Do you keep your phone in your right or your left pocket?
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?
Left, because my keys are in my right pocket and I don’t want to scratch the phone
Same. Left pocket is phone, and phone alone.
Right pocket is everything else.
Nice try, pickpocket on the metro
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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..
Same to me lol
I didn't mention this in the post ~ but I keep both my phone & wallet in my left pocket (I have a slim wallet though).
The right pocket is for keychain, pocket knife, loose coins, etc. Generally "unsorted" things.
That's my setup too! Phone and modern carry card case in the front left, keys in the front right.
Nice try pickpocketer!
haha, thieves noting where they put their wallets 😂
Left handed, left pocket, nothing else in that pocket. Sometimes left coat or jacket pocket but prefer pants.
Wallet and Keys in left pocket, phone and everything else in right.
I never use the back pocket.
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.
My parents taught me to never keep my wallet in my back pocket due to the risk of causing back problems.
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.
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.
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.)
Your parents did right. Nobody wants the old Costanza wallet syndrome https://youtu.be/9sz2HDRJkUQ
Spot on. This is EXACTLY my answer. Same logic behind it and everything.
Left. Because my keys, cigarettes, and lighter are in the right and there's no more room for the phone.
Left handed, right pocket. Nothing else goes in that pocket.
Between my butt cheeks as it helps me stay fit by clenching my butt all day.
Also, in my roght pocket as I'm right handed and use my phone a lot.
Your prison pocket
NudistProblems
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.
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.
I put away my phone in the opposite pocket from my keys. When I retrieve it, I always pull it out of the same pocket as my keys. Not sure what that's all about.
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.
Right handed, left pocket.
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.
The "white man's haka" in my country
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.
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.
Pocket? I keep everything in a cross body bag.
This is the way. I've used a purse for years and it is so much better.
Hmm, what size bag do you use?
Big enough to hold my personal phone, work phone, 9" tablet, wallet, passport, my medical gear, and my concealed carry handgun. ;) Decent sized!
I have the same bag in a slightly larger size if I want to pack my Steam Deck. LOL.
it's called a fanny pack no matter how you wear it
No apologies! :)
Right handed, phone front left, keys front right, wallet back right. It's a perfect system. Not sure about other countries but in the US the key start is always on the right side of the steering column and I unlock doors with my right hand.
Huh, I just considered I don't have a typical pocket I put my phone in. I'm right handed and I think I tend to put my phone in my left pocket more? Maybe? But I just took it out of my right pocket so I'm not sure.
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.
I’m the same, right handed but phone in left and use phone with left hand.
Nice try, phone thieves.
Right pocket on the uniform, because I fear putting my shears and stethoscope in the same pocket, and the shears have a tip that doesn't facilitate the left pocket, and the stethoscope rubber is too grabby on the phone.
Left pocket in general, because my wallet is in the right and I hate them clanking together.
Back left pocket
No preferred pocket for anything. I put my phone in any pocket is easily reached with the hand is holding the phone at that moment.
Sometimes is the front pocket, sometimes is the back pocket, the pocket of the hoodie, inner pocket of the jacket, a bag, breast pocket of a shirt if it is big enough.
Anarchy!
Same as you. Right Handed, left pocket. My wallet is in my right front pocket. I would bet my older age has everything to do with this.
None. It's in my messenger bag, or sometimes in a small belt bag of some sort. Why? Because I don't need constantly access my phone as I seldom use it ;)
Thinking about it, I tend to keep nothing in my pockets.
I'm too inconsistent to even know what pocket it is the majority of the time.
Right handed. My wallet is in my left pocket, since anything that I need to do with it will involve holding it with my left and doing the thing with my right.
Both my phones (home and work) are in my right, since I can carry out basic functions on them one handed.
I'm right-handed and carry my phone in a belt pouch on my left. I take it out and hold it with my left hand while I tap or type with my right. I do all of my typing with a swype-type keyboard, so I just use my right hand for that too.
Right handed, right back pocket (front if my trousers don't have back pocket). Or more often in my handbag.
Left handed, right pocket if I use pockets. One hand to hold and unlock, the other to primarily use the screen, left index, right thumb. Back in the day when my phone was smaller than my hand I would have it in my left, and use two thumbs if typing.
Whichever pocket doesn't conain the keys.
And the keys go in whichever pocket doesn't contain my phone.
Right
I'm a fan of keyless entry systems in my house, and nobody really uses cash here, so I can go out with nothing more than a phone
This is the dream, isn't it?
I do occasionally need ID/Credit card though, I've thought about moving them to the backpack though.
With phone becoming bigger than pocket, I have them in a backpack , waistbag or in my jacket
Right, plus car keys.
Earbud case and home keys on the left.
Do your keys scratch your phone?
Nope, it has a protective case all around.
Wallet back right, phone back left. When I sit down, I pull it out.
Usually left back or side pocket, or in my hand, or under one leg/between my legs if I'm sitting.
Left-handed, left pocket. Just habit I guess. Right side is always keys and headphones.
For temporary stowaways around the house (especially when cooking) it can go in either of the back pockets, depending on which hand I'm holding it with.
Am I the only one that quite often leaves it at home?
Front left trouser, unless I'm on a long walk in which case shirt pocket for the radio.
Also using Gravity Screen so it can't wake up and pocket dial etc.
I have a big screen android phone that I use mostly for games and social media apps, with a pop socket magsafed to the back because I have small hands. Goes in right pocket usually. With my keys on the rare occasion I use my car.
And I have a small screen iphone with very few apps, mostly just for taking videos and communicating with friends and family. Has a magsafe wallet on the back and goes in left pocket.
It makes me feel balanced, having a phone in each pocket. And lets me compartmentalize better.
Phone: Right back pocket.
Wallet: Left back pocket, sometimes passport.
Leatherman: Right front pocket, potentially keys. Sharp metal things mostly, nothing that can get damaged.
Utility pack/earbuds/emergency usb-c charger: Left front.
Pack has a small toolkit and some usb-cables for charging.
spectacles, testicles, wallet and watch. So it's on my left.
Right pocket 100%. Wallet in the back left. Unless I'm riding a bike in which case wallet in the front left.
Right pocket, being a leftie. Although i also use computers with the regular right handed setup, maybe I'm wired a little strangely.
I switch pockets depending on what I am doing. Sometimes left, sometimes right.
Right hand, left pocket. But the left pocket of a jacket. I never keep the phone in my trousers pocket.
Is it never too warm for a jacket where you live?
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Sounds awful TBH
Bag in summer. No way I would be able to fit all things I need in summer clothes pockets anyway.
Left handed, right pocket.
Back in my days we did not have mobile phones, so keys went into the left pocket. Phone just had to take the other one when I got one.
Left pocket if I've got it in my pockets. These days I usually use a smol little backpack to put all of my things into and hate having crap in my pockets.