jannis comments on ELI5: Why did LED notification lights silently got removed from phone?

submitted 3 years ago by zephyr@lemmy.world to c/explainlikeimfive@lemmy.world

They were a good indicator for notifications that are missed when you were away from phone.

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[–] jannis@feddit.de 9 points 3 years ago (1 child)

The whole front of modern phone is a display, there's simply no space for a notification LED.

[–] nymwit@lemm.ee 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Yet they've managed to fit speaker openings at each end. They could do it, just would cost a little bit more.

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[–] LightDelaBlue@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago

and the camera. so yhea there space for a led.

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