That's easy for you to say, but since you don't care about being able to check the status of your device that doesn't really count for much. You dismiss the feature because you don't use it, but that doesn't mean it has no value.
I am not dismissing the feature, I'm just pointing out that it may be less problematic to have to open the lid to inspect, say, wifi/bluetooth status, than it is to have to open the lid to hear an alarm or hear the ringtone for an incoming call.
Yes, it is irrelevant to your point, but it is not irrelevant to God Ginrai's point, which is that speakers should be on the inside (because you can "just open the lid") while status leds should be visible on the outside (because opening the lid is too much effort for something you have to do that often).
Yes, this would add use for an alarm or similar. My point wasn't that it did not add functionality. Obviously it does. My point was simply that it is a much less commonly used feature than checking battery status. (and other statuses) Checking the status is a feature, too. I was pointing out that checking the status is a feature that happens much more often, and as such is more deserving of the outside leds than the outside speakers were.
Well of course on the Pandora externally visible status leds are more commonly used than outside speakers, because the Pandora has the former but not the latter. But why is that relevant? 3G is also not a commonly used feature on the Pandora, and neither are the second pair of shoulder buttons. Should we scrap those too then for the Pyra?
Also, I was not talking about specifically on the Pandora. I'm talking about mobile devices in general. People check the time and battery more often then they do most anything else on their mobile devices.
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The only time I use headphones with a handheld gaming device is when I need to be courteous to those around me. Otherwise, I am using the speakers for gaming. If this device can't even function properly as a gaming device, then there's little point for me in even owning one.
No
If you did that, you would have to have your screen open at a 90 degree angle while you use it. This is a very uncomfortable position to hold the device, the hinge would become strained while it tried to keep the screen at that angle, due to the forces of gravity acting down on the screen.
I'm sorry, but that just isn't true. Isn't like you always have the speakers directly at youwhen it's in the lid.
Umm.. Yea, it is. The speakers in the Pandora and the 3DS are on the same plane as the screen. If you point the screen at you, you're pointing the speakers at you.
No it's not. You ruin any kind of directional sound. And not only that, but you have to make it louder to hear it at the same volume as it was when pointed towards you. Thus, you are more likely to bother those around you.
The speakers pointing up at an angle with the way I'm holding it. As if I was just holding aregular controller.
I have the 3ds in my hand right now and Idk what you are talking about.Wait,now I see what you are talking about, but my point about the speakers at a angle still
You hold your controllers parallel with the ground? Because otherwise, the screen and speakers would be tilted towards your face.
No. Nor do I hold it upright. Just saying that having to hold it "90 degree angle" isn't true.
