Why do people prefer to hold the phone while watching instead of me holding it for them while they’re watching?
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It allows us to take control over the positioning and support so that we get the best view possible.
For example reflections can often be an issue – when you hold a phone yourself you naturally adjust the position of it to control where and how bad these reflections are. Right now typing this comment my phone screen is clear and visible, but I only need to twist or move the phone by a couple of degrees or millimeters and my screen is blocked by various reflections. Holding a phone yourself you do this adjustment pretty naturally, while of someone else is holding it you end up either persevering with a poor view or sucking and weaving to try and position your head where you get a clear view.
This then gets even more noticeable as other people won’t be holding a phone in sync with you – their arm may naturally shake or drift which is again compensated for naturally when you are holding and viewing, but irritating when someone else is.
Trying to view a video when the phone is slowly drifting around, changing position and viewing angle makes it hard to watch, all solved by holding it myself at a comfortable distance/position and under my own control.
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