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Still no LED indicator...sigh

Got linked to this thread through another...

jav6454 said:
Oh, but that is relevant. The top feature on those phone is not a LED indicator, but something else. People don't buy those phones because they look at them and say 'OMFG BBQ WTF an LED indicatorrrrzzzz?!?!?!!111oneone!!"

They buy them because of other features, Google's Maps, and the easy rooting of Android. An LED indicator is the last thing they look at or even notice.
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While I agree with this statement, that this feature is not a reason people choose one smartphone or another... but it is nice to have

jav6454 said:
LED light is not a 'wow' factor, just a convenience factor. Apple wants 'wow' instead. Convenience has taken back seat.
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An LED indicator is a very handy little feature. Its one of the features you don't care about until you have had a phone that has it. Just like the mute switch, that is a feature I did not care about until I got the original iPhone, but it is one of those little features I consider to be a huge benefit.

I picked up the GS3 a few weeks ago, so I could sell my iPhone 4 before the market got flooded with the launch of the new iPhone. I quickly noticed how much I value the mute switch, and how I wish the iPhone has a LED indicator. It is very convenient. Example, I was vacuuming in my room and the office yesterday, my phone was sitting on my bed and I did not hear the call, but as I was vacuuming, I saw the flashing indicator. It wasn't anything important but it could have been, and I probably wouldnt have checked my phone until I was finished cleaning or later even. It is a handy feature.

Whether you want it or not is your opinion, and it can be turned off if it annoys you. You made the NFC comment, I personally would never use NFC on my phone because I do not want that data on there, I do not care how secure it is. But I still see how it would be a great feature and how it would benefit people. So I would still be all for it.

I just dont get your point to be so against it and you are basically calling people dumb for wanting it? That I do not understand. I think its a great feature.
 
LOL @ everyone getting butthurt over some guy who doesn't share your beliefs and opinions. Get over it.

I agree with him, I would not use this feature. My phone is in my pocket 99% of the time so it would be useless for me. But if the iPhone did have it, I wouldn't care, I would just turn it off.
 
How hard is it to press the home button if you have been away from your phone? People will moan about anything. :rolleyes:
 
Outrigger said:
Thats like going out to the the mail box to check for new mail rather than having someone ring your door bell to tell you there is new mail. Yup, same thing.
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I don't know where you live but I've never had a postal worker ring my bell for mail...that's what your mailbox is for.
 
I personally think it's ugly and likely so do many people at Apple. That's probably the simple reason for it not being there.

If you don't like it you should buy a phone from a company that puts function over form. Apple is not that company.
 
+1 for this feature.

First phone I had that had this feature was my Motorola T720...miss it ever since.
 
Technarchy said:
If it's not a requirement and you haven't jumped ship it clearly is not important.
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It's like you're being purposefully dense. He has addressed this point over and over and you continue to spout the same stuff. He feels like the iPhone is missing out on a good feature that is useful, but its lack of a notification light is not enough to get him to abandon the iPhone in its entirety. How is this hard to get? It's a personal opinion/feature request. Do you respond like this to everyone who thinks the iPhone could be improved in some way and tries to initiate a discussion on it?
 
Outrigger said:
Please tell me you're not that dense and you get the analogy.
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Well as far as I know USPS is the only entity in the US that sends mail and they don't ring your bell, so please tell me you're bright enough to come up with a better analogy than that one. You may as well talk about the newspaper boy ringing your bell with what you're using.
 
Interstella5555 said:
Well as far as I know USPS is the only entity in the US that sends mail and they don't ring your bell, so please tell me you're bright enough to come up with a better analogy than that one. You may as well talk about the newspaper boy ringing your bell with what you're using.
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Its OK that you don't get it.
 
I think they should have the white square of the home button periodically pulse when there are notifications. And you would be able to turn it on and off the same way you can tell other notifications to display on the lock screen.

Along those same lines they should have a some status icons for missed calls/VM/msgs in the status bar. I could use those more than I could seeing the carrier im on.
 
Outrigger said:
Thats like going out to the the mail box to check for new mail rather than having someone ring your door bell to tell you there is new mail. Yup, same thing.
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Or you know, hitting the home button and reading the notification on the lock screen.......
 
Outrigger said:
Thats like going out to the the mail box to check for new mail rather than having someone ring your door bell to tell you there is new mail. Yup, same thing.
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Not quite, as your phone vibrates when you have new mail. It is more like standing at your mailbox and seeing that there is mail inside without having to open the mailbox door.

Because either way you have to pull the phone out of your pocket. So it is slightly more convenient, as you don't have to hit the home button.

Still would be nice to have though, especially if they made it like the "sleep indicator" lights on the Macbook pro, with a gentle white glow, rather than the landing strip red and green on other phones.
 
Interstella5555 said:
Well as far as I know USPS is the only entity in the US that sends mail and they don't ring your bell, so please tell me you're bright enough to come up with a better analogy than that one. You may as well talk about the newspaper boy ringing your bell with what you're using.
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Never had a package too big to fit? Never had to sign for anything? They do ring your bell in those instances.
 
F123D said:
There were plenty of people here saying an iPhone with a larger screen would be stupid and they would never upgrade if apple came out with one.

Just curious if they're sticking to that.
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That's not a fair comparison. The people who didn't want a bigger screen didn't want a massive phone. Apple was able to increase the size of the screen without making it much bigger and in fact without changing the way the phone feels in your hand.
 
Coming from the 4S to S3 to 5 I will miss the notification and haptic feedback.
 
Radio said:
Dude seriously when apple adds it on you'll say something else

It's needed. One shouldn't have to turn the screen on to see what's going on.
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Regardless of what some people are saying, this really is true. I was pretty surprised when I learned that the iPhone doesn't have an LED notification light. It seems like such a basic, standard feature that any phone should have. It's definitely not enough to make me stay with Android but if there was one thing I could change about the iPhone, that would be it.

Many phones even have customizable LED notifications, so you can have a certain color for text, emails, missed calls, etc. There's a reason people like this so much, and why other brands offer it.
 
Here's how Apple could implement it

I'm not sure if an LED indicator is a good idea or not, but here's an idea how it could be neatly implemented.

In the centre of the home button is a light grey/white rounded square (that echoes the standard app button shape). Why not make this grey/white strip translucent with a white LED underneath.

Voila, a nice neat LED indicator:

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Maybe we'll get an iWatch in October. Syncs with iPhone, displays a watch face, notifications, call indicators/incoming calls, certain apps, etc...

Maybe. I'm hoping. I really want to see Apple come out with something new that isn't an iteration of iPad, iPhone, or iPod.
 
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