Not really in public, but speakerphone is sometimes useful to be able to look something up on your phone in the middle of a call, e.g. checking your calendar when booking an appointment. And if someone called you then you’re less in control of whether it’s in public or not.
Are there any justifiable reasons that it’s okay to be on speakerphone in public?
I once saw this question asked on the other site, and there was at least one good response. It was from someone who used a hearing aid, and said that for whatever reason, using the phone normally next to their ear resulted in the audio being garbled and difficult to understand, but using the speaker held a few inches away was fine, so that’s how they preferred to use it.
That does make sense, though I think modern hearing aids actually have Bluetooth capabilities so that the conversation is right through the hearing aid itself. Kinda wild.
Are there any justifiable reasons that it’s okay to be on speakerphone in public?
Not really in public, but speakerphone is sometimes useful to be able to look something up on your phone in the middle of a call, e.g. checking your calendar when booking an appointment. And if someone called you then you’re less in control of whether it’s in public or not.
911 while administering first aid.
Nah, I’d still prefer email
https://youtu.be/1EBfxjSFAxQ
That’s precisely what I had in mind :)
Hands full, disabled, multiple people, yes. Holding the phone like an extended duck face, no.
God… And then they lean in to listen to it Like it’s an alien rock whispering secrets to them.
Most accurate visual representation.
I once saw this question asked on the other site, and there was at least one good response. It was from someone who used a hearing aid, and said that for whatever reason, using the phone normally next to their ear resulted in the audio being garbled and difficult to understand, but using the speaker held a few inches away was fine, so that’s how they preferred to use it.
That does make sense, though I think modern hearing aids actually have Bluetooth capabilities so that the conversation is right through the hearing aid itself. Kinda wild.
The only case I can think of is like you had to call 911 for an emergency and you want the people around you to also hear the dispatcher.
For day to day stuff, not really.
Microphones and speakers die all the time. That’s usually the only time I consider a good time to use the other microphone/speaker.
No.