Where do you put your phone in your car?

Started by MrH, December 31, 2014, 12:37:07 PM

Soup DeVille

#60
When I think about it; the lack of good OEM phone mounts is most likely a legal decision; as a good one that puts a phone where most people would want it would become another type of in-car video screen, and since there's no way to make sure people don't use it to watch youtube cat videos while merging onto the freeway...

Maybe we need to start off small. I mean, they don't let you fuck the glumpers at Glumpees without a level 4 FuckPass, do they?

1975 Honda CB750, 1986 Rebel Rascal (sailing dinghy), 2015 Mini Cooper, 2020 Winnebago 31H (E450), 2021 Toyota 4Runner, 2022 Lincoln Aviator

Gotta-Qik-C7

Quote from: Soup DeVille on January 05, 2015, 01:44:49 PM
since there's no way to make sure people don't use it to watch youtube cat videos while merging onto the freeway...
:lol:
2014 C7 Vert, 2002 Silverado, 2005 Road Glide

Laconian

Kia EV6 GT-Line / MX-5 RF 6MT

ifcar

Quote from: MrH on December 31, 2014, 12:37:07 PM
I'm surprised OEMs aren't integrating in some sort of phone holder spot. 

I'm right now in a 2015 CR-V test car with a designated cellphone spot between the front seats. It works great for my phone, but Honda's development lead time was probably too much for it to realize that the jumbo "phablet" phones were about to explode in popularity -- my fiancee's OnePlus doesn't fit at all. Always the risk when carmakers try to accommodate the electronics world; gadgets change so fast.

In other cars, as other people have said, usually the cupholder or between my legs.

veeman

If I'm driving alone which is the majority of the time, on the passenger seat.  I usually have my cell phone hooked up to a charger and an FM transmitter which I use to listen to audiobooks.

If I'm driving with a passenger in the front seat, I'll keep the phone in either the center armrest or center cupholder.

Raza

If I put my phone between my legs or on the passenger seat, it would fly off the seat and into the floorwell in like two minutes.
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
If you can read this, you're too close


2006 BMW Z4 3.0i
http://accelerationtherapy.squarespace.com/   @accelerationdoc
Quote from: the Teuton on October 05, 2009, 03:53:18 PMIt's impossible to argue with Raza. He wins. Period. End of discussion.

cawimmer430

Quote from: SVT666 on January 05, 2015, 10:30:28 AM
That totally blocks your view.  Especially at an intersection or crosswalk.  Especially when there is a phone in it.  If you put your phone in the holder, it would be exactly like having a third A-pillar in that 2nd photo. 


It doesn't block my view at all. I've positioned it in the center of the windscreen and even with my phone in it I am capable of seeing what goes on far right and ahead of the car. My seating position also helps.

I'll take a video ASAP to prove it, if that helps.
-2018 Mercedes-Benz A250 AMG Line (W177)



WIMMER FOTOGRAFIE - Professional Automotive Photography based in Munich, Germany
www.wimmerfotografie.de
www.facebook.com/wimmerfotografie

SVT666


Cookie Monster

Quote from: Raza  on January 06, 2015, 09:58:00 AM
If I put my phone between my legs or on the passenger seat, it would fly off the seat and into the floorwell in like two minutes.

Same. If things aren't secured in the Miata, they're going for a ride. I do put my phone on the seat of the 4Runner though, because if the phone flies off in that thing, it probably means I've rolled the car.
RWD > FWD
President of the "I survived the Volvo S80 Thread" Club
2007 Mazda MX-5 | 1999 Honda Nighthawk 750 | 1989 Volvo 240 | 1991 Toyota 4Runner | 2006 Honda CBR600F4i | 2015 Yamaha FJ-09 | 1999 Honda CBR600F4 | 2009 Yamaha WR250X | 1985 Mazda RX-7 | 2000 Yamaha YZ426F | 2006 Yamaha FZ1 | 2002 Honda CBR954RR | 1996 Subaru Outback | 2018 Subaru Crosstrek | 1986 Toyota MR2
Quote from: 68_427 on November 27, 2016, 07:43:14 AM
Or order from fortune auto and when lyft rider asks why your car feels bumpy you can show them the dyno curve
1 3 5
├┼┤
2 4 R

veeman

Quote from: Raza  on January 06, 2015, 09:58:00 AM
If I put my phone between my legs or on the passenger seat, it would fly off the seat and into the floorwell in like two minutes.

Is it because you are often abruptly braking or taking turns very fast  ;) 

cawimmer430

Quote from: SVT666 on January 06, 2015, 11:16:38 AM
Exactly.

And it doesn't block my view when I drive. My seating position is way back. I can see my entire windscreen when I drive, even with this thing placed in the center.

If it was blocking my view I'd be placing it somewhere else.
-2018 Mercedes-Benz A250 AMG Line (W177)



WIMMER FOTOGRAFIE - Professional Automotive Photography based in Munich, Germany
www.wimmerfotografie.de
www.facebook.com/wimmerfotografie

MX793

Quote from: cawimmer430 on January 08, 2015, 10:46:07 AM
And it doesn't block my view when I drive. My seating position is way back. I can see my entire windscreen when I drive, even with this thing placed in the center.

If it was blocking my view I'd be placing it somewhere else.

Unless it's transparent, anything that sits between your eyes and the windscreen inherently blocks part of your view out of your windscreen.
Needs more Jiggawatts

2016 Ford Mustang GTPP / 2011 Toyota Rav4 Base AWD / 2014 Kawasaki Ninja 1000 ABS
1992 Nissan 240SX Fastback / 2004 Mazda Mazda3s / 2011 Ford Mustang V6 Premium / 2007 Suzuki GSF1250SA Bandit / 2006 VW Jetta 2.5

Soup DeVille

Quote from: cawimmer430 on January 08, 2015, 10:46:07 AM
And it doesn't block my view when I drive. My seating position is way back. I can see my entire windscreen when I drive, even with this thing placed in the center.

If it was blocking my view I'd be placing it somewhere else.

Well, it would drive me nuts there, whether or not it actually ever blocked anything important,
Maybe we need to start off small. I mean, they don't let you fuck the glumpers at Glumpees without a level 4 FuckPass, do they?

1975 Honda CB750, 1986 Rebel Rascal (sailing dinghy), 2015 Mini Cooper, 2020 Winnebago 31H (E450), 2021 Toyota 4Runner, 2022 Lincoln Aviator