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[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

so like Samsung had the Bixby button for half a decade now? No, thanks.

also, a mute button is pointless when we can just hold the volume down for a second.

[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 46 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The Bixby button sucked because for so long you couldn't remap it to do anything else. And even when they finally relented at the end, they only allowed it to have the functions of press and hold or double tap to activate extra features, but single tap was always still reserved for Bixby.

Having a dedicated mute button is good when your default volume controls are for media volume. Not that it makes a difference for me because my phone is forever on vibrate, but I get the utility.

[–] CharlesReed@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago

I have a Note 8, they've now had it for a while where you can single tap to open an app or run a command. But if you choose to do that, double press opens Bixby. So sadly you get Bixby no matter what.

[–] ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The mute toggle on iPhone doesn’t mute media if you play something with it enabled, and you can still increase/decrease the volume of that, you just don’t get any notification sounds. So bit different than just turning the volume down for the whole device.

I keep mute enabled all the time because I get the notifications on my watch, and I forget it’s on because media still plays with sound. It’s actually really nice. One of the few things I actually like about iPhone.

[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This volume button pair is actually configurable on my phone, that's why I brought it up. I can choose whether the buttons affect notifications or media by default, and when media is playing it'll always change the media volume.

[–] verysoft@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah, it wasn't used much so they removed it ig. But its apple so now its new and innovative and everything needs it! ffs
Gimme expandable storage and 3.5mm ports back first.