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Samsung Leak Reveals 'Smart Glow' Rear-Side Notification System for Phones
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Ok that's you. You're not everyone. Stop being full of yourself. You could always turn off the feature.
Wow, Samsung actually invented something! Though it's kind of a lame take on an existing concept in an era of rich notifications and smart watches. But I hope Apple rips it off just to screw with them!
HOW DOES IT FEEL, Samsung? HOW. DOES. IT. FEEL.
I don't know about you guys, but it's rare when I check my phone and don't have some kind of notification between iMessages, Email, Twitter, Instagram, Breaking News, ESPN, Calendar, Deliveries, Mint, Trello, Weather Underground, and shared photo streams in the Photos app. So I just know to check my notifications. And iOS 10 will make it even easier. A glowing ring would just drain extra battery life for me as it would always be glowing multiple colors, and there aren't enough colors to flag every app. Might as well install a rainbow glowing Apple logo on my 6s, haha. Actually that would be kinda cool!
HOW DOES IT FEEL, Samsung? HOW. DOES. IT. FEEL.
I don't know about you guys, but it's rare when I check my phone and don't have some kind of notification between iMessages, Email, Twitter, Instagram, Breaking News, ESPN, Calendar, Deliveries, Mint, Trello, Weather Underground, and shared photo streams in the Photos app. So I just know to check my notifications. And iOS 10 will make it even easier. A glowing ring would just drain extra battery life for me as it would always be glowing multiple colors, and there aren't enough colors to flag every app. Might as well install a rainbow glowing Apple logo on my 6s, haha. Actually that would be kinda cool!
They maybe made sense back in the day when all your notifications could be sms, call or email. Nowadays with so much different apps can give you a notifications this seems rather stupid.
Yea that's what I mean, it seems like such a low fidelity notification system.
I wear a watch, so why would I want to know that some type of text came in from someone, instead of either looking at my wrist, or getting information right from the screen?
That said, the facial recognition feature Samsung has cooked up is a nice touch.
I don't have my phone out at meetings/dinner/etc as it is very rude.
It is in my pocket on silent in such a situation.
When at home my phone is on bedside or next to my pc while im using it face up so the coloured led is visable.
I never put phone face down as it will mark the face, unless it is on the bed or soft furnishing.
I have an armoured case for my s7 edge and the case has cut out for rear red light which is used for heart rate but case obscures it a little so heart rate not always detected.
So even with cut out it may not be always visible.
It is in my pocket on silent in such a situation.
When at home my phone is on bedside or next to my pc while im using it face up so the coloured led is visable.
I never put phone face down as it will mark the face, unless it is on the bed or soft furnishing.
I have an armoured case for my s7 edge and the case has cut out for rear red light which is used for heart rate but case obscures it a little so heart rate not always detected.
So even with cut out it may not be always visible.
Is that UK good manners you're observing, or your personal good manners? Where I live in the US, east coast mid-Atlantic region, everyone seems to always have their smart phones out and checking them, whether at meetings or dinner or social events. I don't see people doing that as much down south, so even in the US smart phone etiquette might vary by region. West coast manners seemed the same as my area, but I'm never there long enough to be certain.
At social events we use them to snap pictures, so there's that excuse. But I could be at a social event and my friends will pull out their phones and start texting or posting to social media while still chatting with me. I never thought to be offended because that seems to be the norm here. At restaurants smartphones are ubiquitous.
Also, everyone seems to always be connected to work all the time. My husband and many of my friends have to take work related calls at all hours. One of my friends in sales seems to never be off of his phone. It does make it hard to socialize with him. He's European, so if the manners are different outside of the US, he has adopted our ways by necessity.
I think you sound very considerate.
Having the Apple Watch does make it easier to be connected surreptitiously to all of our notifications, but if you're caught glancing at the watch too often people do think you're checking the time and wanting to get away from them.
@GrumpyMom It is personal preference.
We do use phone at birthday parties for photos etc but only for photos then back in pocket.
I see many use phone all the time.
we go round see my fiancee sister sometimes and all she do is sit playing on phone whole time we there!
All this tech is making for rude or unsocial people at times!
We do use phone at birthday parties for photos etc but only for photos then back in pocket.
I see many use phone all the time.
we go round see my fiancee sister sometimes and all she do is sit playing on phone whole time we there!
All this tech is making for rude or unsocial people at times!
Ummm Samsung invents lots of things. Your hate and bias is clear.
It's hard for some people to conceive the notion, let alone admit, that others 'occasionally' are the first to come up with good ideas as well
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Well, not so much in the mobile space, which is the unit I hate on them for constantly as they unabashedly steal IP from other companies. I have no problem stating that I have a hate and bias towards Samsung's mobile unit. They deserve it! Love their EVO SSDs, and their displays. And from what I can tell, they make decent dishwashers. What sort of innovations have they offered in mobile? TouchWiz?? LOL. Most bloatware? Sure. Their mobile success is riding on the back of Android and Apple. Without them, they would be nothing. They are a worthless, corrupt unit that should be shut down.
Their displays for one. Samsung pay is actually more versatile than Apple Pay right now. Their chip fabrication. But whatever - doesn't matter what I type to you. I just find it funny that you can say with a straight face that Samsung doesn't invent anything.
If you check my comment, I said their displays were good. I doubt their mobile unit comes up with the display tech. That's what their display unit does. Their mobile unit just pieces together the good work of their other units, slaps a s***ty UI on it, steals the industrial design of whatever company's phone is popular, and shoves it out the door.
I don't know, man. The UI for the camera, Samsung Pay, and long screenshots are pretty nice. It just sounds like unnecessary hate for Samsung from you.
You can use your camera's light for this function. It is in accessibility. I am not sure if it does a random flash after the initial flashing.... but it is the closest feature in iOS to this light ring.
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OMG I used to have a Nokia that did that.... thought it was cool until I went to a movie and lit up my pockets like a flood light.
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http://www.patentlyapple.com/patent...one-with-an-all-glass-wraparound-display.htmlBetter:
Apple technically is already looking into doing this. They have for quite some time enow. I think there is also a patent using "paper ink" (I think that is what is is called) on the back of the device.
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Samsung = Snatch and Grab of other's ideas & inventions!
I do like they way they repackage the technology. If anything Samsung is the best at reproducing other company's technology.
Thanks –
– maybe the patent was filed by but not granted to Apple; the electronic paper display is a feature of YotaPhone handsets.
– maybe the patent was filed by but not granted to Apple; the electronic paper display is a feature of YotaPhone handsets.
The accessibility option for flash alerts has been around for a looong time. I used it on my iPhone 4s running iOS 5 so it's at least 4+ OS old.
You know what? Now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure my old Rokr E1 (the first phone with iTunes) had a color change LED for notifications on the sides like that. So basically Samsung is copying Motorola/Apple from 2005, lol. Cool 10 year old idea you're patenting there guys!