So you most likely wanted to say “and Samsung still sucks compared to Apple?” Google phones also run Android, you know.

I honestly think they offered good deals for a couple of years to lure the new generations into a false sense of security and make them forget how to pirate :D

OLED displays certainly could, but there is no baked it app that wakes up the screen only if you have a message, blink in different colors or frequencies depending on the message and use the low power always on display api.

Yeah, you can glance at your always on display and make out the little symbol. But that’s not an adequate replacement to the notification LED. If I had to guess, it was removed to drive up engagement with your phone.