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Re: My Phone does not work upside down
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Re: My Phone does not work upside down


  • Subject: Re: My Phone does not work upside down
  • From: Jens Alfke <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2015 09:30:07 -0700

> On Apr 14, 2015, at 8:44 AM, Roland King <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> The one thing I’ve never understood is why ‘upside down portrait’ is discouraged on the phone.

I think it’s because holding your phone upside down is a really bad idea when you try to use it as a _phone_*. So maybe Apple wants to keep it really obvious that you’re holding your phone the wrong way up.

—Jens

* Wasn’t this a running gag on the old TV show “Get Smart”?
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 >My Phone does not work upside down (From: "Gerriet M. Denkmann" <email@hidden>)
 >Re: My Phone does not work upside down (From: Roland King <email@hidden>)
 >Re: My Phone does not work upside down (From: Jens Alfke <email@hidden>)
 >Re: My Phone does not work upside down (From: "Gerriet M. Denkmann" <email@hidden>)
 >Re: My Phone does not work upside down (From: Roland King <email@hidden>)
 >Re: My Phone does not work upside down (From: "Gerriet M. Denkmann" <email@hidden>)
 >Re: My Phone does not work upside down (From: Roland King <email@hidden>)

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