But anyone who uses a holster or belt clip for their phone needs to be reminded that just because Ron Swanson can rock that look doesn’t mean you can, too.
In fact, I’m going to wear a holster and keep my zinc oxide in it. And cargo shorts. Why not carry zinc oxide in one of the many shorts pockets? Gotta have it at the ready!
And I’m going to bring a backpack with beef jerky and black liquorice.
Well aware that it’s not a fashionable look. Don’t want to try to carry my phone in a pocket. Don’t care about “rocking that look,” and don’t need a reminder.
I guess this greatly depends on the pants style, but this is another case where I’m not sure what’s going on with others. I keep my wallet in my left rear pocket at all times. I don’t sit on it. It’s positioned far enough to the left that it doesn’t come between my butt and the seat. I wear jeans from a few different manufacturers and they’ve all put the pockets far enough out that it isn’t a problem.
I’m surprised at the idea of the cell phone holster being dorky. I associate it with people who are supposed to be the opposite, people who are in marketing and / or business. I’m a doctor, and I’ve never seen other doctors, nurses, therapists, NPs, PAs, and so on use a cell phone holster. On the other hand, if someone is coming to talk to me to shill their latest hospice or home health company, especially if it’s the owner of the company, that’s the guy that has a cell phone holster, in addition to the stereotypical professional look of dress pants, a dress shirt, and tie.
In other words, in my experience it’s the Alex P. Keaton types that use a cell phone holster, not the Steve Urkels. The Urkel types that I know, along with myself, carry our phone in our front pocket, and the blue collar guys I know favor the back pocket.
Doesn’t everyone?
I will tell you that younger people with whom I’ve worked (i.e., Millennials and Gen Zs) have teasingly called my smartphone holster a “dad holster.”
Right when the iPhone came out, my wife was still doing Iron mans (I was her sherpa). Many people attend to watch with one helper per racer (generally).
A spectator dropped their brand new iPhone into a port-a-potty and had their friend call the fire department to get it out. They came and said… Umm… No.
So yeah, i just unclip my unit from my belt when doing such activity.
lol nice comparison. IPods were pretty cool for a fast second.
Well, too late I guess, it’s already out there. Use it in good health.
I wouldn’t use a holster if I didn’t have a suitable pants pocket - I use a purse. Then again, I’m a woman and it seems most posters here are men. My phone fits in my jeans pockets, though most of the time I wear leggings and deliberately buy ones with pockets.
Most of the men I know carry a bag/purse nowadays. There are lots of sizes and styles to choose from, offhand a lot seem to be small messenger style bags big enough to carry a tablet or book.
Unless you got an Ivory handled Chrome Model 1911 in it.
I did until an incident at work destroyed the “holster”, which did its job by protecting the cellphone inside.
I’d love to replace it, but I keep getting told by the kids at the local cell phone accessory places that “no one makes those anymore” and hesistant to order off Amazon for fear of getting one that doesn’t work with my phone.
Honestly, thinking of making one for myself.
I would like to, but it’s impossible.
The “utility” pockets on some pants I wear are ideal — the phone stays vertical, and doesn’t really fall out when popping a squat. However, my choices in those cases are some pretty nice khakis by Duluth Trading Co. and some other pretty nice dark blue jeans by various others. Perhaps these pockets have become more widespread, so to speak, but they’re in a limited range of pants that I’ve seen.
No, if it comes down to putting a phone in the back pocket, or wearing a jacket which can accomodate an average sized phone, the middle ground is just leave it in the car, or carry a satchel with papers in it…you know, um, business papers. Or a suede fanny pack, which I’ve never had the guts to try in public.
Front pocket’s OK, but I have RF, wallet, pair of dice, LF, handkerchief, knife, keys. There’s just no room, and I can’t compromise the sleek lines of my posterior.
Although, next pair of woolen trousers I have made to measure, they’ll be adding a “utility” pocket. At what cost? I don’t know, but probably worth it.
No disrespect to cargo pants/shorts fans intended: just everything gets jumbled up in those pockets and it confuses me.
Short answer, if not wearing a coat, I’d rather do without carrying a phone while running errands and such if I weren’t wearing pants with an acceptable pocket. After all, I wear a watch, and am not on call as an ad-hoc crime scene photographer, and anything else can wait a few. If not, then back pocket is fine for standing, walking, and doing those kinds of things.
Perhaps this is the new “concealed carry” debate to use the parlance of our times: fanny pack, fisherman/photog vest, Bullitt/Dirty Harry-style sportcoat.
Yeah. Women’s purses are usually sized so a phone fits readily.
In fact for some ladies a 1990s laptop would fit in their purse, and they’d probably not notice the extra weight. My soon-to-be-ex wife carries little tiny purses where her phone barely fits. Which IMO is much more sensible than the overnight bag sized purses. Or it rides around in her oh-so-cute jeans back pocket while the purse remains unstuffed.
Anyhow, it’s men with the problem that current phones are a marginal fit except for guys who wear loose-fitting clothing with large pockets. So it’s men who are posting about it.
I’m not disputing your personal experience. But I wonder where generally you live and what sort of crowd you hang out with that you’re seeing this?
I can go weeks here in SoFL without seeing a man carrying a man-purse. I often see guys with admin type jobs working in cafés or restaurants with a laptop and laptop bag in tow. Not really a man-bag though it sure could carry a phone or three in addition to a laptop.
“Dork” is not quite the adjective I’d use for a guy with that taste in firearms, but IMO it’s still a bad look. Just differently bad. What’s next: rhinestones?
Carrying a gun is serious business. BTDT. If ya gonna carry, carry something serious-looking. Ivory + chrome is not that.
There’s certainly no shortage of possibilities there. I don’t wear a phone holster, but I do use one almost every day. That I got from Amazon.
In my car the holster wedges in the gap between my seat bolster and the center console, with the top flap folded down backwards, leaving the opening fully exposed. As I sit down in the car the phone slides into the holster top first, leaving the charging port facing up. Then I plug in the short USB cord that comes out of the console box. Easy to get to while driving, charges continuously, and isn’t rattling around in a cup holder.
Anyhow as it relates to you: I had no trouble sourcing one from Amazon that fit my phone the first time. And if I had had trouble, as you know Amazon is real good at returns. Unless you have mad leatherworking skillz, IMO it’d be far less work to buy 12 and return 11 than to make one from scratch.
Best of luck on your quest.
^ Seconded
Try Otter Box. Great snap in snap out ‘holster’ It’s never accidentally popped out.
Hhh. Leggings with pockets. Did know they made them. But as a guy I stick to pantyhose 
I do have a messenger bag. It’s basically my dop kit for when I travel back and forth to Denver. Also keeps some work supplies. Thing is I want the phone on/with me, Even at home. Not in the next room. And I’m not going to carry a bag around at home.
It’s not that I’m tethered to the phone, or that I’m so important, but I have two good reasons. I work at home alone. The stairs to my loft office are wood and VERY steep. I could see taking a header. Also when my mom was alive, I was her care giver/rescuer. I always left my phone ringer on at night, on my night table. Mom refused to wear her ‘I’ve fallen and can’t get up’ button. She fell, She died.
My phone is also my ‘I’ve fallen and I can’t get up device’. I keep it within reach.
When I got my first medical marijuana card and started carrying a vape pen, I began carrying a pouch. Later I moved up to a slightly bigger pouch, then recently a very large pouch.
They’ve all been pouches. Recently a stranger commented on my “cool purse”. I corrected her mildly, “it’s a pouch, you moron”. My gf jumped in and apologized, telling the woman it was a touchy subject with me. The woman apologized to me and bought me a beer.
Pouch.
Well no, the problem with women’s pants is that be default they have tiny pockets that aren’t good for anything, so a purse is the only way to go. Which is why I only wear men’s pants and my phone fits fine. And judging by what I see people wearing, most men also carry their phone in their pocket.
This thread is honestly the first time I’ve ever seen men claim that phones don’t fit in their pockets.
Montreal area, mostly people 35-50ish, I know a lot of engineers and programmers. I go to a lot of concerts, and punks have seemingly embraced the “banana bag” to hold stuff at shows.
The general description of the bags of the men I know best are about 30cm wide and tall, kind of thin (1-2 inches). Something like this one, though many are canvas or nylon.
Nobody called Honey West a dork for carrying her gun in a thigh holster.