For me it’s the notification light you used to find on older phones, was particularly good to know if your phone was charged without picking it up

  • @Katzelle3
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    411 months ago

    Doesn’t the Always-On Display do the same thing as the LED though?

    • Natanael
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      411 months ago

      It’s harder to see from a distance if there’s something new and if it’s charging

      • @Katzelle3
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        111 months ago

        The battery is always on the bottom while the notifications are in the middle or the top. It’s charged if the bottom portion (or the portion closest to the USB cable) has a green icon on it.

        • Natanael
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          211 months ago

          That can vary between devices and mine never shows color in that mode

          • @Katzelle3
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            111 months ago

            Yeah, it’s the newer models with LTPO that have color AODs.

    • @[email protected]
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      111 months ago

      Personally I would rather have the screen off a lot of times for various reasons. Why should i have to have the entire display on instead of having tge ability to just have a little notification light?

      • @Katzelle3
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        111 months ago

        With OLED and especially LTPO OLED that’s not exactly an issue though, since it’s only the icons that make up the active parts of the display, while the whole black area of the display is literally off.

        • @[email protected]
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          111 months ago

          Except that my screen isn’t an OLED and I don’t want to leave the display on. It’s too distracting, it needs to be off especially at work. A little dot isn’t too intrusive as a notification.

          • @Katzelle3
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            111 months ago

            LCD fanboys have lost the mobile space. Pretty much all the mid-range to flagship phones have an OLED screen by now and we start to see OLED on laptops and desktop monitors as well. Don’t you think it’s time to move on at this point?