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[A Random User <ander02342@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

I like the idea of being able to make a emergency call, but being a
paranoid person that always seems to accidently set these things off, I
would like to point out a few downsides of it. The one problem I see with
this is that the emergency combo would likely be too hard to remember and
activate in the case of the emergency, or too simple and people
accidentally end up calling 911 and get in a lot of trouble. And the
problem with a physical button combination is that buttons often get bumped
as you move the phone around, while unlikely to trigger the emergency call,
it does have a slim chance. I guess you could put a small button behind the
case of the phone, next to battery, to trigger a emergency call if held
down for several seconds, but you still have to worry about someone pushing
it while removing a battery.

On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 9:54 AM, Anders Hagen Jarmund <ajarmund@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Maybe it's only me missing it but; phones with touch are quite hard to use
> if you not are able to look at the screen or the screen is harmed in any
> way. In an emergency situation both may be the case (broken glasses, you
> have to call from your pocket etc.)
>
> Therefore I think there should be some way to use eg. the power button to
> call the emergency number. Eg. if you click the SOS signal or something on
> the power button, it calls 112 (or 911).
>
> Other views/ideas?
>
>
> Anders
>
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