this post was submitted on 14 Nov 2025
350 points (97.3% liked)
Curated Tumblr
6160 readers
3 users here now
For preserving the least toxic and most culturally relevant Tumblr heritage posts.
Here are some OCR tools to assist you in transcribing posts:
-
FOSS Android Recs per u/m_f@discuss.online: 1 , 2
Don't be mean. I promise to do my best to judge that fairly.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
I love the dirtbags who hold their phone like a slice of pizza, then shout in the mic because the speakerphone is so loud it ducks the level all the time. It's hard to use a phone worse if you tried.
There's no reality TV cameras, Phaleeshya. Use your phone like a phone.
When did that become a thing, and why?
One morning, nobody knew how to use a phone any longer. What happened?
I often hold my phone like that, but not talking in public. I think it's an unconscious "this works best" thing we've figured out.
At least on iPhones, when you’re using speakerphone, the mic used is at the top of the phone, right next to the ear piece so you can use the screen and talk into it at a natural angle. Pretty sure most Android phones are the same. Most people don’t know how many mics are on their phones and don’t know how they work at all.