I think I’ll be able to empathize with extraterrestrial alien religious rituals first before I can empathize with people who modify carefully crafted ergonomics of their phones with cases and stupid shit like this.
“Oh, my phone needs that ugly ass round thingy and a transparent case that turns yellow within a month because I tend to drop it”
How… How about NOT DROPPING IT??? The beautifully crafted materials of your phone, that beautiful glass, the thinness… all of that is gone because you decided to slap a cheap ass case on it…
this is top tier satire
WHAT?? These flat slippery rectangles ARE NOT ergonomic at all until user inserts it into an ergonomic case of their choosing.
Some of us are clumsy
carefully crafted ergonomics
…it’s a rectangle.
Reminds me of cylinder stuck in m&ms tube story, no other relation
You are gooning over a rectangle
You’re carrying a very expensive device full of highly sensitive data that for many people is their primary computer that contains their digital life.
It is made out of easily damaged materials like glass and aluminium that don’t offer much grip because they are smooth, and the shape doesn’t offer much grip because it is so thin.
And you think: “Should I put a cheap protective case on this in case I drop it or it gets damaged? Should I take the most basic precaution to look after this expensive and fragile thing that I carry with me wherever I go?”
“No - that would spoil the way it looks.”
A phone is quite likely one of the most touched and seen item by the user in their day. For something like that, tactile sensation, ergonomics and looks kinda do matter, no?
I can’t be the only one who receives genuine pleasure from handling a clean, smooth glass brick every day, right?
And yes, phones are expensive and important. That’s why we just… Use them carefully and not drop them.
If I purchased an expensive car, I’d use it carefully. I wouldn’t cover it up with plastic protection mats or whatever you protect it in case I crash.
And again, about dropping the phone… Just… Don’t drop it? How does a drop even happen? Is it really that hard not to drop a phone?
Funny thing but those cases are also often designed to be held in your hand ergonomically, almost like they expected people to hold them just like phones. And while some use transparent plastics that have an aging colour, my current one is just black. I don’t drop my phone often but it occasionally happens. Haven’t had a single phone break on me so far (knock on wood) but I think the case is to thank in at least a few of those cases (heh).
Plus my case allows me to use a magnetic mount in my car without needing to use the adhesive side and make it actually stick to my phone. It just sits under the case on the back (or if the magnet couldn’t handle going through the case, I could adhere it to the case instead of the expensive phone).
You should probably get a case, after posts so full of hubris like these, you’re probably going to end up dropping your phone soon.
Your logic is basically ‘I prefer it this way, so it must be the best way and everyone should conform’. You don’t drop your phone, so you can’t fathom that others might.
If someone constantly drops their expensive ass phone, they’re still too young and need a cheap training phone.
Accidents and fumbles happen to anyone. We’re not perfect machines.
Is this a common issue?
It doesn’t usually go down the grate, it goes down the big hole
You see, that’s why OP always carries a second phone: To photograph the first one not falling into the gutter
Do you not have friends to take fun photos for you?
No one has friends IRL anymore - they’re all virtual. Soon they’ll all be AI. That’s when humanity ends. Coming soon.
This is why i quit socials 2 years ago. Now sentences like this are just sad.
PsssSSTTT you are on a social here 🫠
Nope :c
Nooooooooooooo :c I will take pictures for you. Like spirtually of course, idk where you are.
I’m in the walls
Oh hey. Would you tell Dagon and the rats to knock it off I’m tryna sleep
Oh hey scott
Hello there, how you been?
Not too bad. Good to hear from you. The scratching stopped and i got worried
Unnecessary, I own a Panasonic mirrorless.
I read that in a slow writing voice and heard pencil scratches
How often are you dropping your phone into a street drain?
It actually happened to me once.
Quite a lot actually. It has that stupid handle on it so it doesn’t ft in my pocket.
Yeah, it was forty-nine times, and now it might be waiting for you.
It also doesn’t fit in your pocket. How convenient.
Clip to a carabiner on your belt loop
TBF, maybe they wear women’s pants. A pack of gum wouldn’t fit in those pockets.
TBF, anyone can wear any gender of pants. The pocket situation persists because it’s tolerated. If you made pants like that for men, they’d return them.
Demand better.
TBF, anyone can wear any gender of pants.
Spoken like someone that doesn’t have an aggressive hip-to-waist ratio.
Anyways, I wear scrubs. They’re the cargo pants of the professional world. My 6" ereader fits in one of the pockets. Highly recommend.
Says you, I mostly use my jacket pockets for my phone. My jacket pockets are large and deep so I could probably shove like 3 of these things into one pocket, my jacket is a surplus Czech Military field jacket.
Put a hook on your belt
Put it down your underwear and make it look like you’ve got a hard on all the time
Better yet, install a doorknob instead just so you can say it’s your knob
Modern problems
require modern solutions!
I have broken zero phones and lost exactly zero phones in drains
Can somebody confirm this is a concern? Is it an alcoholism thing?
I think it’s a going out and doing things to have fun thing.
I never considered throwing my phone in a sewer could be entertaining. I may have to rethink my position.
Join your local Sewer Phone Club! It’s a blast.
I lose my parts phones often (and usually find them in unusual places). But I never lost a thing I actually used semi-often.
But I do drop phones all the time (I also dropped my Redmi’s bare motherboard ~2 times while repairing it (somehow it survived without problems)). I cracked one screen glass on a Samsung a12 last year (a really shitty phone), it’s still fully functional (but not mine anymore). I also cracked an LCD of a Huawei P20 lite (which I would probably still be using if it was in a working condition). Now I use a Redmi 4X. It was old when I got it and survives literally everything (except any mild motherboard temperature changes (weirdly)). I’m not replacing it until it’s irreparable since I can’t take care of stuff.
Edit: Also had a Mi 11 Lite 5G with severe motherboard problems, which isn’t important in this context. Fuck the new Xiaomis.
somehow survived
There’s no reason it wouldn’t lmao, a falling phone board has both tiny weight and shitty aerodynamics.
But also no protection whatsoever. I’m not that optimistic about it.
Throw it against a wall next time and see
I suppose everyone has a different baseline dexterity.
Aren’t these a very popular accessory?
That’s much less reliable tbh
I’ve used it on a motorcycle attachment for a long trip before. The same pop socket was then attached to a new phone and used for another 2 years. Maybe I lucked out with that model or it just sticks to flat cases better.
The idea of having my phone exposed while riding a motorcycle is freaking me out. Like… My hands got sweaty after reading that.
You can get cases that cover the phone completely, like a bag with a clear plastic front. And you can use the screen through them, it’s made of a material similar to a soft screen protector.
It’s not that. My brain would just be screaming at me that “IT’S GOING TO FALL OFF” the entire time. The phone could be welded to the bike and it would still probably happen.
I have a nice attachment. It’s got shock absorbing shit and everything. Clamps into place.
I also have waterproof saddlebags if it decides to rain, but I’m usually good at interpreting the weather.
I completely understand. Before this I actually taped my phone below the motorcycle dash which was scarier because I had to reuse the tape again on the way back and it was coming off. I think it was a Note 2 at the time and those things were huge.
Experience or feeling? I’ve had three or four over the last 10 years, the plastic starts disintegrating from constant use after a couple years, while the adhesive still sticks (and all that while being repositionable and reusable, I’ve swapped cases but kept the pop socket), so can’t relate tbh
As are other more structurally sound models.
Does a phone count as a flared base?
Suction cups don’t hold for long.Unless you are very unlucky when you accidentally Thwap! one on your forehead. Uncle Stu had a perfectly round hickey on his forehead for like two weeks.
They are applied with an adhesive strip, not suction cup.
If you are prone to dropping your phone I suggest a strap. It sticks out of the port area and you can just tighten it against your wrist
My phone has a loop for a lanyard on the bottom. I think it’s also too fat to fit through most grates.
I was thinking one of those extendo Keychain things, but glued to the front of your phone
You could clip it to your, I don’t know, airport or quarry.
Looks like this, there’s a bunch but this is the one I have. Short enough to be useful without being annoying imo
You could probably clip it to your belt, maybe a different one with a larger clip would work
I have a strap attached to my popsocket. It’s nice to be certain you won’t drop the thing while walking around.
You tie it to your belt. Like we used to do with onions. It was the fashion at the time.
It’s trying to escape.
Ha ing it diagonal like that means you can only use one hand in horizontal mode and only the other hand in vertical mode (if you have your fingers inside the handle).
The only useful phone case design I’ve seen. I bet it’ll be ADA compliant if applied for.
