[carey]

That’s my experience with notifications as well, but I also still miss having a separate LED to show pending notifications when the screen is off.

[brundolf]

I did like having a notification LED, but I don't miss it as much as I thought I would. And anyway, those are becoming less common on Android devices too.

FWIW you can configure your iPhone to flash the camera LED when you get a notification. Not quite the same thing because it isn't passive, but it's something.