# 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:** 18\ **Page:** 4
**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 30, 2011, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-carry-your-cell-phone/597903/61 "2011-09-30T14:53:09Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > No offense to anyone here, because I love each and every one of you (except that one guy… he knows who he is), but is anything dorkier-looking than a cell phone holster? Better than walking around with a fucked up phone, which is what it would be were I to carry it in my pocket. The way I see it it’s not just a phone I’m carrying around, but about $300. I wear my holster in front under my shirt and no one sees it unless I pull it out. I always know if it’s there or not and I never miss a call or message. Can you say that about the phone in your purse? Besides, some phones are so big that it can’t look any better to walk around with a rectangular bulge next to your crotch. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-carry-your-cell-phone/597903/62 "2011-09-30T17:26:08Z")
Breast pocket of jacket. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-carry-your-cell-phone/597903/63 "2011-09-30T18:01:24Z")
I love my Otterbox Defender case for my BlackBerry, but they aren’t durable, and I’ve made more warranty claims on it than I can remember, to be honest. I’ve been carrying it in my pocket for a month or so now, but I do still need to get a replacement. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-carry-your-cell-phone/597903/64 "2011-09-30T18:30:16Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > I always know if it’s there or not and I never miss a call or message. Can you say that about the phone in your purse? I suppose theoretically it can fly out of a zipped or buttoned up part of my purse without my knowledge, or I can lose my purse entirely, but as good as I am at losing things (I’m absurdly skilled at this), I’ve never lost an entire hangbag, or had its contents leave without my permission. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-carry-your-cell-phone/597903/65 "2011-09-30T18:35:08Z")
My hearing is for shit these days so I have to have the phone in a pocket so I can feel it buzz. Even with the ringer turned up as loud as it will go, I won’t hear it if there’s any ambient noise. (I blame a Motorhead concert I went to in 2000.) I don’t carry a purse anyway, but even if I did I think I’d still have to have my phone in my pocket. ---
**Author:** ![Alma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Alma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alma)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-carry-your-cell-phone/597903/66 "2011-09-30T18:45:49Z")
Front pants pocket, and like many here, always the left. Everything else (especially keys) always goes in the right. I’ve scratched my phones too many times, and this way I always know with a touch whether or not I have my phone on me. I’ve put it in my purse occasionally but I always end up in a panic, thinking I’ve lost it. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-carry-your-cell-phone/597903/67 "2011-09-30T18:58:01Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > No offense to anyone here, because I love each and every one of you (except that one guy… he knows who he is), **but is anything dorkier-looking than a cell phone holster?** Yes. A blue tooth.😃 Anyway, I don’t really care. No way would I put it in a back pocket, and a front pocket would be too uncomfortable and make the phone unavailable when I’m sitting. Also, I just always like knowing where something is. It’s been my experience that when people keep things in different places while doing or wearing different things are the folks that can never find their stuff. ---
**Author:** ![MandaJo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@MandaJo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MandaJo)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-carry-your-cell-phone/597903/68 "2011-09-30T23:42:18Z")
I mostly just carry it. If I have pockets, I’ll use one (usually front) but as a woman half my pockets don’t have pants. At work I just leave it on my desk, or carry if if I need it where ever I am headed. But I don’t actually leave my classroom that often. ---
**Author:** ![Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/278dde/32.png) [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runs_With_Scissors)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-carry-your-cell-phone/597903/69 "2011-10-01T02:46:59Z")
I had to vote for the only “other” choice that was there. I carry mine in my cargo pants pocket. I don’t think it counts as pants pocket because most people don’t wear cargo pants. I have a Droid X and that fucker’s huge 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-carry-your-cell-phone/597903/70 "2011-10-01T03:09:40Z")
> [@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. Do you understand what’s “wrong” about a fanny-pack? ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-carry-your-cell-phone/597903/71 "2011-10-01T03:17:20Z")
It gets worse: [http://www.youjustmademylist.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/cell\_phone\_holster.jpg](http://www.youjustmademylist.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/cell_phone_holster.jpg) ---
**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:** [October 1, 2011, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-carry-your-cell-phone/597903/72 "2011-10-01T12:31:06Z")
> [@Rand\_Rover](#): > > Do you understand what’s “wrong” about a fanny-pack? You’re really trying to equate [this](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XU9x8G7khv0/TRJ0H0yqigI/AAAAAAAAQ_E/GRtJwwntsOg/s1600/Fanny_Pack_2.jpg) with [this](http://images.teamsugar.com/files/users/1/15111/14_2007/cox5_0-1.jpg)? Personally I think it would be downright awesome to get a call while walking around and whip out one of [these](http://www.redferret.net/?p=7335). ---
**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:** [October 1, 2011, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-carry-your-cell-phone/597903/73 "2011-10-01T13:22:28Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > Better than walking around with a fucked up phone, which is what it would be were I to carry it in my pocket. What else is in your pocket? Are you carrying gravel around with you? My iPhone has been perfectly safe in my pocket and without a case or screen protector for three years now. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2011, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-carry-your-cell-phone/597903/74 "2011-10-01T13:40:35Z")
I’ve got a lot of shit and I get a lot of calls. Money clip, change, keys, pocket knives, pens, lighter, card holder, some other things. I’m not going to stuff all that shit into one pocket so I can free the other one for just my phone, which is bigger than an iPhone. [This](http://moxandfodder.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/IMG_2555-640x480.jpg) is not a good look for anybody. ---
**Author:** ![Namkcalb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-carry-your-cell-phone/597903/75 "2011-10-01T14:00:55Z")
I put it in my rucksack’s side pocket, or my jackets inner pocket. I plan to have children one day ---
**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:** [October 1, 2011, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-carry-your-cell-phone/597903/76 "2011-10-01T18:17:09Z")
280 votes and only one person was honest enough to admit that s/he usually carries the phone in their hand. I’m sure it should be something more like 25%. ---
**Author:** ![horsetech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dec6dc/32.png) [@horsetech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/horsetech)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-carry-your-cell-phone/597903/77 "2011-10-02T03:21:21Z")
Chick with an iPhone here. It goes in my right rear pocket if I’m wearing jeans or scrubs, right side pocket if I’m wearing khakis, and purse if I’m wearing pants with no pockets (ugh). Since I tend to wear my jeans and scrubs at or not far below my actual waist, my phone is not actually getting squished under my butt when I sit but riding somewhat above the seat. I also have _cough_ ample padding, so it has never been an issue. ---
**Author:** ![bahia\_hombre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@bahia\_hombre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bahia_hombre)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-carry-your-cell-phone/597903/78 "2011-10-02T04:13:05Z")
Really like having the little side phone pocket in cargo pants; I’m getting away from wearing conventional jeans for just that reason–it’s a little too bulky to be comfortable in a front pants pocket. Also don’t like the idea of a belt holster; that’s for construction workers wearing Dickies or Carhart’s and packing a Sprint phone using walkie-talkie mode 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-carry-your-cell-phone/597903.md?page=3)