Motion sensor while on a call?

[decaffviper17]

Ok so i just discovered somehthing pretty cool. You know when your on a call the screen is black, and then when you move it from your ear the screen turns on? Well i thought the screen was triggered by accelerometer movement. Its not. Theres a motion sensor right below the front speaker. I tested by being on a call, then i pulled the fone away from my ear and saw the screen turned off, then i waved my finger over the sensor and the screen would turn on and off. Or does everyone already know this?..lol Try it, its pretty cool.

 

[ScorpDX]

Or does everyone already know this?..lol

^ This...

It's called a proximity sensor

 

[Evoixmrftw]

Proximity sensor is the shiny important sounding marketing term. Its just an everyday photoelectric eye.

 

[decaffviper17]

Proximity sensor is the shiny important sounding marketing term. Its just an everyday photoelectric eye.

I guess i got overly excited.... but i have never seen this feature in a phone before

 

[ScorpDX]

They've been around for a little while. Since the early touch screens and people started realizing the problem. It's basically so you don't hang up on someone with your ear.

 

[Evoixmrftw]

Aka pull an "iphone 4"