What is a nifty little feature modern gadgets have lost?

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

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for what it’s worth, you can make your phone’s flashlight serve the same purpose as those old notification lights. more harsh and no colors, but it’ll get your attention
- Not really, because to see that, you have to put your phone with the screen down on the table. That both ruin the quiet mode function, and increases risk of wear of the screen glass from hard surfaces.
  
  Plus it's fucking distracting to see students' phones blinking throughout the classroom

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