El XNUMXth generation Apple TV It comes with three main novelties: its own App Store, integration with Siri and the new control with a touch surface. What at first can be a «nerdgasm», as I have read that my colleague and namesake Pablo Ortega has described it, can turn into a nightmare that looks very good today, November 1, and that is Siri Remote breaks with the same relative ease as an iPhone, so you have to be very careful with this remote that, it must be said, is very small and it is very easy for it to fall out of our hands.
This has found out a Reddit user the hard way. According right2pandaarms, a friend of his had it in his hand, he sat on the sofa, it fell to the ground from half a meter high and broke completely, as you can see in the following image uploaded to imgur. We understand the great disappointment of this user that, if he wants to use a Siri Remote again, he will have to buy it again and pay the $ 79 that costs the small command.
It would also be necessary to know how the command has fallen. I'm not going to say that iPhone glass is the toughest in the world, but when it falls and breaks, it's usually because has fallen bad, receiving the blow in some corner. In other words, this user could have been unlucky.
After reading this news, I am almost sure that now it will be time to do resistance tests to the Siri Remote, both for bumps, scratches and, of course, falls. The Siri remote has glass on the surface, so, although it may have surprised us, it is logical that it breaks, although I think Apple should have done something to prevent this from happening. A tape called Remote loop that connects to the Lightning port and surrounds our wrist so that it does not fall to the ground, but this seems insufficient to me. Why not create a bumper? I think it would be very successful and, depending on the price, I would buy it. Griffin has already announced Survivor Play for Siri Remote and more protections will appear soon, although for the user who is the protagonist of this news it is already too late.
UPDATED: The affected user has updated his Reddit ensuring that the Siri Remote works normally, like most iPhones that have the front panel broken. Still, he says he will use the third-generation Apple TV remote, even though his friend has offered to pay for the broken remote.
Plastic kitchen paper, as my grandmother used to wrap the xd controls.
That, after spending a paston on the device, buying the usb-c cable, because "they have forgotten", now to treat the remote as if it were a jewel or spend more money to protect it.
The truth is that they tease us as they want and on top of that we consent to it.
I have recently had an iPhone 6s. After much, much pondering, I jumped into the river and spent the € 859 it costs. It came from an iPhone 4 and with everything that I had already bought from apps, and the experience that had been very good, I decided to do it.
That said, it seems outrageous and even obscene to pay € 859 for a phone, but in the end I have. why? Because it seems to me that the user experience is far superior to the competition.
What if the next iPhone we put them at € 1500? are we going to keep buying it?
The truth is that Apple has raised the fumes too much and is entering a dangerous dynamic, because they know that they put the pvp that they put, people will continue to buy it, and they would need a good example.
I think so, as long as your products are bought for making them cheaper? You said it yourself, you found a beast in spending the money for the iphone6s but you gave in for "comfort."
But I half understand you, the competition is far from what an iphone6s offers (touch ID, 3D touch) I instead went from an iphone4 to a Moto G and delighted with life, I am a common user, WhatsApp, Telegram, flashlight (flash), write notes, answer emails, navigate, GPS sports (runtastic), play some "decent" game I knew well enough that I would not throw away with the latest mega graphics etc ... (the SDCard is really good, I have my photos, music , music videos there without taking up internal space) I already told you the iphone6s crossed my mind but this money is really worth it for having TouchID, 3Dtouch, NFC ... Not for me.
It seems strange that from only half a meter high it breaks like this ... Suspicious.
We will have to buy covers for the remote, hahahahahahahaha.