# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-carry-your-cell-phone/597903/21 "2011-09-28T18:40:43Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > Operative word here being **usually**. Well, then I would assert that after an hour and a half this data is skewed, because no one so far has checked the fifth option (in my hand). They may like to _think_ they put it in their purse or pocket, but that’s not where it _usually_ _is_.I see so many people who go around with their phone constantly in their hand–when they’re not using it. And not just women who have no pants pocket. It seems like a lot of people have their phone in their hands like an albatross around their neck: as though they don’t know where to put it. ---
**Author:** ![Chopper9760](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cdc98d/32.png) [@Chopper9760](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chopper9760)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-carry-your-cell-phone/597903/22 "2011-09-28T19:12:47Z")
If an object won’t fit into my pants pocket there’s a better than average chance that I will lose track of it. When it comes to cell phones I shop by size first, the smaller and thinner the better. ---
**Author:** ![Kimmy\_Gibbler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Kimmy\_Gibbler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimmy_Gibbler)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-carry-your-cell-phone/597903/23 "2011-09-28T19:12:57Z")
If I am wearing a jacket: the hand pocket, either side; if the jacket does not have any such pocket, front left trouser pocket. If I am not wearing a jacket but am wearing a shirt with a breast pocket: breast pocket. If I am wearing neither a jacket nor a shirt with a breast pocket: the front left pocket of my trousers (since I keep my keys in my front right pocket and I have a touchscreen phone). ---
**Author:** ![geneb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a88e4f/32.png) [@geneb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/geneb)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-carry-your-cell-phone/597903/24 "2011-09-28T19:17:19Z")
The little pocket above my right pants pocket. (I think it is called a “watch pocket”). If the phone won’t fit there, there’s no chance I’ll buy it. Sadly it is looking like the phones that will fit there are being phased out for phones the size of a paperback book. ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-carry-your-cell-phone/597903/25 "2011-09-28T19:18:25Z")
I had an iphone case with a wrist strap and it was usually dangling from my hand. When my phone was stolen the case went with it and I haven’t been able to find a suitable replacement. Now I wear a bluetooth headset and my phone sits in my purse. ---
**Author:** ![JoelUpchurch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@JoelUpchurch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoelUpchurch)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-carry-your-cell-phone/597903/26 "2011-09-28T19:31:19Z")
If I have a shirt pocket, then it will be there. Otherwise it is in a pants pocket. It is in a case. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-carry-your-cell-phone/597903/27 "2011-09-28T19:33:18Z")
During the week, it’s usually in my briefcase, or quite often it’s just sitting on the recharger at home. If I run an errand on an evening or on the weekend, and my wife isn’t along, I’ll carry it in my left front pants pocket, which is where I used to carry change, but I don’t bother carrying change anymore because it’s nearly worthless clutter that isn’t worth the hassle of carrying it around. ---
**Author:** ![steronz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steronz/32/11765_2.png) [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-carry-your-cell-phone/597903/28 "2011-09-28T19:43:28Z")
Front left pocket. Holsters are dorky. You might as well throw it in a fanny pack. ---
**Author:** ![SmellMyWort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SmellMyWort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmellMyWort)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-carry-your-cell-phone/597903/29 "2011-09-28T19:53:47Z")
Pants pocket unless I’m wearing a jacket. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-carry-your-cell-phone/597903/30 "2011-09-28T20:19:14Z")
Holster. I don’t want my pants damaged carrying a phone. ---
**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-carry-your-cell-phone/597903/31 "2011-09-28T20:21:40Z")
Personal phone goes in jeans pockets when in casual mode, in purse when in business attire. Blackberry goes in holster which clips to my purse strap. ---
**Author:** ![mack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-carry-your-cell-phone/597903/32 "2011-09-28T20:25:23Z")
Pants pocket. Finally found a use for my other back pocket. ---
**Author:** ![perfectparanoia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a5b964/32.png) [@perfectparanoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/perfectparanoia)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-carry-your-cell-phone/597903/33 "2011-09-28T21:27:02Z")
Mine lives in my car. I only use it in emergencies. (With a very loose interpretation of emergency.) ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-carry-your-cell-phone/597903/34 "2011-09-28T22:00:56Z")
Normally, holster. Keeping it in the pants pocket is too uncomfortable, especially with all my keys and other stuff in there. Also, fishing it out of my pants pocket can be cumbersome when I’m sitting down. However, if I’m wearing cargo pants or some other pants with an extra pocket alongside my thigh – well, there it goes. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-carry-your-cell-phone/597903/35 "2011-09-28T22:05:13Z")
I hardly ever use my phone. It sits either in the outside pocket of my purse, my backpack (when I’m carrying that instead of my purse), or in my pocket if I’m going minimal. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-carry-your-cell-phone/597903/36 "2011-09-28T22:36:35Z")
iPhone, in a belt holster 95% of the time. Exceptions are when I’m running (then, it’s either in my hand, or in a sports holster strapped to my upper arm), and when I’m being lazy and hanging around the house in my sweats (then, it’s in a pants pocket). ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-carry-your-cell-phone/597903/37 "2011-09-29T00:02:10Z")
Pants pocket. I have an iPhone, so the glass screen is nearly completely scratch resistant. Doesn’t have a mark on the screen after 3 years with zero protection of any kind. ---
**Author:** ![Silophant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Silophant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silophant)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-carry-your-cell-phone/597903/38 "2011-09-29T00:14:08Z")
Front pants pocket, unless I’m wearing a jacket, in which case inner pocket. ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-carry-your-cell-phone/597903/39 "2011-09-29T00:20:39Z")
Handbag usually. Sometimes in my pants pocket if they’re deep enough. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-carry-your-cell-phone/597903/40 "2011-09-29T00:21:36Z")
My old flip phone was in my right rear hip pocket, but the smart phone lives in my left breast pocket generally. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-carry-your-cell-phone/597903.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-carry-your-cell-phone/597903.md?page=3)