So we already have a feature that wakes up our phone without having to press the button (just swipe from the bottom). Why not incorporate a button to turn off the display? I'm not talking about the physical button. The button at the top is annoying to push at times.
I got this idea from the Playbook UI. For those who are not familiar, you can tap the battery icon and put the device to sleep shutdown or restart.
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