1) My friends say modern smartphones are fairly tough. Dropping on a corner tends to do the most damage. So what is easiest for you to get to? Difficult to reach often equals dropped. Some friends have had pocket lint jam keys, but the phone store easily cleaned them out. Hoping to prevent lint and scratches, My wife knitted a “Pop-Tart Cell Phone Cozy pattern” to keep her phone in.
2) I carry my flashlight on my belt, since pockets tend to get warm and heat drains your battery’s charge faster through self-discharge. My flashlight costs more to replace than my phone. The only carry pouches I use have a nylon belt loop (often will support my full weight) with a Velcro or zipper closure. When I tried belt-clips, bad things happened, very bad things. When I thread my belt on my pants, I skip a loop on the side. This lets me slide the carry pouch way forward or way back so it does not A) snag a seatbelt or B) bruise my pelvis.
3) With incoming call logs, voice mail and text messages, I can miss a call and still get back to people. So I carry my phone in the outer pocket of a fanny pack. While driving, I attach a headset and carry it in my shirt pocket. If they ever make me give up my cell phone and get a new one, I will probably get one of those Blue Tooth headsets and just leave it in the fanny pack.
Before incoming call logs, I have dropped a cell phone trying to get it out of a back pack. I have dropped a cell phone from shirt pocket into toilet. I have broken a face plate on a phone in my front pocket while tying my shoe. My wife has broken a face plate sitting on a phone in her back pocket. =FIN
Difficult to reach often equals dropped
2) I carry my flashlight on my belt, since pockets tend to get warm and heat drains your battery’s charge faster through self-discharge. My flashlight costs more to replace than my phone. The only carry pouches I use have a nylon belt loop (often will support my full weight) with a Velcro or zipper closure. When I tried belt-clips, bad things happened, very bad things. When I thread my belt on my pants, I skip a loop on the side. This lets me slide the carry pouch way forward or way back so it does not A) snag a seatbelt or B) bruise my pelvis.
3) With incoming call logs, voice mail and text messages, I can miss a call and still get back to people. So I carry my phone in the outer pocket of a fanny pack. While driving, I attach a headset and carry it in my shirt pocket. If they ever make me give up my cell phone and get a new one, I will probably get one of those Blue Tooth headsets and just leave it in the fanny pack.
Before incoming call logs, I have dropped a cell phone trying to get it out of a back pack. I have dropped a cell phone from shirt pocket into toilet. I have broken a face plate on a phone in my front pocket while tying my shoe. My wife has broken a face plate sitting on a phone in her back pocket.
=FIN