You see, that's why OP always carries a second phone: To photograph the first one not falling into the gutter
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How often are you dropping your phone into a street drain?
Quite a lot actually. It has that stupid handle on it so it doesn't ft in my pocket.
Yeah, it was forty-nine times, and now it might be waiting for you.
Aren't these a very popular accessory?

That's much less reliable tbh
I've used it on a motorcycle attachment for a long trip before. The same pop socket was then attached to a new phone and used for another 2 years. Maybe I lucked out with that model or it just sticks to flat cases better.
The idea of having my phone exposed while riding a motorcycle is freaking me out. Like... My hands got sweaty after reading that.
I completely understand. Before this I actually taped my phone below the motorcycle dash which was scarier because I had to reuse the tape again on the way back and it was coming off. I think it was a Note 2 at the time and those things were huge.

As are other more structurally sound models.
Does a phone count as a flared base?
It also doesn't fit in your pocket. How convenient.
Put it down your underwear and make it look like you've got a hard on all the time
TBF, maybe they wear women's pants. A pack of gum wouldn't fit in those pockets.
Clip to a carabiner on your belt loop
Says you, I mostly use my jacket pockets for my phone. My jacket pockets are large and deep so I could probably shove like 3 of these things into one pocket, my jacket is a surplus Czech Military field jacket.
I have broken zero phones and lost exactly zero phones in drains
Can somebody confirm this is a concern? Is it an alcoholism thing?
I think it's a going out and doing things to have fun thing.
I never considered throwing my phone in a sewer could be entertaining. I may have to rethink my position.
Join your local Sewer Phone Club! It's a blast.
I lose my parts phones often (and usually find them in unusual places). But I never lost a thing I actually used semi-often.
But I do drop phones all the time (I also dropped my Redmi's bare motherboard ~2 times while repairing it (somehow it survived without problems)). I cracked one screen glass on a Samsung a12 last year (a really shitty phone), it's still fully functional (but not mine anymore). I also cracked an LCD of a Huawei P20 lite (which I would probably still be using if it was in a working condition). Now I use a Redmi 4X. It was old when I got it and survives literally everything (except any mild motherboard temperature changes (weirdly)). I'm not replacing it until it's irreparable since I can't take care of stuff.
Edit: Also had a Mi 11 Lite 5G with severe motherboard problems, which isn't important in this context. Fuck the new Xiaomis.
somehow survived
There's no reason it wouldn't lmao, a falling phone board has both tiny weight and shitty aerodynamics.
Is this a common issue?
It doesn't usually go down the grate, it goes down the big hole
It's trying to escape.
I read that in a slow writing voice and heard pencil scratches
If you are prone to dropping your phone I suggest a strap. It sticks out of the port area and you can just tighten it against your wrist
I was thinking one of those extendo Keychain things, but glued to the front of your phone

You could clip it to your, I don't know, airport or quarry.

Looks like this, there's a bunch but this is the one I have. Short enough to be useful without being annoying imo
You could probably clip it to your belt, maybe a different one with a larger clip would work
The only useful phone case design I've seen. I bet it'll be ADA compliant if applied for.