Apple AirTags may be some of the anticipated gadgets by the corporate in years. The Bluetooth tracker has been rumored since 2019 however it was solely till final month that we formally noticed it launching in India and different markets. Nonetheless, as ‘new’ as AirTags may be available in the market, Apple apparently had them prepared again in 2019 itself. And there appears to be proof of it.
One of many YouTubers named Daniel (@ZONEofTech) uploaded a few photos on Twitter, exhibiting the retail field of the AirTags. Within the tweet, we see him stating that the AirTags field talked about the yr 2020 whereas the Leather-based Keyring accent for AirTags talked about the yr 2019, which can be the identical yr we first began listening to about AirTags. All this resulted in him speculating that Apple may simply be prepared with AirTags in 2019. Nonetheless, why the agency took a lot time to launch it, continues to be a query.
However there are a few theories making rounds on the internet. One of many main causes may very well be that not many iPhones had the U1 chipset again in 2019 so having a U1-based Bluetooth tracker available in the market at that time might not have made a lot sense. In 2019 solely iPhone 11, 11 Professional and 11 Professional Max got here with U1 chipsets that use Extremely-Vast Band (UWB) tech for monitoring location of AirTags. With iPhone 12 sequence in 2020, Apple might have thought that since there are six iPhone fashions available in the market (of which iPhone 11 and 12 had been the most effective promoting gadgets), it may be the precise time to deliver AirTags.
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The second idea is that the iPhone maker didn’t wish to tangle antitrust scrutiny in 2020. In case your AirTags are misplaced, it may well use a number of gadgets beneath the Discover My community (together with iPhones and Macs) to ping you the situation. And the agency opened the community to third-party corporations as effectively a couple of days earlier than launching AirTags. Launching it earlier might have resulted in anti-competitive behaviour.
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