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by Kirby64 718 days ago
They’re also special in that the adverse outcome to powering them off accidentally is much more likely, though. Not many other devices are stored in our pockets and can be pressed accidentally.

Also, it probably would be best to call it a “sleep” button or “screen” button… or something like that. After all, that’s the primary single press function that is universal to all phones. It’s not actually a power button from a single press, it’s a button to toggle the screen on and off. The long press not resulting in a power off command is somewhat unusual, but also not ridiculous.