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So instead of having the speaker beside your ear AND the microphone near your mouth, both where they're designed to be, you elect to just have 1 of the 2? Why?

I think this maneuver originated from people talking on phones with their headphones in. Can't put it to your ear so you hold it out in front and now it's a habit.

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08-19-2017 , 02:47 PM

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Courtesy to the person I'm talking to. And so I don't have to keep repeating myself when they say, "what did you say, I can't hear you".

Maybe I just talk to a lot of hard of hearing people. Dunno.

I think I figured it out. The people you're talking to on the phone are also holding their phones way away from their ear. That's why they have trouble hearing you. Has nothing to do with where the microphone is that you're speaking into.

People just need to hold their phones like a normal human being and problem solved!

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08-19-2017 , 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by ec_outlaw

Not my situation. I talk to a lot of people who still have landlines. Maybe it's a generation thing. Me and my peeps being the older crowd.

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08-19-2017 , 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by dkgojackets

I'm picturing the "before" segment of an infomercial here

In black-and-white and everything.

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08-19-2017 , 04:05 PM

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If I'm not making the rare business call (bank, cable, etc) I talk to literally two people in the world on the phone. My mom a couple times per month, and my old lady. I loathe talking on the phone now. When I was an adolescent I loved talking to my friends on the phone.

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08-19-2017 , 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by ec_outlaw

So instead of having the speaker beside your ear AND the microphone near your mouth, both where they're designed to be, you elect to just have 1 of the 2? Why?

The other thing is - on iPhones the speaker AND the mic are at the bottom of the phone.

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08-19-2017 , 04:10 PM

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Rjt,

Sounds like you might be more comfortable with this:

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08-19-2017 , 04:15 PM

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Rjt,

Sounds like you might be more comfortable with this:

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08-19-2017 , 10:43 PM

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Lol, seriously gtfo. This is such BS. And even if it were true because your face is deformed/you buy crappy ass phones how about getting a handsfree set so we're not bothered by your personal issues. /Rage

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Originally Posted by marknfw

If you're using the speaker in public I hope you don't get mad when I join the conversation.

lol, guys, it's 2017. I make probably one actual phone call every six months, rarely in public.

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Originally Posted by dkgojackets

I'm picturing the "before" segment of an infomercial here

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Originally Posted by Bighurt52235

In black-and-white and everything.

Ahaha, this is great.

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Originally Posted by Bighurt52235

Exactly.

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08-19-2017 , 11:22 PM

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In pee wee football or basketball, the quarters are shorter that the pros but I don't really need to know how long they are because they still count down to zero.

In little league baseball, though, I don't know how much of the game is left because they play fewer innings but the 9th isn't the last inning in regulation. If they play 6 innings then they should start in the 4th

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08-19-2017 , 11:24 PM

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The point here is that knowing how much game is left is more important than knowing how much game has already been played

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08-19-2017 , 11:36 PM

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Holding your phone in front of your face seems like a lock for something a guy like Anthony Scaramucci would do. I do it Iike 90% of the time when I'm at home though; that and pacing the floor.

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08-20-2017 , 01:45 AM

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Holding your phone in front of your face seems like a lock for something a guy like Anthony Scaramucci would do. I do it Iike 90% of the time when I'm at home though; that and pacing the floor.

I like to imagine "The Mooch" still uses an old school blue tooth earpiece with a blinking light on it.

It is interesting that holding a phone to your head may be as much is a relic as manually rolling down a window in a car or turning the dial on a tv tuner. It will die with us.

I only like taking on my phone through the hands free set up while driving my car alone, or with a headset at work. The rest of the time I use it to feed my horrible social media/news/2+2 addiction and maybe text or email.

I am considering getting some rose gold beats headphones with a mic to make calls in public to go with my flops and wife-beater.

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08-21-2017 , 07:12 AM

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That this thread has dropped onto page 2.

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08-21-2017 , 08:42 AM

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Page 2?

It's still on page 1 for those of us that know what we're doing.

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08-21-2017 , 09:56 AM

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I'm on 100 posts per page, but didn't know you could change threads per page?

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08-21-2017 , 03:04 PM

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people who call smartphones "mobiles"

People that refer to their phone as a smartphone.

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08-21-2017 , 03:29 PM

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the eclipse

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08-21-2017 , 10:41 PM

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Little forks

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08-21-2017 , 11:08 PM

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+1

Most overrated **** ever for people not in the totality zone.

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08-21-2017 , 11:21 PM

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Little forks

Big spoons

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08-21-2017 , 11:46 PM

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08-22-2017 , 12:34 AM

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I mean like really big spoons. Spoons so big that they're almost obnoxious.

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08-22-2017 , 12:37 AM

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When and why would you ever be watching a kids little league baseball game, or anything similar, where you didn't know how many innings the game lasted.
Not sure if thats the sign of a ****ty parent or a creepy child molester.