# Weird way of holding iPhone

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-way-of-holding-iphone/721291>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 31, 2015, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-way-of-holding-iphone/721291 "2015-05-31T23:46:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-way-of-holding-iphone/721291/21 "2015-06-02T20:34:15Z")

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Hopefully, not too many folks are inconvenienced by my occasional “Which size cereal did you need?” quickies. I try to be unobtrusive and out of the way if that happens.

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**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-way-of-holding-iphone/721291/22 "2015-06-02T21:08:39Z")

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> [@SeaDragonTattoo](#):
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> The mic on the headset is in use when the headset is plugged in. The mic on the phone is disabled.

You said headphones, not headset. If someone is using headphones, the mic is _not_ disabled.

And I know this because I have _spoken_ on the phone while wearing headphones, my headphones do not have a mic.

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**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-way-of-holding-iphone/721291/23 "2015-06-02T23:03:18Z")

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Whatever. I think it was fairly clear what I was talking about. As long as you’re not holding the phone like a snack you’re going to start chewing on, it doesn’t matter.

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**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-way-of-holding-iphone/721291/24 "2015-06-03T04:56:04Z")

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> [@SeaDragonTattoo](#):
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> Whatever. I think it was fairly clear what I was talking about. As long as you’re not holding the phone like a snack you’re going to start chewing on, it doesn’t matter.

No, it wasn’t clear. You sounded like you really had no idea why someone would speak into an iPhone while wearing headphones.

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**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-way-of-holding-iphone/721291/25 "2015-06-03T05:38:59Z")

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> [@SeaDragonTattoo](#):
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> What I see the most, though, is people holding the ass end of the phone to their mouth like they’re going to make a snack out of it any second - while they have headphones plugged in. Headphones disable the speakers and the mic. Holding the phone like you’re gonna take a bite out of it or something doesn’t help people hear you.\*\* Holding up the mic that’s dangling from the headset and down by your collar, that might actually help\*\*.

Bolding mine.

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