Why Do Young People Hold Their Mobile Phones Horizontally And Speak Into The Bottom Of It?

[dave50]

Why dont they hold it to their ear like a telephone?

[ToraToraTora]

that's when they are on speaker normally.

[Ken4155]

Because they think we all want to hear their conversations. Mind you, that statement doesn't just apply to the young 'uns. There are plenty of self-important middle-aged people who annoyingly think the same way.

[Prudie]

haha!! I think we were always used to using a conventional phone, lots of young people have never even used a landline phone so that's the natural way to use a mobile, especially as a lot of the time they are also video calling or looking at their screen at the same time.

[smurfchops]

Are they the ones who have a coffee in the other hand?

[sandyRoe]

Is the fear of radiation melting the brain no longer a thing?

[gingejbee]

It prevents greasy face/ear marks on the screen.

[DDIL]

Not just young people!

I was at the airport and all ages were doing it.

[Rosie29]

Because theyre on spealerphone.

[Rosie29]

Speakeephone

[Rosie29]

Eyes bad today !!!

[barry1010]

The microphone on my phone is on the bottom edge, next to the USB port.  It makes sense to talk in to that

[douglas9401]

It started a few years so and has become kewel.

Until something else comes along.

[davebro3]

I rarely make voice calls. Text or apps...

[Old_Geezer]

I guess it must be instinctive if on a video call.  But surely one usually makes normal audio calls ?