You pretty much set up he post to be taken that way by most when you start with an accusation and coming off as knowing better when it comes to something that is rather subjective like mobile phone use that everyone uses the way it fits in their life and ther is no true right way to use it that is the same for everyone.Thank you for reading 1/3 of my comment. That other 2/3 probably didn't mean anything at all, right?
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Will there ever be a *true* notification light?
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Settings > General > Accessibility > LED Flash for Alerts.
Learn to use your phone before you bash it
No that absolutely does not take the place of a real notification light. It's a weak work around and absolutely intrusive. Can't imagine your phone's flash going off in a movie theater.
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So was a notification center, so was 3G, so was, so was multitasking, so was a larger display we have heard apologists chime like you anytime Apple falls behind in common features that the competition already offer.
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Happened to me also I was in my living room with the lights down and thought something electrical was blowing up and totally startled me.
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It's all about you isn't it?
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You are aware that devices with notification led have the option to disable it? Those that want it can use it and those like you don't have to. Again it's all about you right?
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It's shameful that many here are still stuck in 2007 and if they could would go back to the original functionality of the original iPhone. "it's good as is" this is the reason Apple takes forever in catching up with features that the competition have been using for the longest. Apple users set the bar low and Apple enables them. SMH.
I often find this a strange phenomenon. Apple is a hardware/OS company. It's profit model is driven by constant change and Apple always does everything it can when it can to drive users off older hardware and software and force them to upgrade and update.
It's ironic that the majority of Apple users I've come in to contact with are highly resistant to change. So, I shake my head with you. A change driven company with many customers that don't like and try to avoid change.
Thank you for reading 1/3 of my comment. That other 2/3 probably didn't mean anything at all, right?
Same goes for you, it seems like you didn't read 2/3 of my comment either. Well, that makes two of us
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Thank you, a very valid point.
That is impressive, since Samsung didn't have any phone in 1987, other than a failed car phone.
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I feel people should read, regardless. You don't? I'm not dumbing down my comments to try to include everyone's understanding level, I'm unable to do that. It's kinda like....trying to make your mom and wife happy at the same time. Not gonna happen.
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Fine. Call me what you want.Same goes for you, it seems like you didn't read 2/3 of my comment either. Well, that makes two of us
Yeah, and you completely didn't read the replies fully either it would seem, or just didn't follow what they were talking about. In any case though, that's all going down a path unrelated to the thread, so not much point of going further down that way. It's all good.I feel people should read, regardless. You don't? I'm not dumbing down my comments to try to include everyone's understanding level, I'm unable to do that. It's kinda like....trying to make your mom and wife happy at the same time. Not gonna happen.
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Fine. Call me what you want.
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Is it not more the case that Apple users only like change once Apple have announced and implemented that change?
These forums are full of people bashing the competition, but when Apple adopt their features, suddenly the forums fill with praise.
No, IMO that is not it at all.
There is very little "bashing" around here, and what is seen of it, seemingly comes down to a "war of words" of a very specific nit-picky feature or some general "pie in the sky" thing that really has no relevance.
I think you might be correct when it relates to either a new "feature" or a new device. But I certainly disagree with you in many other areas. There has been a lot of anger at Apple over many things.
Just off the top of my head…
1. Original iMac kills the floppy drive. Business gives Apple the middle finger by creating the USB floppy drive which it profits on by selling to outraged customers.
2. Death of OS 9 declared.
3. Death of Rosetta declared (Rosetta let PowerPC apps run on Intel Macs, removed in Lion).
4. Death of PowerPC
5. Apple forcing arbitrary system requirements. Example, OS X Leopard will run on PowerPC Macs with a processor of less than 1.0 Ghz.
6. No going back to previous iOS version if you updated.
7. Certain and arbitrary versions of iTunes required to sync with certain iPhones. For instance, iTune 10.7+ is required to sync my iPhone 5. But 10.6.4 is the last I can run on a PowerPC Mac.
8. Introduction of MacBook Air with no optical drive.
9. iPhone 5 with larger screen. Ohhh, the rage expressed here in these forums!!!
There are plenty of others. My point is to show this as an example that every time Apple changes something, there is a segment of Apple users who get angry at Apple because they have to change. They either have to buy something new or change how they work or both. Apple's doubling down on the change continually marginalizes them over time.