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[Ondrej Kubik <ondrej.kubik@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It  might sound like good idea to be able to call emergency with SOS signal while phone is in your pocket, but phone is still in your pocket, and emergency services won't hear you, so at some point you will have to take phone out anyway, so why not to make usual call. I'm sure most of the people will find it easier than SOS on power button.

And I don't buy argument about broken screen, because with same logic, you can say there should be spare emergency battery in case main battery runs out, also we better bundle emergency retractable antenna in case there is no signal, may be even hidden Swiss knife :)


On 28/06/13 13:55, Simon wrote:
> I hope there is a high protection against "pocket calls".
> Some studies in Germany are saying that up to every 5th emergency-call
> is triggered accidentally from a phone in a pocket.
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> Am 28.06.2013 14:50, schrieb Jouni Helminen:
>> We've got an emergency call icon coming along with the unlock screen soon.
>> We explored gestures or hiding it but discoverability is a problem - so
>> ended up with a design where it is visible at the bottom of the screen
>>
>> [... snip ...]
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