I’m right handed, but I keep my phone in my left pocket since I like to be able to pull out my phone to check the map or msgs while using my primary hand for another activity.

When texting, I usually use both hands but certainly can type with just my left hand.

Where do you keep your phone & why?

  • @gigachad@sh.itjust.works
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    3423 days ago

    For me it was always clear to have my wallet in my right pocket and my phone in the left one. I never questioned this until now…

  • @withabeard@lemmy.world
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    1723 days ago

    Phone right front. Wallet right back.

    Keys left front. You can’t keep a phone and keys in the same pocket. Especially not with the size of modern phones.

    Consistency means I always know if I’ve forgotten my phone keys/wallet. There’s never searching or wondering where they’ve gone.

      • @Kbobabob@lemmy.world
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        323 days ago

        I use a really thin non-folding wallet. Sometimes it’s in the back and sometimes I put it in the front pocket for more security.

        I’ve seen some of the 4 inch thick wallets that people sit on. No idea how or why.

      • @Tujio@lemmy.world
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        223 days ago

        I used to keep mine in my back pocket, then I noticed that my leg would go numb during long drives. Kinda put two and two together and started keeping it in the front pocket.

      • @grue@lemmy.world
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        23 days ago

        Well, lookee here at Mr. Moneybags who actually has enough bills for that to be a concern! \s


        I use a very thin bifold wallet like this (stock photo; not my ID):

        Mine is currently 13.6 mm thick, folded with all my cards and stuff in it. (I happen to have a set of Vernier calipers sitting on my desk in front of me so I went ahead and measured, LOL.)

    • Rhynoplaz
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      23 days ago

      Spot on. This is EXACTLY my answer. Same logic behind it and everything.

  • @Mothra@mander.xyz
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    1223 days ago

    Right handed, right pocket 95% of the time. Occasionally I catch myself using the left pocket if for whatever reason storing it in the right requires an awkward movement.

  • @SippyCup@feddit.nl
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    1123 days ago

    Right handed, left pocket.

    When I was deciding what went where, I drove a car with actual locks and cell phones were really only for calls, you didn’t spend all day looking at it. So my keys spent more time in my hands than my phone did.

    Now it’s a habit and I can’t change it.

    • @LilB0kChoy@lemm.ee
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      423 days ago

      Samesies. My keys always went in my right pocket so when cellphones came along that went to the left front pocket to protect it from my keys.

  • @miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    923 days ago

    I use whichever pocket is handy, and I can be seen checking all my pockets every 45 seconds to remind me which pocket my phone is in, lest I need it.
    Rinse and repeat.

  • Omega
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    923 days ago

    Wallet and Keys in left pocket, phone and everything else in right.

    I never use the back pocket.

  • @ytsedude@lemmy.world
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    823 days ago

    Car keys in right pocket. Phone in left. I think it’s because cell phones weren’t very common when I started driving, haha. So my keys beat my phone to the right pocket by about 2 years or so.

    • @roofuskit@lemmy.world
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      222 days ago

      Yeah I got my first phone around the time I started driving, and then it really only had enough minutes for emergencies or letting my parents know where I’d be. Also I start the car with my right hand so left pocket seems silly.

  • supermurs
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    623 days ago

    I keep my phone in my right pocket and keys in the left pocket. I started this habit in high school in 1998 when I got my first phone and just have carried the habit along, it is the most convenient for me.