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> Less distractions. More soul. Just pure instinct, formed as a machine. Told through beautiful symbols. Deeper interactions. And brave simplicity. Phone (1) ca
by maltalex 4y ago
> Less distractions. More soul. Just pure instinct, formed as a machine. Told through beautiful symbols. Deeper interactions. And brave simplicity. Phone (1) can bring us back. To us.
What?
> Meet the Glyph Interface. A new way to communicate. Unique light patterns indicate who’s calling. Signals app notifications, charging status and more. Everyday interactions, made joyful.
So... a fancy notification led?
- dQw4w9WgXcQ 4y agoDuh, it's not just a phone, it's an experience. Because you're a uniquely special human unlike anyone else and you deserve the absolute pinnacle of life in every category. Purchase this feeling now for $999.
- petepete 4y agoI'd take any notification LED at this point.
- celsoazevedo 4y agoThere are 3rd party apps (if your OEM doesn't have the option) to use the display for that. It can mimic a "LED" or something else. It works fairly well, especially on devices with OLED displays (most mid/high end phones).
- causi 4y agoProblem is they don't actually use just the notification part, they actually illuminate the whole display at the minimum brightness setting, which isn't 0 for third-party applications. You can notice this if you let your eyes adjust to a room with no other lights. The power drain for eight or ten hours of this is more than you'd think. I still use it, but it's definitely not a painless replacement.
- wlesieutre 4y agoOn an OLED screen isn’t the minimum brightness setting for each pixel “off”?
- causi 4y agoOn a hardware level, yes. Apps don't actually get to access that. Try it yourself in a pitch-black room. Compare black areas in the OEM's always-on display mode to a third-party AOD app or a fullscreen image viewer showing a #000000 box.
- wlesieutre 4y agoDon't have any OLED Android devices, but on iOS the #000000 box is indistinguishable from off
- celsoazevedo 4y agoI tested on my OnePlus 8 Pro running LineageOS and the first app I found on the Play Store (aodNotify) seems to work as expected. Pure black, as if it was part of the "always on display" feature. I guess it could work differently on different Android "flavours".
- causi 4y agoInteresting. I also use aodNotify and on my S20 FE it illuminates the whole screen.
- xigoi 4y agoGet a phone with an AMOLED display.
- causi 4y agoI am.
- kayodelycaon 4y agoI mentioned this further down. If you have an iphone, you can use the camera flash for this: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210065 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210065
- throwaway23236 4y agoThe Xperia line of phones still have a headphone jack, notification LED, and expandable storage.
- Void_ 4y agoA little misleading, I was hoping for a phone that just cannot run any social networks.
- pizzathyme 4y agoAgree, I was looking for the kindle of phones. Simple interface, light, inexpensive, does calls text and maybe read websites in reader mode only.
- calvin 4y agoLook up Techless or The Light Phone, those may be more aligned with your desires
- phailhaus 4y agoUh...just don't install them? Like, I don't understand how a smartphone can "decide" what's a social network app and prevent you from running it.
- doodlesdev 4y agoLots of them come bundled with it and you can't remove them if you don't root or connect to a computer and use adb.
- phailhaus 4y agoAh that makes more sense. But phones like that do exist, like Pixels.