Above the display sits an RGB LED notification light, proximity sensor and 1.9MP front-facing camera.

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Up top, you'll find the notification light alongside the headphone socket, with the power button also sitting along that top edge.

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Near the top, you'll find the 8MP ImageSense autofocus camera flanked by an LED flash to the right and an LED notification light to the left.

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There's a notification light next to the 1.3MP front-facing camera.

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An LED notification light hides underneath the speaker grille.

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The rear notification light is rather uncommon to smartphones -- we can't recall having seen a device adorned with two such indicators -- but anyone who tends to put their phone face-down will actually find a great deal of use out of this addition.

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The LED notification light is under the 8MP camera instead of to the side, the power button has been swapped from the left to the right, the speaker grille on the back has also changed sides and the volume rocker is on the right edge.

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In contrast, while Windows Phone also has hubs strewn throughout its interface, its defining UI feature is the Live Tile, which is primarily a launcher with a light notification capacity.

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