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Grey Ring Around 5S Home Button LED Light?

Agree, it would be welcomed - but I doubt it will happen. I would imagine such a strong visual indicator (led lights) after a while may become 'cheesy'.. it's better to not have it now, than try to remove it from your product after x years and cause a fuss publicly.

Some sort of visual marker to show when the scanner is on / off would make sense - not sure if a light source (led) from 'inside' the button would interfere with its scanning capabilities? If the ring is solid metal (possible new liquid metal part?) it's obviously not going to be able to display light through itself.

 
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tekno said:
It would be a copied feature.
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If the customers want it, why does that matter? Technically every phone in existence is a copy to some extent other than the original.

I would absolutely love this feature as long as the "ring" didn't protrude from the phone any.
 
iBreatheApple said:
If the customers want it, why does that matter? Technically every phone in existence is a copy to some extent other than the original.
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You blinkered Apple fans are hilarious! "Samesung" is constantly bleated, but when Apple copy, "why does it matter?"
 
tekno said:
You blinkered Apple fans are hilarious! "Samesung" is constantly bleated, but when Apple copy, "why does it matter?"
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I don't care as long as I get a product that appeals to me. Apple may well have used a feature that their computers have been doing for years, or a feature other phone manufacturers have incorporated, but don't you think this copying mud slinging is a little petty? It is bad enough when the companies make the headlines doing it, but consumers really shouldn't get so hung up about it. We are getting the products at the end of the day!

You poke fun at 'blinkered Apple fans' here, but it is quite clear you have a particular side. Pot and kettle spring to mind here. :eek:
 
Colored Notification Ring. No way!

No way is Apple going to make a ring colored for notifications.

First it's not part of apples simple elegant design philosophy
B. It serves very little purpose, what is the point of a colored notification anyway? When you get a text/email/call, it shows up on your lock screen anyway, so what help would a colored circle be?
3rd. A colored notification of an event type serves very little purpose. My home button is blue, someone texted me, wonder who it was or what it says????

I admit it may look cool but it functionally doesn't work ( kinda like Siri).
 
theres a new boss in town... his called tim cook.. and good ol' john iva (or what ever his name is..)

he'll make the changes what he desires..
 
larrydallas70 said:
No way is Apple going to make a ring colored for notifications.

First it's not part of apples simple elegant design philosophy
B. It serves very little purpose, what is the point of a colored notification anyway? When you get a text/email/call, it shows up on your lock screen anyway, so what help would a colored circle be?
3rd. A colored notification of an event type serves very little purpose. My home button is blue, someone texted me, wonder who it was or what it says????

I admit it may look cool but it functionally doesn't work ( kinda like Siri).
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First. You don't know Apple's design philosophy.
B. You don't always notice when you receive a notification while it is locked.
3rd. It would tell you what type of notification it is.

It would be extremely functional. Just look at BlackBerry phones.
 
its a metal ring according to the patent right?
so why are we then still talking about this....light doesnt go through metal...
 
I think it would be good idea. I'd rather look at an LED light and see what kind of notification I just got. Also, having an LED light up would probably save more battery than your entire screen lighting up very time. My brother works at an Apple retail location and he says that people come in all of the time asking if the new iPhone will have a notification light, not just for the convenience factor, but his deaf customers like them more than the flash going off.
 
RichardC300 said:
First. You don't know Apple's design philosophy.
B. You don't always notice when you receive a notification while it is locked.
3rd. It would tell you what type of notification it is.

It would be extremely functional. Just look at BlackBerry phones.
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Explain to me how a colored notification that you got a text/email/call would be of any benefit without the actual message content showing?

Oh and I don't think comparing a function on the failing BB platform really backs up your arguement. ;)
 
larrydallas70 said:
Explain to me how a colored notification that you got a text/email/call would be of any benefit without the actual message content showing?

Oh and I don't think comparing a function on the failing BB platform really backs up your arguement. ;)
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if a person is hard of hearing and the light shows.. then it is a benefit..

this was a benefit for me when i had android or bb hardware..
 
larrydallas70 said:
Explain to me how a colored notification that you got a text/email/call would be of any benefit without the actual message content showing?

Oh and I don't think comparing a function on the failing BB platform really backs up your arguement. ;)
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The fact that Blackberry (or any company for that matter) failed does not mean they didn't have good things in their products. I personally don't care about a notification light, but the benefits and appeal it could have to a large demographic are not that easy to ignore.
 
The real question is what the 10 on the calendar means...whether it is the release day or coinciding with the reveal day. Can't remember from years past which date the calendar day fell on.
 
tekno said:
You blinkered Apple fans are hilarious! "Samesung" is constantly bleated, but when Apple copy, "why does it matter?"
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There's a difference between patent infringements and using a feature that it fairly standard in every other device. There's not much that I’ve seen in any smartphone that hadn’t been done before at some level. Look at the Note 1-3; there’s nothing there that Samsung actually invented, but they had the vision to bring it all together in a pretty cool device (albeit way too large for my tastes).
Having said this, I don’t believe the 5s will have a notification light.
 
larrydallas70 said:
Explain to me how a colored notification that you got a text/email/call would be of any benefit without the actual message content showing?

Oh and I don't think comparing a function on the failing BB platform really backs up your arguement. ;)
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To signify importance? A text (one color) may be more important than an instagram comment (another color). Thought that was pretty obvious. :rolleyes:

You must be a young one, because BB was very popular before the iPhone.
 
larrydallas70 said:
Explain to me how a colored notification that you got a text/email/call would be of any benefit without the actual message content showing?

Oh and I don't think comparing a function on the failing BB platform really backs up your arguement. ;)
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One thing that I really missed about having a BB was putting the phone in complete silence mode while at work but had it off to the side of my desk. I would glance over periodically and if I saw the light blinking I'd check my phone.

As it stands now, it's on vibrate 100% of the time but if I walk away from my desk for any length of time I have to turn the screen on to see if there's any notifications. Being able to just see the light blinking is helpful.
 
tekno said:
It would be a copied feature.
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Oh good grief. Would you really prefer that new features/ideas stay exclusive to the platforms they were invented on? New features have to start somewhere.
 
larrydallas70 said:
Explain to me how a colored notification that you got a text/email/call would be of any benefit without the actual message content showing?

Oh and I don't think comparing a function on the failing BB platform really backs up your arguement. ;)
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Because with an iPhone you have several options and none of the are that great.

1. Never leave your phone unattended.
2. Check your phone constantly for misses notifications.
3. Just miss notifications.

Or a combination of those.

When coming to an iPhone years ago I found this to be the biggest hit on functionality. I always preferred an LED notification. I find myself constantly checking for missed text and email manually. Sure, first world problems but I found it much easier to glance at my phone and not have to check it then checking it to find there are no notifications.

Tons of my notifications go ignored anyway. Certain phones will flash an LED color for a specific missed notification. I could careless about email when I'm home but a missed call is probably something I wanted. Again it's more convenient for me to just glance at my phone then to check it.

I completely agree with you however that we will not be seeing this on an iPhone. I've learned to adapt to Apples way, it's not like its actually "bad" just not as good FOR ME.
 
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