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• wraekscadu@vargar.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  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 as 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…

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  • manuremy@sopuli.xyz ⁨30⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    If someone constantly drops their expensive ass phone, they’re still too young and need a cheap training phone.

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  • scholar@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    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.”

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    • wraekscadu@vargar.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      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?

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• griselbrandalf@reddthat.com ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  You see, that’s why OP always carries a second phone: To photograph the first one not falling into the gutter

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  • ThunderQueen@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Do you not have friends?

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    • Uranus_Hz@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      No one has friends IRL anymore - they’re all virtual. Soon they’ll all be AI. That’s when humanity ends. Coming soon.

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    • four@lemmy.zip ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Nope :c

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    • FiniteBanjo@feddit.online ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Unnecessary, I own a Panasonic mirrorless.

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• SouthEndSunset@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  How often are you dropping your phone into a street drain?

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  • 69420@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Quite a lot actually. It has that stupid handle on it so it doesn’t ft in my pocket.

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  • WalrusDragonOnABike@reddthat.com ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Yeah, it was forty-nine times, and now it might be waiting for you.

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• JoMiran@lemmy.ml ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Aren’t these like a very popular accessory?

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  • kn33@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    That’s much less reliable tbh

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    • Lag@piefed.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      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.

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    • NightFantom@slrpnk.net ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      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

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  • a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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    As are other more structurally sound models.

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  • yermaw@sh.itjust.works ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Does a phone count as a flared base?

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  • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Suction cups don’t hold for long.

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    • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      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.

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    • JoMiran@lemmy.ml ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      They are applied with an adhesive strip, not suction cup.

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• WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Is this a common issue?

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  • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It doesn’t usually go down the grate, it goes down the big hole

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• BeUnique@lemmy.zip ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  It also doesn’t fit in your pocket. How convenient.

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  • vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    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.

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  • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Put a hook on your belt

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  • ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Put it down your underwear and make it look like you’ve got a hard on all the time

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    • BeUnique@lemmy.zip ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Better yet, install a doorknob instead just so you can say it’s your knob

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    • Bane_Killgrind@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Modern problems

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• FiniteBanjo@feddit.online ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I have broken zero phones and lost exactly zero phones in drains

  Can somebody confirm this is a concern? Is it an alcoholism thing?

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  • Zorque@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I think it’s a going out and doing things to have fun thing.

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    • bajabound@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I never considered throwing my phone in a sewer could be entertaining. I may have to rethink my position.

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  • JamesBoeing737MAX@sopuli.xyz ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    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.

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    • diaphragmwp@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      somehow survived

      There’s no reason it wouldn’t lmao, a falling phone board has both tiny weight and shitty aerodynamics.

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    • FiniteBanjo@feddit.online ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I suppose everyone has a different baseline dexterity.

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• diabetic_porcupine@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I read that in a slow writing voice and heard pencil scratches

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• Baguette@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  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

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  • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I was thinking one of those extendo Keychain things, but glued to the front of your phone

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    You could clip it to your, I don’t know, airport or quarry.

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    • Baguette@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨35⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

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      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

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    • Uranus_Hz@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      You tie it to your belt. Like we used to do with onions. It was the fashion at the time.

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• grandel@lemmy.ml ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  It’s trying to escape.

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• M137@lemmy.today ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  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).

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• ItsMeForRealNow@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  The only useful phone case design I’ve seen. I bet it’ll be ADA compliant if applied for.

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