Re: is my phone ON or is it OFF?

On 4/30/24 05:57, Frank Slootweg wrote:

Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> wrote:

bad sector, 2024-04-30 01:40:

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There has been a bit of misunderstanding since my OP in which I raised
two issues. When I said "they only thought were OFF" I obviously meant
'on-hook' although an unwanted power-on state could in and of itself
also kill you in the wrong situation. After that MY workaround of
powering off TO ASSURE THAT IT IS ON-HOOK clouded the issue I think, but
both issues remain IMO extremely important all the time.

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I see - you refer to the question if there is a phone call still active
or unintentially started. Yes, unfortunately, smartphones usually don't
have dedicated "hang up" keys any longer except special models intended
to be used by older or disabled people.

    Are these scenarios even possible?
    (AFAIK,) For a still active phone call: If the remote party 'hangs
up', the connection is terminated and the local phone will be 'on hook'
again.

Once (when we were all driving used Chevvy-II's and Pintos with babies in cribs or child seats) my sister-in-law got a call from her dad telling her that they were welcome to visit any time (he lived on the coast). She and her husband were very happy to hear that. But the old fart kept failing to hang-up so several minutes after that call one of them picked up the phone only to hear him say to someone physically beside him "the Rockafellers are coming visiting".
A phone is also an emergency device, I'm not sure how I would call 911 with a hand also holding by belt as a tourniquet on the other arm, busted up.
We need helluva more brains and bandwidth is the design and developmenmt bureaus, les freakin' eye-candy and hype and more robust controls and unmistakable feedback.