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Just pull down the notification bar and you should be able to see it, unless you have a pin lock, pattern lock, password
This is a smartphone, you can download apps that will give you that opiton to get notifications on the center screen, check the playstore
because if you have a pattern lock, pin lock or password you can't pull down the notification bar, its a way to protect your private info (emails, sms, mms, etc)
there are myriad apps on the playstore that are free that will give you those options
it seems that you want a iphone type notification
again this is a smartphone, one of the great things of it, is that you don't have to expect or wait or hope for the manufacturer to add features, you can find them on the playstore