A couple weeks ago I saw a high schooler asking friends to grab his phone, but they couldn’t hear him. So he mimed typing with his thumbs.
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How did we lose holding a handset to your ear as the pantomime for phone??? I’ve heard Nirvana on the classic rock station and it didn’t make me feel as old as this.
I don’t like getting oils and sweat on my screen. I also don’t like putting my dirty screen on my face.
I can still talk to someone and do other stuff on my phone. If I want privacy or I’m in an area where speakerphone would be annoying then fine I’ll use it the old way, but generally I have headphones to bridge that gap anyways.
Yeah, I’m with you. Speaker mode is much more comfortable. But I do have some common courtesy while in public though. Nobody needs to be forced to hear your conversation.
You think your fingers don’t generate oils/sweat?
You can have the phone next to your ear without having it pushing against the side of your head lol
Multi-tasking makes sense though.
I think they often have earbuds but those usually have built in microphones so I don’t really know either, I think it’s popular when recording voice messages too.
I see a lot of kids/teens walking around doing this.
I think perhaps they don’t know how phones work as phones.
A couple weeks ago I saw a high schooler asking friends to grab his phone, but they couldn’t hear him. So he mimed typing with his thumbs.
…
How did we lose holding a handset to your ear as the pantomime for phone??? I’ve heard Nirvana on the classic rock station and it didn’t make me feel as old as this.
Take your time, hurry up
Choice is yours, don’t be late
Take a rest as a friend
As an old
Memoria, memoria
Memoria, memoria
My neice asked me “Dad says you only had internet on the phone when you were my age, but I also only have internet on my phone. I don’t get it.”
That hurt me SO much.
I do this, here’s why. Also I’m 23
I don’t like getting oils and sweat on my screen. I also don’t like putting my dirty screen on my face.
I can still talk to someone and do other stuff on my phone. If I want privacy or I’m in an area where speakerphone would be annoying then fine I’ll use it the old way, but generally I have headphones to bridge that gap anyways.
Yeah, I’m with you. Speaker mode is much more comfortable. But I do have some common courtesy while in public though. Nobody needs to be forced to hear your conversation.
You think your fingers don’t generate oils/sweat? You can have the phone next to your ear without having it pushing against the side of your head lol Multi-tasking makes sense though.
Not nearly as much as my face that’s for sure
They grew up with facetime, and this is how they translate that into a facetime without video
Is the earphone speaker destined to go the way of the headphone jack?
Will phones 5 years from now be shipping without them
Only if Apple is brave enough
What’s facetime?
Zoom for Apple users.
Ah, so that’s pretty much useless for anyone who has a non apple user friend they want to talk to?
Yes.
Isn’t there an option to disable your camera while facetiming? Alternatively just…Calling would make sense, but setting that aside.
I think they often have earbuds but those usually have built in microphones so I don’t really know either, I think it’s popular when recording voice messages too.
I think it’s more of a “hey everybody, look at me!”.