Apple recently released a revitalized version of the Apple TV 4K that will receive all the news from tvOS 15 and some more, however, most of the prominence has been taken precisely by the new Siri Remote, a command that solves a multitude of user complaints and makes the device more pleasant for daily use.
However, these devices can also break, as is the case with almost everything in life. The guys at iFixit have once again shown us how easy it is to repair the Apple TV and above all, what happens if the Siri Remote breaks. Discover with us its ins and outs.
The video at the top of this post is a true work of art, you can gawk for hours at how the iFixit guys carry out the disassembly of a product as peculiar as Apple TV, the fact that it has a fan, something you might not have imagined. Most of the components inside the Apple TV are connected to the board through various flex cables, which sovereignly facilitates its replacement and repair, and this is something that iFixit usually likes a lot.
The same does not happen with the Siri Remote, whose components in many cases have to be replaced by sheer brute force, which on countless occasions will cause irreparable damage. The same thing happens with the battery, it is small, it is well hidden and it does not have glue. A sum of things that makes the remote quite difficult to repair, while for example the Apple TV has obtained an 8/10 in this section. Just to change the battery, which will be the first to degrade, You have to completely disassemble the remote, with the guarantee that you will end up breaking a piece.
It is easy to repair any remote control of television, console ... not only not so much or almost none.
What an obsession with Apple ... with normal things in the industry.