zephyr@lemmy.world to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoELI5: Why did LED notification lights silently got removed from phone?message-squaremessage-square116fedilinkarrow-up1460arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1451arrow-down1message-squareELI5: Why did LED notification lights silently got removed from phone?zephyr@lemmy.world to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square116fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSjoerd1993@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 year agoThe led can just be put in the speaker grill though, I think my old HTC did this.
minus-squareTschuuuls@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoYes, but this has issues, too. Because dust clogs up the grills and suddenly the led is badly visible.
minus-squareeverettlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThis 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.
The led can just be put in the speaker grill though, I think my old HTC did this.
Yes, but this has issues, too. Because dust clogs up the grills and suddenly the led is badly visible.
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.