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Still no LED indicator...sigh
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Really? You don't ever check your lock screen to see if you missed a call or a text? I do. Maybe I answered a call of nature, had to check on the kids, left the room for 15 minutes... I don't take my phone with me when I do those things. How do I know I missed a call without waking the phone up?
Love the idea of a subtle yet visible backlight on the home button. Wouldn't be at all surprised if it happens in a future model.
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Anybody that says an LED notification would not be useful and could not be done in a classy manner is lying to themselves. +1 to the poster with the idea of a pulsing home button, classy and functional.
Anybody that says an LED notification would not be useful and could not be done in a classy manner is lying to themselves. +1 to the poster with the idea of a pulsing home button, classy and functional.
Annoying? That's your argument? How could that be any more "annoying" than multiple text alerts? Also, phone that have the LED light have an option to turn it off.
On another note, it would be interesting (as someone mentioned) if Apple could make the home button gently blink or glow for missed alerts. That would be right down Apple's alley.
No, that's just part of my argument. Did you read my whole reply? Besides, I'm not exactly sure why you are trying to argue that I don't find it annoying.
Yes, I mentioned that. You clearly didn't read my reply.
I'm thinking he said there is no point because you're going to check your phone anyway. That is my main reason for not needing one. It would be nice and all, but I check my iPad whether or not I see any indication of a message or notification. Religiously too. I'm pretty sure most who have smartphones, or iPhones I should say, do the same. The LED would just be a nuisance for the times I cannot check it. That's me though.
I mentioned it in a past thread, but if Apple ever does include it, making the home button light up like their MacBooks do would be very cool. I imagine that is what they're working on.
I use both Blackberry and iPhone.
Is the LED indicator useful? Definitely.
Is it annoying? Sometimes.
Do I miss it on my iPhone? No.
Judging from the previous and current iPhone designs, adding LED indicator on it (like the BB) looks ugly. Of course that is just my opinion.
However, if they place it at the home button, like someone here posted a few pages before, I think it looks great.
It's definitely a useful feature, but it's not something that I will miss.
Is the LED indicator useful? Definitely.
Is it annoying? Sometimes.
Do I miss it on my iPhone? No.
Judging from the previous and current iPhone designs, adding LED indicator on it (like the BB) looks ugly. Of course that is just my opinion.
However, if they place it at the home button, like someone here posted a few pages before, I think it looks great.
It's definitely a useful feature, but it's not something that I will miss.
This thread is just full of fail, either people are too lazy to read the thread or too ignorant to see what the OP is getting at. Yes, it's not a huge game changer and hardly factors into deciding on a phone, but something so miniscule would obviously tailor to quite a bit of people.
I for one agree, if implemented it would be a feature I deem useful. If Apple decided to implement an LED, I'm sure they could do so in a fashion that suited the minimalistic design of the phone. And for the folks who disagree, realize it could easily be a feature you simply switch off and not use. I believe Siri to be a hugest gimmick ever and guess what, I just don't use it.
I for one agree, if implemented it would be a feature I deem useful. If Apple decided to implement an LED, I'm sure they could do so in a fashion that suited the minimalistic design of the phone. And for the folks who disagree, realize it could easily be a feature you simply switch off and not use. I believe Siri to be a hugest gimmick ever and guess what, I just don't use it.
Reason? Apple doesn't want to brake the asthetics of the iPhone with a blinking indicator. Not the first time Apple has sacrificed functionality to maintain a clean look.
About the mailbox analogy, isn't an led like the little flag on the box that is raised when you have mail rather than getting your doorbell rung? I think it could be useful, what we have now is ok just using the flash is not ideal given it's too bright IMO.
I can't believe people are seriously:
A: Arguing against something that would only add convenience by not requiring you to power your screen on and off every time you leave your smartphone.
and
B: Giving the guy a hard time saying he should buy another phone because there's one small addition that disappears literally in the blink of an eye that he and many of us would appreciate. That, if added, would surely have an on/off toggle.
These same jokers would probably protest a vibration motor if the iPhone didn't already have it.
"Why would I need my phone to shake my pocket for an alert?!"
"Ugh my old blackberry vibrate rattled the table. The iPhone is too elegant to vibrate!!!111!!!"
Grow up.
A: Arguing against something that would only add convenience by not requiring you to power your screen on and off every time you leave your smartphone.
and
B: Giving the guy a hard time saying he should buy another phone because there's one small addition that disappears literally in the blink of an eye that he and many of us would appreciate. That, if added, would surely have an on/off toggle.
These same jokers would probably protest a vibration motor if the iPhone didn't already have it.
"Why would I need my phone to shake my pocket for an alert?!"
"Ugh my old blackberry vibrate rattled the table. The iPhone is too elegant to vibrate!!!111!!!"
Grow up.
bad example. it's more like having a mailbox at the end of your driveway and it has one of those little red flags that the mail man lifts up when you have had a delivery. that way you can just glance out the window rather than going out and physically checking.
it wouldn't need to be a blinding in-your-face light, just a low pulse that is noticeable when looking at the phone. i don't get why they haven't added this within the home button and have the white square transparent so that glows when there is an alert/notification.
i skipped most the replies so sorry if i'm repeating what someone else has said.
1. Stop being offensive towards other posters.
2. The iPhone already has 4 ways of notifying the user of an alert.
- Sounds,
- Vibration (including custom vibration patterns),
- Display light,
- LED flash light.
3. There is little logic in your argument. If your phone is located across the room, and it lights up to tell you there is a notification, how many people do you think would opt to not get up and check out the notification? Very few. Sure, one might be busy doing something, but now we're getting down to even fewer occasions, thereby rendering the feature not worthwhile.
4. If you're phone is across the room, and you get a notification, the display lights up. This is little different to a specific light, and doesn't require critical space and circuitry for Apple to implement in a device they strive to make as thin and light as possible.
5. You can enable the LED flash to serve as s notification light, further rendering it a fruitless endeavour on Apple's part to create a fourth notification option. From a design viewpoint, it is of limited importance to most users of the iPhone, who will likely be satisfied by 1 of the 4 notification options listed above.
You're so right, yet Apple seems to have a phobia when it comes to features that make sense.
We don't need an LED notification because Apple knows what's best for us... Right?
That's the one feature I love about my Samsung, that LED that shows me when something happened while I was away from my phone, without me wasting battery power to turn on the whole screen.
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The fun thing is that on phones that have LED indicators, you can disable it. At least you get a choice.
That's the one feature I love about my Samsung, that LED that shows me when something happened while I was away from my phone, without me wasting battery power to turn on the whole screen.
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The fun thing is that on phones that have LED indicators, you can disable it. At least you get a choice.
sure you could disable it,just stating i personally don't miss one. can't someone just use the flash to blink for alerts?
The problem is that no one cares about your opinion. The vast majority of iPhone owners would like some type of new call indicator. And the people who don't care about the option wouldn't be opposed to having it AS AN OPTION.
It's only a select few of instigators and trouble makers who oppose this because they have nothing better to do.
The iPhone is FILLED with options that I will never use, but I can still understand that other people may like them, so I don't cry all day how they shouldn't be available as options.
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The point went right over your head.
Even when my ringer is on High, sometimes I do not hear the phone ring. Sometimes I am washing the dishes or in the shower or doing something that covers up the volume of the ringer when I am in another room.
I hate the fact that every single time I return to wherever my iPhone is, I have to physically check the device. It's silly and unnecessary.
Further, as Murphy's Law will tell you, the 1 time that I forget to check the phone is when I receive an important but unexpected call, which I don't see for many hours until I decide to use the phone.
There is absolutely NO reason not to have some type of new call reminder, even a beep every 5-10 minutes would be good. It can be an option so people like you can turn it off. It's Win-Win (except for the people who are only looking to complain).
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I don't know, can you?
If we can enable that, are we now supposed to leave our phones face down all the time so the flash can be seen?
I don't use a screen protector, never needed it. It would be kinda sucky to have to start using one just so I could see the flash.
Flash would be of useless, as most people keep their phones screen up. Also the LED indicator would probably a much lower voltage LED. Think of that little square in the home button, that could be bade transparent and an LED placed in close proximity could light it up (if you choose).
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No, they stir the pot because if Apple didn't put it in, we don't need it and there's no argument that can be made to the contrary. Kinda like that Apple fanboy video that was making rounds last week. Apple knows best.