Lenerdosy
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I read their is a chance it could be waterproof, not sure on how legit the article was but if true I will try and upgrade simply for that
Dumb, I might have to find an Android device for work then, I need a smartphone that has a notification light, no way will I buy another expensive phone and sign another 2 year contract for a phone without one. Makes a lot of sense for people that need their phones for work, not everybody just plays video games and uses Facebook all day on them.
Now that has me wondering what would be a good Android phone to buy that has one? Has to be on Sprint..
When I think about how rigid Apple is with the iPhone and iOS, doesn't that go against Apple's core principle's? They won't add useful things such as a notification light because of some new thinking that change is bad?
As much as I'd love to do an annual upgrade, Sprint no longer supports that. Plus, if the iPhone 5 is 4G LTE, Sprint won't have LTE deployed any time soon. So I will have to wait for the iPhone 5s in 2013.
I don't like Sprint's rules, that's why I have 2 lines!
Sent from my iOS ecosystem!
Is it really any different than Apple saying they will never use a physical keyboard? Honestly, the LED is not a big deal to me. It's on the Galaxy Nexus and it aggravates me more than anything. Sure it blinks but the only time I really want it to blink is from text messages. Well it blinks for emails as well and you can't shut that off. You can shut it off for texts though. Makes no sense. One of the many little annoyances in ICS.
Why is a notification light such a huge deal for people?
Like everyone else in the country, notification light or not, your going to be constantly checking your phone over and over again for one reason or another, anyway.
It's quicker to just go ahead and turn on the screen to see if there are any messages there, than it is to wait for the notification light to blink.
I don't know, I try to understand most people's views on gripes and wants... But I just don't get this one.
What new features on the next generation iPhone will it take for you to upgrade from your current device?
Ok so I know that you know that I know that you know what the screen size will be. So that's what I want and some sort of form factor change.
So to the OP what's the display size going to be?? I know that you know!!
I'll tell you right now, 3.5 inches, with a re-designed case, same old home button and front glass, some minor internal spec boosts, and iOS 6 with some minor tweaks. Sorry, but if anyone expects anything big from Apple, they are dreaming..
Millions of people will buy it, but not me, my money goes to the company that truly innovates in 2012, not rests on past success..
So what is exactly innovative in the smartphone world? What's out there that already hasn't been done? What would be groundbreaking to the scene?
I don't like Sprint's rules, that's why I have 2 lines!
I would upgrade no matter what it has. I have an extra line just so I can get a new iPhone every year.
It's a huge deal because for some people who cannot waste time checking their phones for one reason or another, just being able to glance at the phone to see if we need to go through the act of picking up our phones is a big time/battery saver. And can be a safety issue depending on what you're doing.
Do you not see what you just wrote? You just highlighted the problem, people are constantly checking their iPhones over and over and over again needlessly because there is no notification light to let you know you need to check for missed notifications!! With a notification light, you can just glance at the phone to see if you need to check it in the first place, saving wear and tear on the home button, and saving battery life since you'd no longer need to power up the phone gazillions of times a day to see if you missed something.
That makes no sense, how is it quicker to stop what you're doing, pick up the phone, and press the power/home button, than it is to just glance at the phone? Especially if you cannot just do so at work whenever you please so you have to wait, and do so needlessly if their isn't a missed call/message? With a notification light I'd no longer have to worry about it and not have to stop and check my phone constantly which is driving me nuts.
I think that's because you aren't actually considering what people are asking for when they talk about notification lights.
Apple's new notification center is great once you're in it, however, there's no way of knowing you have a missed notification unless you open it up, making it pretty half ass. A notification light and statusbar icon are necessary additions.
He may transfer the upgrade from the secondary line to his primary line. He could also have a non-smartphone as the add a line for $9.99 a month just so he can get the upgrade.I'm not sure that I understand that concept... The extra line is at a minimum $10/month = $240 on a 2 year contract (plus taxes)... and the required data plans are $25-30/month = $600+ on a 2 year contract (plus tax)... so that's a minimum of $840 plus tax to get a $300 discount on the phone... and that doesn't include a texting plan...
What am I missing here?