# How do you usually carry your cell phone? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 28, 2011, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-carry-your-cell-phone/597903 "2011-09-28T17:01:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-carry-your-cell-phone/597903/1 "2011-09-28T17:01:57Z")
Operative word here being **usually**. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-carry-your-cell-phone/597903/2 "2011-09-28T17:03:10Z")
Belt holster, with pants pocket a very distant second. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-carry-your-cell-phone/597903/3 "2011-09-28T17:07:23Z")
I voted pants pocket, but could easily have voted that I don’t usually carry it. In cooler weather it goes in my jacket pocket. ---
**Author:** ![Teufelblitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@Teufelblitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teufelblitz)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-carry-your-cell-phone/597903/4 "2011-09-28T17:09:20Z")
Pants pocket. I should probably look into getting a holster of some kind, though. I don’t like having other stuff in there with the phone because of scratches on the screen, so I wind up with a 30º list to port from having everything else in the other pocket. ---
**Author:** ![Marconi\_N.Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Marconi\_N.Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marconi_N.Cheese)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-carry-your-cell-phone/597903/5 "2011-09-28T17:14:36Z")
Pants/jacket pocket. I don’t have a case or holster. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-carry-your-cell-phone/597903/6 "2011-09-28T17:15:51Z")
Through the week, when I’m in suit pants, in a belt holster. On the weekends, when I’m wearing my carpenter jeans, in the little side pocket beside the main pocket on my right side. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-carry-your-cell-phone/597903/7 "2011-09-28T17:33:57Z")
Holster. Back when the flip-phone was all the rage a pocket was fine, but in these days of smartphones with big exposed screens I feel a holster/belt clip is a necessity. I don’t understand what’s so “wrong” about them. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-carry-your-cell-phone/597903/8 "2011-09-28T17:57:35Z")
In a custom made cloth sock in my front left trouser pocket. I used a leather belt holster for years, but nearly lost my brand new phone when it split down the side one time. I keep nothing else in.that pocket. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-carry-your-cell-phone/597903/9 "2011-09-28T18:02:50Z")
Left front pants pocket for an iPhone. I used to wear phones on belt clips, but they kept releasing when I’d lean against the seat belt latch in the truck. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-carry-your-cell-phone/597903/10 "2011-09-28T18:02:54Z")
I carry my iPhone in my front pants pocket. The screen is pretty scratch-resistant. Not a single scratch yet. ---
**Author:** ![Capitaine\_Zombie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@Capitaine\_Zombie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capitaine_Zombie)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-carry-your-cell-phone/597903/11 "2011-09-28T18:04:15Z")
I carry concealed. Except in New York City. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-carry-your-cell-phone/597903/12 "2011-09-28T18:04:40Z")
Front left pants pocket, usually with nothing else in the pocket. Paper (receipts and such) sometimes go in that pocket as well. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-carry-your-cell-phone/597903/13 "2011-09-28T18:04:48Z")
In my left front pocket. Usually the only other thing there is my wallet. But in any case, I think the screen is really hard to scratch. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-carry-your-cell-phone/597903/14 "2011-09-28T18:05:31Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > Holster. > > Back when the flip-phone was all the rage a pocket was fine, but in these days of smartphones with big exposed screens I feel a holster/belt clip is a necessity. I don’t understand what’s so “wrong” about them. What’s wrong with holsters, you mean? For me, only that it feels like it unnecessarily exposes a thoroughly stealable item. A pants pocket is also much less likely to rip than a holster is likely to fall off the belt. I don’t carry a lot of accessories, so typically the only contents of the pants pocket I use are two flat phones. Scratching isn’t a real issue, and they’re darn near invisible there. If I happen to be wearing a jacket, it goes in one of those pockets, preferably the inner. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-carry-your-cell-phone/597903/15 "2011-09-28T18:07:56Z")
I keep my phone in my computer bag most of the time. The only time I carry it on my person is on the weekends when I’m on call. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-carry-your-cell-phone/597903/16 "2011-09-28T18:11:15Z")
Pants pocket. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-carry-your-cell-phone/597903/17 "2011-09-28T18:13:13Z")
When I had a flip phone, it was in my left rear pants pocket. I carry my iPhone in an Otter Box belt clip. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-carry-your-cell-phone/597903/18 "2011-09-28T18:13:24Z")
I prefer to wear it on my belt, but the RAZR clip design tends to break. I’ve been through about a half dozen of them. ---
**Author:** ![BetsQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@BetsQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BetsQ)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-carry-your-cell-phone/597903/19 "2011-09-28T18:31:00Z")
At any given time, mine may be in my purse, my bag, my pocket, or my hand. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-carry-your-cell-phone/597903/20 "2011-09-28T18:34:47Z")
Breast pocket. But I have a very compact “dumb phone” chosen for exactly that reason. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-carry-your-cell-phone/597903.md?page=2)