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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The IR blaster that worked on most televisions.
- I hate this. I'd be perfectly fine with network bullshit if it was a universal standardized profile so it actually worked (and I could build a programmable physical remote for it) . But the App Store is flooded with "android TV remotes" that maybe support one specific obscure (unlabeled) TV. I've never found one that works for anything I've owned.
  
  That too bad, because my Galaxy S4 worked on most TVs with the Samsung software.

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