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Is that really useful considering they're on the back of the phone? I mean, maybe if something's taking so long you're going to put it down while waiting.. but
by ktm5j 3y ago
Is that really useful considering they're on the back of the phone? I mean, maybe if something's taking so long you're going to put it down while waiting.. but otherwise I don't want to turn my phone around to see it. Cute, but seems rather gimmicky.
- tredre3 3y agoI don't think it's terribly useful as an indicator of software progress. Like you say, it would be simpler to keep the screen partially on (it's OLED). But I guess it could be used for notifications or for more hardware-y things like show your daily steps count (old fitbit style) or battery level (remember when motorola batteries had those super cool led bar graphs on the back in the 90s?).
- ktm5j 3y agoGood points! The possibility for notifications does sound neat.
- constantcrying 3y agoHardly innovative though. My Android has an LED at the top which signifies notifications, even with different colors, even my old Android had that... If you need continous data it might be more useful, but I can't think of a usecase where it is more than a gimmick
- RockRobotRock 3y agoIt's annoyingly hard to get fine grain control over which app uses the LED and what color the app uses.