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by greenice 2623 days ago
> And of course, you can turn the phone off at night and it still turns itself on in the morning for the alarm.

I have missed this feature ever since smartphones became popular.

How come this isn't a standard feature of each smartphone by now? Are there any technical limitations?

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The top answer here has some info re hardware support: https://together.jolla.com/question/174903/alarm-doesnt-wake...

I also miss it, as I use my phone as my alarm but there's no other reason for me to leave it on at night.

DnD/Quiet Mode has basically supplanted "off".
“Edison, an off switch!”

“She’ll get years for that. Off switches are illegal.”

Max Headroom, season 1, episode 6: “The Blanks”, 1987

The cpu needs to be able to support it, mediatek smartphone have it I think.