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AirTag 2 not expected until 2025 as Apple sits on backlog of first-gen inventory (9to5mac.com)

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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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[-] Ross_audio@lemmy.world 9 points 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.

[-] lepinkainen@lemmy.world 3 points 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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