How much space is IR tx / rx supposed to absorb?

Take space is relative.

Maybe we should stop supporting those ever more anorexic devices.


Something thin and flat is not awesome. It is non-ergonomical, waste of batterylife and possible features.

I need my N900 to control my old DTS JVC tuner as the physical volume button is unreliable (might blow up speakers) and the original remote is lost.

Yes IR is needed even for my kitchen ventilator and frankly I could use an improvement over the N900 where I am able to record any remote controls signals into one device that can also make phone calls.

At some point an ultra-thin first gen Jolla becomes useless and lays catching dust somewhere waiting for a chance to pollute the environment.

But less so if it includes IR and gets a second life as universal remote via IR and via Wifi.