zephyrELI5: Why did LED notification lights silently got removed from phone?
vestigialTheir absence encourages you to check your phone more often, which means you’ll unlock it and look at some content more often, which means as revenue for someone.
In Apple's case it's a subtle encouragement to buy their watch.
I don’t believe the iPhone ever had an LED notification light. The iPhone existed well before the watch did, as well.
I shouldn't have doubted Apple's campaign for minimalism > functionality