can be made waterproof with a replaceable battery, but would you trust your grandma to swap such a battery so that it stays waterproof?

            Would you want to be the customer support for a device like that with a billion users? The amount of idiots failing to close the case properly and drowning their device is staggering, and the idiots are usually the ones who call CS to complain…

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      10 months ago

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