Why does the FP4 not have an LED?

[NiklasMM]

I’m curious what the reasoning behind having the FP4 have no LED might be. Leaving the phone with no persistent notification at all seems like a real downside to me.

And I can’t imagine adding a tiny LED would have been such a hit maintenance or cost wise.

Are there any official statements on this or what do you think is the reason?

[noodlejetski]

there’s already a discussion about it here

No notification LED and no replaceable microphone in FP4

So I reached to support and this is their answer. Unfortunately FP4 doesn’t come with a notification LED or a replaceable mic (unlike FP3). I hope this settles it. Not really a dealbreaker for me, but these features would be nice. Dear Radomir, My name is S… from the support team. I’ll be your case manager, nice to e-meet you Thank you for supporting Fairphone and for reaching out. The microphones of the Fairphone 4 are integrated into the core module and are not a separate s…