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ELI5: Why did LED notification lights silently got removed from phone? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by zephyr@lemmy.world to c/explainlikeimfive@lemmy.world
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They were a good indicator for notifications that are missed when you were away from phone.

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[–] Sjoerd1993@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The led can just be put in the speaker grill though, I think my old HTC did this.

[–] Tschuuuls@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, but this has issues, too. Because dust clogs up the grills and suddenly the led is badly visible.

[–] everett@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

This is true, and my last phone with a notification LED was like this, but I found that having the light recessed made it a lot harder to see from across the room since you're dependending quite a bit on viewing angle.