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  • Nelsonskyfaller@jawns.club
    Sep 5, 2026, 11:38 PM

    I dropped my phone and broke it again. It jumped out of my pocket while I was running for the train, and bounced off the platform onto the rocks on the tracks, shattering the screen.

    How do y'all carry these enormous modern smartphones? I have huge cargo pants pockets but my latest phone is too big to fit securely even in those pockets. It's too big to fit in regular pockets comfortably.

    I guess ladies carry them in purses? Maybe I need a man purse.

    #smartphones #phablets #pockets

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  • SimplicatorSimplicator@federate.social
    Sep 6, 2026, 12:17 AM

    @skyfaller Maybe instead of getting a case sized for one’s specific phone we should get a pocket sewn into the outside of the pants leg that’s a close slip fit for one’s specific phone. Could try to turn it into a fashion trend. Would also solve the annoyance of a phone in a too-big pocket sliding down to sit horizontally

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  • Jessamynjessamyn@glammr.us
    Sep 6, 2026, 3:11 AM

    @skyfaller I am definitely not someone who keeps up with the fashion but I see a lot of "fanny packs" that people are wearing as cross-body type bags (sample example from random image search). Maybe that's the thing?

    A person's torso, they are wearing a brown leather fanny pack over one shoulder so it is across their lower chest.
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  • Adam Greenfieldadamgreenfield@social.coop
    Sep 6, 2026, 8:09 AM

    @jessamyn Sling bags happened here a while back – like before the pandemic? The street-fashion thing that came and went was quasi-tactical chest rigs.

    They’re kind of pointless here because their insinuation is entirely empty, but they were nevertheless a thing for about twenty minutes. Or long enough, actually, to start appearing in more refined fabrics/with better proportions and detail. Haven’t seen one in awhile, though.

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