Good for you, mine fell out of the bed once and the glass shattered - not even where the actual touchpad is but at the bottom. The build design/material composition of the Siri remote is garbage for what it is. I appreciate the touch input and that they use glass for that but there's no reason but aesthetics (and of course easy money from horrifically priced replacements) that they cover the whole front with it.
Be careful with your tech. I've literally never broken anything. Be mindful.
The 7 was the last "mostly aluminum" iPhone, before they switched to glass backs.
I'd rather have a great design and not worry about clumsy people.
Great design and durability aren't mutually exclusive. The remote sucks, period.
that's exactly how mine shattered. Dropped out of bed on my wooden floor.
Great remote actually. Keep it out of careless hands and children.
I literally launch my remote from my bed sheets to the floor all the time. I hadn't even noticed it was glass instead of plastic. I'd say its been plenty durable for me over the years as well.
It's actually a piece of shit remote. Any remote that comes with a device that can't be comprehended easily by everyone is a poorly designed remote. Watching my grandparents try to use one is both hilarious and sad. Sad because I had to return their Apple TV because the remote was impossible for them to use because they dont have the hand dexterity required to navigate properly. And as others said, making it out of glass is just pure stupid.
I don't think I've ever seen someone speak so condescendingly over a TV remote, but it's kind of hilarious.
Uh it works. Have you tried selecting the audio output?
How is it condescending to expect an expensive remote to be treated like one? It's what I was taught To value things that have value.
Yeah it is. You buy a cheap watch, the glass scratches easily. You buy a cheap dog lead, it rubs against a lamppost and frays to tatters immediately.
But you just said the more expensive = should be more durable, and if you know anybody who has a Lambo, sturdy and robust they are not.
Yeah I messed up my point a bit. Apple should be BMW - premium quality, reliable as hell. Not Lambo - a brittle piece of jewellery you only use for an hour in Sundays when it isn't raining.
We can talk about how my Samsung TV remote keeps disconnecting from the TV randomly, needing its battery's removed and reinserted to start working. If you really want?
This isn't the Samsung OT though.
It's a jack-of-all-trades-master-of-none remote. I think they were aiming for it to (also) be a wii-mote style game controller. For that purpose, the trackpad and its lightness would have been an asset - but alas, the lack of dev support kinda killed that idea. So now it's a mediocre remote for a great app / streaming box.
That + Apple's refusal to add cursors to any iOS (or its forks) based devices. Unless it's for accessibility.
it's great, but it fails a lot with names / words that are different to your language setting ... like we wanted to watch "Coco" for Halloween and it kept thinking i said "Koko", even though there's nothing called "Koko" on netflix...
