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em10fan | 5 years ago

Many men?

If you are wearing a suit, a smartphone makes the trouser pockets bulge a lot, so it's common to keep it in your shirt pocket or jacket inside pocket - Both of which is next to your heart.

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Maxious|5 years ago

The FDA [1] advises "don’t carry the phone in a shirt or jacket pocket directly over the pacemaker." as well as the American Heart Association [2] "Avoid keeping your cell phone in your front chest pocket."

1: https://www.fda.gov/radiation-emitting-products/cell-phones/... 2: https://www.heart.org/en/health-topics/arrhythmia/prevention...

foepys|5 years ago

They can advise as much as they want, people just do it anyways.

Same with smoking, drinking, taking drugs, etc.

antihero|5 years ago

I just realised after posting this that I wear a denim battle vest 99% of the time and this does in fact have an upper pocket. Oops.

tzs|5 years ago

Perhaps it is time for the codpiece to make a comeback in male business attire, updated for modern times to include a phone pouch.

virgil_disgr4ce|5 years ago

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