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It's not really a pocketable phone. Even in my sweatpants (trendy!) it proved so heavy it ended up dragging them down past my ass in the style many kids are rocking nowadays, except I don't rock the underwear or have the ass definition to pull off the look.

Like an iPad, it's better placed in a bag. With everything else, really. Carrying stuff in your pockets is a pain in the arse and a great way to lose stuff.

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I have never lost my phone, or had it stolen. I put that down in part to the fact it always stays in my pocket. Unlike many friends who put their phones / wallets on a bar table as soon as they sit down. That seems to be asking to get it stolen in certain places.

Plus carrying a bag everywhere seems somewhat impractical. (Ok, most girls I know do carry a bag everywhere, most guys I know don't).

See, I credit the same thing to not carrying stuff in an open pocket but in a bag that has a strap going round my neck and shoulder. Stuff doesn't fall out of it, I don't have to keep checking some git has pickpocketed me..

I carry a messenger bag with my phones, pens, pills, and go knows what else everywhere and don't really give a crap if anyone accidentally thinks I'm female or whatever.

The female comment was an observation, not a dig at you.

Maybe you just carry more than me (I see you say phones, plural). I don't have a problem with stuff falling out, and I use my front pockets. If I am somewhere crowded and expect pickpocketing is a risk, I put my hands in my pockets.

It's not a purse, it's a european carry-all.

I'm interested to know why you employ two spelling variations of ass/arse.

Does each cheek identify to different naming conventions?

He has a transatlantic backside

I use ass for the literal ass, arse for the metaphorical - it's more mellifluous to me.

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