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I keep my phone on my belt for a very simple reason, if I put it in my pocket, it will eventually go through the washing machine. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but someday it WILL get washed (this has happened countless times before.)
My husband got me a cell phone for my birthday. Just like he got me a sexy peignoir set for Xmas one year. The gift wasn’t for me, it was for HIM. I very quickly learned that I hate getting phone calls when I’m out and about. So the phone is usually either charging, or in my purse with the ringer turned off. I do not NEED to be accessible 24/7. Before I turned the ringer off when I was out on errands, my husband would call me up just to pass the time. Nope, I don’t like chatting on the phone while I’m driving, and he would not learn not to call me while I’m out unless it’s an emergency.
I carry the damn phone around because sometimes I do need to make a call when I’m away from home, and public pay phones are almost non-existent these days. If I did need to receive calls on a regular basis for some reason, I’d probably just have to wear a belt holster, or sew a pocket on the inside neck of my dresses. Even though all my dresses have pocketses in them, the phone manages to slip out when I sit down, as I am shorter than average, and my pockets are located on my upper thighs, instead of right at my hips.
This too, the only thing worse than hearing your $600 glass-faced phone clatter to the tiles when you pull your pants down to go potty would be to hear it go bloop, into the water.
What I’d really love to find is a comfortable, mostly inexpensive leg holster. That would make my clothes lay so much nicer.
I’m just wandering how vacant my life would have to be for me to even take note where you store your Blackberry, let alone draw conclusions about you based on that.
After several years of this, which only got worse because the minutes keep getting cheaper, I finally sat my husband down and nicely (or perhaps not) told him to not call me anymore unless he had a specific reason for doing so, because I was sick of being his “I’m bored driving” go-to person. Every single day he’d call me on his commute home to talk about…nothing, right when I was in the middle of preparing our dinner. No offense, but just because you’re in need of an occupation doesn’t mean that I am.
Just this week, I’ve requested that he not leave voicemails unless they contained essential information that cannot wait for me to return his call. The “Hi, it’s me and I’m just checking in” messages are time wasters. 1) I already know that he called because my phone says “MISSED CALL!!” and; b) Leaving the msg means I now have to go in and delete it.
All these communication devices are great when they actually enhance communication. I’ve found that people with Blackberries are among the poorest communicators because you rarely have their undivided attention anymore.
Oddly enough, my husband and daughter both love to talk on the phone while they’re commuting, and they both have commutes of half an hour or more. I have a limited number of free minutes on my plan, because I don’t like to talk endlessly on the phone, and when I’m out, I have more interesting things to do. They, on the other hand, have unlimited Sprint-to-Sprint calling plans. Since they chat on the phone for up to an hour each day, this does save quite a bit of money.
Bottom line is, some people enjoy wandering around and having a phone against their ear, and some people don’t. And neither group understands the other, it seems. I do think that both groups can learn to accept and tolerate each other, though.
I think that Star Trek had it right. Put your communicating device (whatever you want to call it) on your left breast area. Possibly on the right breast area for lefties. It’s hard enough as it is, though, finding short sleeve shirts with usable pockets.
I am in NO WAY advocating skin tight shirts for everyone, even those with paunches. Similarly, I am not advocating tight pants for guys, slightly bloused where they’re tucked into halfboots, or miniskirts for all women. Tight clothes really only look good on tight bodies.
Just in case anyone got the wrong idea from my previous posts, if you prefer a holster for whatever reason (comfort, job requirements, etc.), that’s totally fine. Nonetheless, I think we’ll have to agree to disagree.
I’ve been looking for a good holster for my G1. Pockets are no go because it might fall out. I want it in there securely. Another problem with pockets is I have to be careful getting in my car lest it get crushed between the steering wheel and my leg.
Another problem is my pockets are always full of stuff. Key chain (mini scissors, miniflash light, usb flash drive, and keys), bundle of ink pens, money, wallet, etc.
Being the absent minded type I could put my phone in the wrong pocket with my keys and pens and really do some damage to it.
Looking at belt clips, but what I’d really like is a lanyard, or maybe a chest holster like it’s a Conceled Carry weapon.
Guys shouldn’t keep phones in their pockets. It increases the risk of infertility (well, some studies say that, anyway.) Actually, I know a few guys who’d be doing everyone a favor if they kept phones in both pockets…
Cell phone holsters are the new pocket protectors. Whenever I see somebody wearing one, I’m reminded of the scene in The Office where Garreth has a shoulder-holster for his phone. Most of the time it looks every bit as ridiculous.
I’m 25, and I’ve never once thought badly of- or indeed thought much of it all- people wearing cell phones in holsters. I will say that, upon reflection, I don’t know anyone my age who does it. I don’t think it’s necessarily a ‘coolness’ thing, just that it’s easier to slip a cell into your pocket.
I came in here to say that I’m very jealous of my boyfriend, who has for some time succeeded in buying pants that all have cell phone pockets. It’s a slim, non angled pocket on the back of his leg that seems to be a good distance for easily slipping your cell phone into and out of the pocket. I also think it’s far away enough for the boys to be okay, per elfkin’d concern. I haven’t found a girl’s pair of pants with this same pocket, and I’d love to have one.
If it’s more comfortable and saves me money (by ensuring it doesn’t fall out), who cares if it looks ridiculous?
It’s good to know that you have your priorities in order.
I suspect that people who reflexively think phone holster wearers are dorks or pretentious are old enough to remember pocket calculators, which were large and cumbersome, and mostly worn by people who were likely to be called dorks.
I see all sorts of people wearing phone holsters; so many that there really can’t be any categorization.
I don’t have a Blackberry, but my iPhone is metal and (scratch-resistant) glass and is not likely to be turned on accidentally, so I just shove it in my back pocket without using a screen protector. It’s a year and a half old and looks new; I just blow the lint out of the camera lens before I take pictures.
I don’t have a holster now, but that just means I have to carry the phone in my bag, and carry my bag with me all the time. The other stuff can mostly fit in my pockets, but not the phone. I don’t even wear particularly tight jeans, but it doesn’t fit in there comfortably. The one time I did put it in my back pocket it ended up in the loo. Back pockets are also a pickpocket’s dream; at least you can keep your hand near a phone in a holster.
When the weather’s warmer and I’m wearing skirts, there are no pockets. Holsters then make sense too.
@Lynn: that’s why I occasionally put the phone in my bra (with money and oyster travelcard in the other side - keys are a trifle uncomfortable). I’d do it more often if it didn’t garner so many odd and/or interested looks.
I guess it is a little sad to defend phone holster use to people sad enough to judge people for the way they carry their phones. 
It’s a non-issue for me - I actually did try a belt clip back with my first cell phone, and couldn’t handle it. I slip it in my pocket (iPhone, silicone/acrylic case) and don’t notice it. And it bounces around with keys, change and god knows what else in there. It’s also a non-issue when I wear jeans.
Yeah, I think the belt holsters are nerdy.
But I am a crabby malcontent.
And I have to say, at work I have to carry my cell phone on my belt on a clip.
But on my own time I carry my personal cell phone in my purse and it’s always off.
Because I don’t like talking to people on the phone.
My personal cell phone is for if I break down on the road and need to call AAA.
I use a belt holster, but I keep my shirt untucked.
I’ve got a concealed cell phone holster, baby!
Hey, you got a permit for that??