Looking at all the features that older phones uses to have compared to newer ones, I never hear anyone talk about the removal of the notification LED. I personally really liked that feature, being able to see if I got an email, a text or missed a call without turning on my phone was awesome. My Samsung note 8 had this feature, but to my knowledge, newer phones (in the major companies anyway) have abandoned this feature. Did everyone else unanimously agree they don’t care for this feature?

  • vivadanang@lemm.eeEnglish
    6·
    1 year ago

    am I the only one who misses funky antenna bobs that would flash like old nokias? that was handy

    • redcalcium@lemmy.institute
      11·
      1 year ago

      Afaik they don’t work on modern phone anymore because of the different frequencies and much lower transmit power. Those old phone has pretty high transmit power to the point of causing radio interference if you receive a call near an active speaker. Even if there is a version that work on 4g/5g phones, it’ll be very annoying because it’ll light up all the time due to modern smartphone’s persistent data connection.

      • MrNobody@sh.itjust.works
        9·
        1 year ago

        causing radio interference if you receive a call near an active speaker

        Oh damn, this just bought a flood of memories back from nowhere. That distinct sound that would comee out of the speakers right before you got a call. I don’t think I even noticed that it doesnt happen anymore.