# Sent from my iphone. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 30, 2011, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sent-from-my-iphone/587406 "2011-06-30T17:54:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sent-from-my-iphone/587406/21 "2011-06-30T21:11:23Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > There is some point to it, I think it helps explain why I may have sent a very short or curt reply. “I’m typing with my thumbs, don’t expect a full discussion of the issues.” > > PS: I don’t have an iPhone. My boss has altered her sig to read “sent from my iPhone, please pardon the typos”. ---
**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:** [June 30, 2011, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sent-from-my-iphone/587406/22 "2011-06-30T21:21:10Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > “This message sent from my Blackberry” (don’t have an iPhone) is a lot more polite than “I’m not in the office. I’m on a job site doing real work. Leave me alone and I’ll respond more thoroughly tomorrow.” It’s the _MY_ and the brand name part. All it really needs to say is: “Sent by phone.” Sent from my Tandy TRS-80. ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sent-from-my-iphone/587406/23 "2011-06-30T21:25:04Z")
One of the engineers at work changed her sig to something like “Sorry if my message is brief, but I’m typing with my thumbs!” ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sent-from-my-iphone/587406/24 "2011-06-30T21:25:09Z")
Bragging, indeed. Watched from my COLOR TELEVISION SET ---
**Author:** ![KinkiNipponTourist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9bcb4/32.png) [@KinkiNipponTourist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KinkiNipponTourist)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sent-from-my-iphone/587406/25 "2011-06-30T21:30:24Z")
Wait, you people type with your THUMBS?? Am I the only one who holds the phone in one hand, poking daintily with the index finger of the other? I still get tons of mis-types, but after I turned off that fucking Autocorrect I scream less often these days. ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sent-from-my-iphone/587406/26 "2011-06-30T21:51:59Z")
I changed mine to “Sent from my Underwood Standard No. 4 Typewriter”. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sent-from-my-iphone/587406/27 "2011-06-30T21:54:06Z")
> [@KinkiNipponTourist](#): > > Wait, you people type with your THUMBS?? Am I the only one who holds the phone in one hand, poking daintily with the index finger of the other? I still get tons of mis-types, but after I turned off that fucking Autocorrect I scream less often these days. Thumbs are weird on a touchscreen, but perfectly good for a physical keyboard. I don’t know why. ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sent-from-my-iphone/587406/28 "2011-06-30T22:01:08Z")
> [@minor7flat5](#): > > One of the engineers at work changed her sig to something like “Sorry if my message is brief, but I’m typing with my thumbs!” My iPod Touch signature reads: Sent from my iPod Touch. So please excuse any typos, misspelt words, and lazy abbreviations. The keypad is tiny and my fingers are fat! ---
**Author:** ![Disheavel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@Disheavel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disheavel)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sent-from-my-iphone/587406/29 "2011-06-30T22:07:37Z")
> [@Kalypso](#): > > I leave it so the reader knows that I am being brief because I’m typing on my phone, and also to point out to my boss that I’m replying to his email off the clock, in case he doesn’t read the time stamp. Same here. It gives a context for the brevity and the “I’m always on the job” mentality! ---
**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:** [June 30, 2011, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sent-from-my-iphone/587406/30 "2011-06-30T23:20:52Z")
> [@Disheavel](#): > > …It gives a context for the…“I’m always on the job” mentality! You think they actually believe it? ---
**Author:** ![RedFury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sent-from-my-iphone/587406/31 "2011-06-30T23:28:49Z")
> [@KinkiNipponTourist](#): > > Wait, you people type with your THUMBS?? Am I the only one who holds the phone in one hand, poking daintily with the index finger of the other?.. No, you’re not. In fact, I think you’re the guy standing behind watching me make a fool of myself while trying to index-poke. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sent-from-my-iphone/587406/32 "2011-06-30T23:36:47Z")
Come to think of it, when I had an iPod Touch and sent emails from it, I usually changed this message so it said things like “Sent from the gym” or wherever I was. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sent-from-my-iphone/587406/33 "2011-06-30T23:55:01Z")
> [@Binarydrone](#): > > I think that goes back to old Blackberry signatures that were there so that the reader would be less judgmental about abbreviated words and odd spellings. +1. For me it’s useful information. If a message is unusually short or peppered with odd errors or autocorrection, the sig “sent from my iPhone” or “sent from Blackberry” helps me sort what’s going on out. When the iPhone came out, oh, however many years ago it seemed perhaps a tad pretentious, but not anymore. ---
**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:** [July 1, 2011, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sent-from-my-iphone/587406/34 "2011-07-01T00:16:54Z")
> [@KinkiNipponTourist](#): > > Wait, you people type with your THUMBS?? Yes. Trust the autocorrect, it knows what it’s doing. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sent-from-my-iphone/587406/35 "2011-07-01T00:24:13Z")
> [@KinkiNipponTourist](#): > > Wait, you people type with your THUMBS?? Am I the only one who holds the phone in one hand, poking daintily with the index finger of the other? I hold my phone sideways in both hands, holding with thumb and middle finger, and type with both index fingers. I’m weird. And I left the auto-sig on my iPhone because I don’t send E-mail from it often and forget it’s even there. If I’m actually sending work E-mail from my iPhone, this means I’m being disturbed on my vacation, and you damned well better believe I’m going to signal that I am not at work and not able/willing to do a lot of more common things at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sent-from-my-iphone/587406/36 "2011-07-01T01:41:15Z")
Mine says "Sent from my field office. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sent-from-my-iphone/587406/37 "2011-07-01T02:14:03Z")
> [@KinkiNipponTourist](#): > > Wait, you people type with your THUMBS?? Am I the only one who holds the phone in one hand, poking daintily with the index finger of the other? I still get tons of mis-types, but after I turned off that fucking Autocorrect I scream less often these days. I could never do the thumbs thing. With a flip phone, I can hold it in the palm of my hand and type with the same thumb, but not both thumbs. With a touch screen (that lacks physical buttons) I type (quickly too) with my other index finger. These days, I use Swype. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sent-from-my-iphone/587406/38 "2011-07-01T02:47:10Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Yes. Trust the autocorrect, it knows what it’s doing. [it sure does…](http://damnyouautocorrect.com/) …_NOT_ sent from my iPhone… ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sent-from-my-iphone/587406/39 "2011-07-01T03:02:44Z")
Sheesh. The anti-Apple forces are out, I see. I cannot believe people find this pretentious. I get e-mails from Blackberry users that say the same thing. As others have noted, it helps explain if your response is terse or has typos, or even why you might not be very accessible. Both my iPhone and iPad have these messages, and I see no reason to change them. I have an iPhone, you might have a Blackberry, you have a Samsung, you have an HTC, you don’t have a smartphone at all… who cares? It’s just as stupid, IMO, to avoid mentioning it, as it is to excessively mention it. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sent-from-my-iphone/587406/40 "2011-07-01T03:09:31Z")
I changed my Outlook signature to read “sent from my iPhone” just so people would think I was really good at phone-typing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sent-from-my-iphone/587406.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sent-from-my-iphone/587406.md?page=3)