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[–] fox2263@lemmy.world 61 points 10 months ago (6 children)

I see a lot of kids/teens walking around doing this.

I think perhaps they don’t know how phones work as phones.

[–] deltatangothree@lemmy.world 30 points 10 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] MathiasTCK@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 months ago

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.

[–] SugarSnack@lemm.ee 13 points 10 months ago (3 children)

They grew up with facetime, and this is how they translate that into a facetime without video

[–] Rootiest@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Is the earphone speaker destined to go the way of the headphone jack?

Will phones 5 years from now be shipping without them

[–] PreviouslyAmused@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Only if Apple is brave enough

[–] woodenskewer@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Then Google will make fun of them only to do the exact same thing months later.

[–] flerp@lemm.ee 6 points 10 months ago

Reject apple. Return to Star Trek TOS communicators

[–] ALostInquirer@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

Isn't there an option to disable your camera while facetiming? Alternatively just...Calling would make sense, but setting that aside.

[–] Ziglin@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] Ziglin@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Ah, so that's pretty much useless for anyone who has a non apple user friend they want to talk to?

[–] ClaireDeLuna@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] PilferJynx@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago

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.

[–] BeardedBlaze@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] ClaireDeLuna@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Not nearly as much as my face that's for sure

[–] willya@lemmyf.uk 2 points 10 months ago

I think it’s more of a “hey everybody, look at me!”.

[–] Ziglin@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

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.

[–] DudeDudenson@lemmings.world 1 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I know the phone is designed for you to hold it a certain way, but don't smartphones have the mic at the bottom next to the charge port?

[–] Katana314@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago

I think the point is that the microphone should be close to your mouth, but not in the direction of your breath, so as to avoid pops. That's why headsets have the microphone a few inches away from where your breath would go through.

Hence, the preferred holding position would have both the speaker and microphone in optimal spots.

[–] Rediphile@lemmy.ca 12 points 10 months ago

Yeah, and my tiny Nokia from 15 years ago also had a mic next to charger very very far from my mouth. Worked completely fine though, since it's designed to do that.

[–] isolatedscotch@discuss.tchncs.de -3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

google pixel 6 pro user here, nope, at the top, because fuck the consumers, that's why

on a more serious note, normally it doesnt pick up too much external audio but if i'm in a crowded place i have to turn it upside down and back up constantly to speak and then hear

[–] tehmics@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I don't know where you got that idea, there's definitely a mic on the bottom. The top mic hole is just for noise cancellation. Google even has an interactive diagram here https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/7157629?hl=en#zippy=%2Cpixel-pro

[–] isolatedscotch@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 10 months ago

welp, turns out i was wrong, thanks for the heads up

after some fiddling, i found that the voice recorder app i used to test where the microphone was only utilized the top microphone, while calls and voice messages (at least on signal) use the bottom one