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		erhk on April 5, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: LG is getting out of the mobile phone business My LG G3 had it in like 2014 or whatever year I bought it.

distances on April 5, 2021 | [–]

Introduced by Nokia in Symbian but I forgot when, maybe around 2008? I have to assume Nokia patented the feature as it's super useful but was missing from all non-Nokia phones for the longest time.

minusf on April 5, 2021 | [–]

g2 was the first to have it, because the buttons migrated to the back and there had to be a way to wake it while lying on the table

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