Smartphone-carrying male accessory for when the weather is hot and only have hip pocket for phone

TimeLord1

Mistral001 said:

TimeLord1 said:

It's strange how society has become more concerned about a phone. Switch it off, leave it indoors, grab your wallet, and go down the pub old school and pay with cash. Incidentally, hip phone holders were laughed at by the youth as old persons accessories. The last time I had one, I owned a Motorola Razr. Life e was less complicated than now. Good luck.

Since my lost phone incident, I have been looking at what others do regarding smartphones and notice that many younger people just have them in their hands all the time, either looking at them or pointing them in the direction of something they want to video or photograph.

Also, the staff in the cafe where I left my phone, seemed to take the whole episode very casually as if it was an everyday occurrence when I came to collect it.  Maybe people just accept they will lose their phone every now and then and put up with it rather than be uncool with using cases, lanyards, holsters etc.

Visit a Sports Shop get a cross body very small bag with branding on it.  Get down with the youth.  What you could also do is get an old phone just for basics.

Mistral001

I think the lanyard idea is probably the best one for me. My phone is presently in a fairly standard fake leather case with a flip over cover, so the lanyard can be fixed through the opening in the case for the charger socket.  This seems very secure and does not depend on glue.  The lanyard will not be used to hang my phone from, but only as a means to make sure the phone does not fall out of my trouser pocket, so I do not have to worry about the flip over cover flopping about as I walk.   

Shylock_249

Mistral001 said:

I think the lanyard idea is probably the best one for me. My phone is presently in a fairly standard fake leather case with a flip over cover, so the lanyard can be fixed through the opening in the case for the charger socket.  This seems very secure and does not depend on glue.  The lanyard will not be used to hang my phone from, but only as a means to make sure the phone does not fall out of my trouser pocket, so I do not have to worry about the flip over cover flopping about as I walk.   

Yes an you wouldn't be able to iust leave it on a cafe table.

Mistral001

Shylock_249 said:

Mistral001 said:

I think the lanyard idea is probably the best one for me. My phone is presently in a fairly standard fake leather case with a flip over cover, so the lanyard can be fixed through the opening in the case for the charger socket.  This seems very secure and does not depend on glue.  The lanyard will not be used to hang my phone from, but only as a means to make sure the phone does not fall out of my trouser pocket, so I do not have to worry about the flip over cover flopping about as I walk.   

Yes an you wouldn't be able to iust leave it on a cafe table.

It was in my hip pocket the whole time I was in the café, so it could not have been left on the table.   I have my mobile in my pocket for about 95% of the time when I am out and about, hence why I think I need to do something to keep it from falling out or even getting stolen.

knightstyle

Most shorts have pockets like this and my phone fits perfectly.

Emmia

knightstyle said:

Most shorts have pockets like this and my phone fits perfectly.

Those are a particular style of mens shorts - not all have those cargo / side pockets.

Savvy_Sue

My answer is to insist on a phone which is small enough to comfortably fit into my pocket, and to have pockets in all my clothes which are sufficiently deep to contain it. And yes, I check when I'm buying anything new that the pockets will 'work'.

However, one difficulty is that most Android manufacturers believe that bigger is better, so every time I have to replace it, I have a greater struggle to find one which meets my specification. Staff in mobile phone shops agree that I'm not the only one who wants this, but there's apparently not enough demand (as I stand before them, demanding!) 

And my choice of clothing is similarly limited by the mistaken belief that women don't want / need pockets on skirts or trousers, because it 'spoils the line'. So does the drawstring you insist on putting in elasticated trousers and skirts. Let me deal with 'the line', just give me pockets! 

However, because my phone is ALWAYS in my pocket, I very soon notice if it's not, and miss it, and feel naked without it. It's very rare for me to leave it behind, and when I do it's usually at home ... 

Lanyards - has phone design changed so that there's no longer a little hole you can thread a thin loop from a lanyard through? I think cases used to have a little hole too, for the same reason. 

victor2

Savvy_Sue said:

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Lanyards - has phone design changed so that there's no longer a little hole you can thread a thin loop from a lanyard through? I think cases used to have a little hole too, for the same reason. 

Most of the lanyards I've seen are designed to be placed in the phone case, with double sided tape and/or by having an attachment that physically won't go through the hole in the case for the lanyard to clip to. You do of course need a good fitting case that the phone isn't likely to fall out of.

Emmia

Savvy_Sue said:

My answer is to insist on a phone which is small enough to comfortably fit into my pocket, and to have pockets in all my clothes which are sufficiently deep to contain it. And yes, I check when I'm buying anything new that the pockets will 'work'.

However, one difficulty is that most Android manufacturers believe that bigger is better, so every time I have to replace it, I have a greater struggle to find one which meets my specification. Staff in mobile phone shops agree that I'm not the only one who wants this, but there's apparently not enough demand (as I stand before them, demanding!) 

And my choice of clothing is similarly limited by the mistaken belief that women don't want / need pockets on skirts or trousers, because it 'spoils the line'. So does the drawstring you insist on putting in elasticated trousers and skirts. Let me deal with 'the line', just give me pockets! 

However, because my phone is ALWAYS in my pocket, I very soon notice if it's not, and miss it, and feel naked without it. It's very rare for me to leave it behind, and when I do it's usually at home ... 

Lanyards - has phone design changed so that there's no longer a little hole you can thread a thin loop from a lanyard through? I think cases used to have a little hole too, for the same reason. 

Phones themselves don't have these holes anymore. I have another case with holes to which a wristlet (supplied with the case) can be attached, but find the lanyard easier

flaneurs_lobster

Savvy_Sue said:

My answer is to insist on a phone which is small enough to comfortably fit into my pocket, and to have pockets in all my clothes which are sufficiently deep to contain it. And yes, I check when I'm buying anything new that the pockets will 'work'.

However, one difficulty is that most Android manufacturers believe that bigger is better, so every time I have to replace it, I have a greater struggle to find one which meets my specification. Staff in mobile phone shops agree that I'm not the only one who wants this, but there's apparently not enough demand (as I stand before them, demanding!) 

How about a flip phone? Half the length of a standard phone so will fit comfortably in most pockets.

Will require deep pockets, in the idiomatic sense rather than literally, they are not cheap - but the form is a refreshing change from the usual slabs.