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Small dot at the top of a Samsung phone: what does it mean?

On a Samsung Galaxy with One UI 7 or later it means a notification is waiting.

What Samsung says

What it looks like
One small dot in the status bar, where notification icons would be; the colour of the text, not green or orange.
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Samsung Galaxy

Telling it apart

A coloured dot (green or orange) at the top right is a camera or microphone indicator instead.

Icons to compare

Sources

Each meaning above is taken from the maker’s own support page, fetched and read on the date shown. The drawing is ours; the real icon on your phone may be drawn a little differently and can change with software updates.