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Since there is not an LED, what do you use for notification of urgent items?
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Just kind of stupid if you do this like 30x a day and 28x out of those you got a negative response.
Do you walk away from your phone for 30 minutes at a time 30 times a day? If that's the case, why do you even have a smartphone?
At most, you ask Siri 2x a day, because otherwise you would have your phone with you.
At home I have a Panasonic wireless Bluetooth phone system. My phone is paired with it as soon as I walk in. Other times I always have my phone on me.
Even if the phone is with you all day..but the unsettling feelings that you may have missed something will inadvertently makes you want to turn the screen on or ask siri.
LED gives you a definitive confirmation whether you have notification or not. Anyone arguing against the usefulness of LED are either too blinded to see or too thick headed to concede.
It's pointless trying to convince people here that the iPhone could be made better somehow. They will argue ad nauseam about how some useful feature is not needed. Then, if / when Apple adds said feature, they will praise it and say Apple did it right. Rinse, repeat. All you have to do is look at NFC as the latest example.
Exactly.
They're stuck in this mentality of "if apple hasn't done it, I have no use for it" but once apple does it "omg greatest feature!! So useful. Yoooo how do I make it blink the rainbow??????"
Would be nice to see the Touch ID ring light up.
Talk about blinded or thick headed. You keep missing the point as is the case in every one of these threads. A notification light is not a must have feature for me (and I guess some others). What you find mandatory, others find optional.
If I need to see something I'll pick up my phone, no biggie.
And larger screens. People were telling me "just go buy an iPad"
Lol.. Bunch of idiots.
Now i tell them "just go buy an iPod touch" -- same thing right?
I have a note 3 now and I didn't have to install any extra apps for my led to show notifications. In my WhatsApp app settings, I can choose the colour the led can flash for messages. I can even pick another color for group messages in whatsapp.
My led can flash red when low on battery too.
Also, every smartphone I have owned has had led notifications (nexus s, nexus 4, note 2, note 3)
Who is saying it is mandatory to have? You won't die without it. If you are satisfied with turning on the screen (or ask siri) many times a day so be it.
But if someone says the LED is not useful or its function can be easily replicated by other means within iphone then my previous assessment would stand.
Only one problem: The Touch ID ring needs to be conductive metal to complete a circuit and signal when it should be scanning fingerprints. Turning it into a flashy LED would disable its primary reason for existing.
i think an led notification light is useful and whose function can be replicated by custom vibrating tones. The act of notification is mandatory, method of delivery can be debated.
Maybe it's because Apple started these accusations of copying with the lawsuits regarding rounded corners on icons and phones, rubber bounce scrolling, etc.
When you make a big deal about other people copying you, don't be surprised when others call you out when you copy them.
Since there is not an LED, what do you use for notification of urgent items?
An LED just lets you know that a notification is definitely there. You still need to touch your phone to find out what it is or if it is a false alarm.
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The iPhone does have a useful notification system that includes an LED, if desired. The last notification I set to the lock screen appeared without me touching the phone and stayed there until I physically made it go away. It for all esthetic purposes served the same function of a blinky light.
An LED just lets you know that a notification is definitely there. You still need to touch your phone to find out what it is or if it is a false alarm.
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The iPhone does have a useful notification system that includes an LED, if desired. The last notification I set to the lock screen appeared without me touching the phone and stayed there until I physically made it go away. It for all esthetic purposes served the same function of a blinky light.
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You said it. LED lets you know so you don't have to aimlessly turn on the screen or ask siri.
The difference is the light is persistent until you check your notification not just flash one time like the iPhone implementation.
Coming from Blackberry, no doubt the iPhone lacks the options it has. Blackberry has the most extensive and customizable notification system of any phone. It was nice to be able to look across the room and see if you had mail or a text message or even a calendar event. Oh well been with Apple for a while now as my 9900 units died long ago and my employees got tired of replacing them.
Beware, as some Apple users will not take kindly to you pointing out this or any short coming. They think that what even Apple gives you is good enough and it is near blasphemy to criticize or want more.
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All your methods are just notification at a point in time. None are persistent until you act on the notifications.
Except the irony here is that the above BS is just as snottily detached from reality as the kind of posts you're complaining about. In fact, yours is worse because it's begging to pick a fight.
Notifications are a touchy subject, evidently. No idea why. Apparently some are unhappy unless their phone is constantly bothering them. Oh well.
people here can act as high and mighty about NOT wanting a notification light as they want.
but the second Apple announces it, it will be "MUST HAVE" and "HOW DID I EVER LIVE WITHOUT IT".
Happens all the time, just think back when people saying phatphones are a fad
but the second Apple announces it, it will be "MUST HAVE" and "HOW DID I EVER LIVE WITHOUT IT".
Happens all the time, just think back when people saying phatphones are a fad
They haven't even mentioned having a notification light? These companies are all as bad as each other for levelling accusations at each other and filing lawsuits. Let's not join in with the childishness by saying 'but they said na na na na naaa'. We are just consumers at the end of the day, it's not worth getting worked up over.
It is just the classic denial syndrome brought about by the deficiencies in iphone.
This whole notification light thing is one giant 
conspiracy to get you to purchase an apple watch!!!!
"Never miss a notification again" - Watch.
conspiracy to get you to purchase an apple watch!!!!"Never miss a notification again" -
Watch.