On my desks at home and work, I've got a soft surface set up for my phone, and it lays face up. This has been the case even before the protruding lens; I'm just obsessive like that.
At a meeting our out and about, I'll find a stack of papers or something else soft to lay it on if I can. If not, it goes face down, as there's a screen protector on it.
highly configurable notification LED
I think, after the
past three years of you
berating Apple's designers over this, and
cutting and pasting the same complaints into every thread it might be relevant, it's fairly safe to conclude at this point that Apple's just not going to go in this direction. Even
threatening to get a different phone isn't going to change this (how DID that Note 3 turn out for you, by the way?).
Anyone taking a look at Apple's design evolution over the past several years would come to the conclusion that LED indicator lights and similar baubles just isn't Jony Ive's thing. Status lights disappeared from the iMac, then the MacBook/Air/Pro lines, and even the Mac Pro. We can lambast Apple for this and argue the wisdom of such decisions, but like it or not, I think the message here is pretty clear: they just don't like singular-function status LEDs, even if they're "highly configurable."
And yes, while you may feel that buying a Watch is not an acceptable compromise, that is
exactly what Apple would want people to do if they crave notifications without actually interacting with their phone. A BIG part of the Watch's whole existence is notifications from your phone... so that's yet another pretty strong message
I also think it's safe to say, given the amount of time you've invested in complaining about this here, that Apple probably isn't listening on this forum. I trust you've
given Apple feedback directly about this, at least as often you've done it here?
