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ELI5: Why did LED notification lights silently got removed from phone? (self.explainlikeimfive)
submitted 2 years ago by zephyr to c/explainlikeimfive
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They were a good indicator for notifications that are missed when you were away from phone.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The whole front of modern phone is a display, there's simply no space for a notification LED.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yet they've managed to fit speaker openings at each end. They could do it, just would cost a little bit more.

[–] LightDelaBlue 1 points 2 years ago

and the camera. so yhea there space for a led.