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Best price I've seen for these by far, looks like they might be end of line. Handy for finding your keys or wallet.
Tile Essentials 4 Pack (2x Mate, 1x Slim, 1x Sticker) $49.61 + Shipping ($0 C&C/ in-Store) @ PB Tech
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samohtxotom on 19/05/2025 - 11:11 pbtech.co.nz (470 clicks)
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Same on Android as well
Got 3 years out of my last Slim and Mate, I certainly wouldn't bother if you're an iPhone user airtags are better in every way
Don't waste your money!
I used Tile for many years, the only useful one was the wallet card, which used to find my ever disappearing wallet at home. It never worked when the tag is away from you, since uptake in NZ was very low.
I have travelled to many countries in the past few years, always having a Tile with an Airtag in the same check-in bag. The Tile never appeared on the app when it was out of range from my phone.
They absolutely suck for remotely tracking stuff I totally agree, but for simply finding stuff that you know is nearby I find them very reliable
I recommend NOT getting Tile products, they're terrible IMO. Have used them for years (way before AirTag and other competitors came out) and they haven't gotten better at all. They could have dominated the market (as they were one of the first companies to release something like this), but they didn't. Kinda how Nokia could have dominated the phone market, until they became complacent and obsolete / irrelevant.
Tile devices don't track well, primarily because they rely on other Tile devices (or phones with the Tile app) nearby to update the location of your tag. Yes, it works the same way with competitor products, but the problem is that there aren't that many Tile devices or users these days. If you want a peace of mind, get AirTags or an Android tag that supports Google's Find My Network or whatever it's called.
These are a bit pricey, but they support both networks concurrently. This means more devices out in public can help update the location of your tag, resulting in more accurate and more frequent updates:
https://pebblebee.com/products/pebblebee-clip-universal
https://rollingsquare.com/products/aircard-pro-android-apple…Try to avoid trackers that are exclusive to a certain brand or require a dedicated app, unless you have specific reasons to use them. For example, the Samsung trackers are only compatible with Samsung devices and unless you have a Samsung phone and want to be locked into their ecosystem, then stay away from it.
I personally use Chipolo (as I daily an Android phone) and it just uses Google's Find My Device app to track your devices. I also have a spare iPhone 14 that I bought specifically to use with an AirTag, mainly because it has the UWB for the precision tracking feature (exclusive to AirTags). This allows me to track the same item from 2 different networks.
I agree in principle, but at least with apple and Samsung the device count they can check in through is significant. Tiles issue is the lack of people with the app, but there are millions of Samsung and apple devices out there, it's a pretty sage bet if I drop my keys with a Samsung tag on in a place with any foot traffic someone with a Samsung device will pass by every few minutes to be able to track them down close enough to be able to connect with my device.
Not everyone who use Android use Samsung devices - unless you live in countries like South Korea or whatever. If you were to take a trip to India or China, good luck tracking your Samsung tag. They primarily use Xiaomi (or other brands) over there. And if you were to tell me that you'd never go to those countries, well how are you so sure of that? Are you 100% sure that no matter where you go, there'll definitely be a Samsung device around you that can pick up your tag? Or are you just going to assume that's the case?
Android devices are so fragmented and there are so many options, why would one pick a tracker that only works on a Samsung phone? Samsung isn't the only Android device manufacturer that sells millions of units. They aren't always #1 on the market either. Some companies have over taken them (in terms of the most phones sold) in the past. It's always changing. They currently own just 20% market share (based on the 2025 stats). That means out of 100 Android phones around you, perhaps only 20 of them are Samsung. The rest of the market are owned by various other Android brands, as well as Apple. 20 is a low number and I wouldn't want to risk not having my device tracked properly at any given point in time.
Again, you'd have to lock into the Samsung ecosystem by choosing a Samsung tag. If you want a true peace of mind, I'd go with a tag that works on 99% of Android phones. But if you just want to be biased, then go with whatever you prefer.
I might also add that Google only implemented their Find My network/infrastructure as of the last year or so I believe. Just earlier this month, they announced support for UWB for precise tracking support. What this means is that in the very near future, more and more Android devices and products will be able to make use of their infrastructure. You're not locked into any specific Android phone brand, you just use Google's Find My Device app to track your item and virtually every Android device (that is supported) will be able to share your item's location with the network.
The reason AirTags became so popular and ultimately overtook Tile is because Apple invested heavily in building a robust tracking infrastructure over many years. This system relies on the vast number of Apple devices already in circulation, allowing AirTags to be located using a massive, crowdsourced network. Now, Google is following a similar approach. Its new tracking network will be supported by all Android devices—regardless of brand—creating an even larger and more diverse ecosystem. In comparison, Samsung’s tracking infrastructure is much more limited in scale, as it only works within its own device ecosystem.
I lost an Aliexpress Findmy device at the Cardrona Ski Area right at the end of the season, but I was still able to track its location on the Apple Findmy network for a few more weeks. I think it finally stopped working from water damage.
The new mates have a non changable battery, and very short battery life, at which point the app just tells you to replace it and it seems opening it and putting a different 3v source into it will not make it work again. I got 6 months out of 1 of my tile mates that sat on spare keys at home all the time.
Shame, as tile is the only cross platform tracking solution. None of the tags compatible with apple find my will work with google and vice versa at the same time, so tile is it for a household that needs to find shared things.
Tile used to be good, but as everyone with iPhones moved off it to airtags and the app had its permissions revoked or they removed it, the apple monopoly on tracking made the tile become essentially useless as there are so few phones running the app still.
I had a car towed to a mechanic with a tile on the keys, which were in the car and it got 1 hit on a trip from beach haven to Ellerslie. Whereas airtags in works things get almost real-time tracking, and google is not that far behind now that they have it deployed.
Samsungs tags are not that good, but better than tile. They only work with their devices which are a minority of android phones and they have not deployed updates to older ones to track them, whereas google play services seems to be doing it all the way back to anroid 10 or 11 based obsoleste things.
Motorola Tags recently launched in Australia near the end of 2024(ozbargain.com.au) and very recently got UWB support. Unfortunately it's way too expensive, pricier than Samsung Smarttags 2, but at least it supports more than Samsung Androids.
They also very cheekily made it compatible with Airtag accessories too
Battery life is not good on Tile. The phone (iPhone) battery drains too with the app open in background.