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[–] AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.social 85 points 1 week ago (29 children)

Uhm... on top of not having my phone as my single payment method... where should I carry my id and driver's license and medical card if not in the wallet? Should I carry them loose in the pocket? Or in my bag? Why? That's so unconvenient and in the long term ends up damaging them.

[–] PlaidBaron@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I barely keep my phone on me, period. I hate the thing.

[–] Sc00ter@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I have a job that prohibits me from having a phone during working hours. It broke me of my dependency and now ive notice people getting irritated if i dont respond in minutes. Some days, they'll just have to wait til 5 until I can check it again.

But it's also made me so much less attached. I regularly dont have it on me

[–] Gaja0@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

It's my companion for the restroom. If you text me any other time, it's going to be at least 5 minutes before I notice.

[–] nullify3112@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What is your secret? The doom rectangle cannot be evaded…

[–] PlaidBaron@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

I just hate being bothered. Thats pretty much my entire secret. When I first got a smartphone I cracked the screen chucking it in the next room because the damn thing wouldnt stop buzzing.

[–] BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So, Gen z just like doesn't carry those or will have maybe one at a time if they have to just hanging loose. Yeah, it's weird.

[–] Naho_Zako@piefed.zip 22 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Gen z here, I do use a wallet but many people use these sticky wallets that you slap on the back of your phone case to hold their cards.

I don't use them because 1. what if something slips out somehow and 2. damn you lose your phone and wallet in one.

We don't just leave shit hanging loose lol. We still have credit cards and drivers licenses to hold.

[–] ITGuyLevi@programming.dev 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Some would argue that is still a wallet, just a wallet with a magnet to attach to stuff.

[–] shawn1122@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

There is no argument to be had here. That is literally a wallet.

[–] cheers_queers@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

i had one of those wallet phone cases and lost my phone. luckily it was at pride and whoever found it was not an asshole. tracked the phone and got it back, and thankfully didnt get my card used or stolen. i learned that day.

(i only lost it that once. just my luck lol)

[–] Uli@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 week ago

I have one of these that has a tracker in it, so even if my phone dies, I can find both my wallet and my phone.

[–] zikzak025@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

But then that comes with the tradeoff of being unable to use Qi charging

[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 week ago

I got a magnetic one that you can snap off to charge wirelessly.

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I usually get plastic sleeves with those, so yes, I just have a stack of cards in my pocket. At least I can fit it in together with a phone.

Although I don't know how to deal with coins. A jacket brings me extra pockets at least, which is why I can more or less only use cash during winter.
Buying a wallet requires a choice. Searching for something right, and I am too lazy for that, so in the pocket it goes. Unfortunately, I often lack pockets. So if I am not traveling, I'll just leave out my phone, so I can still fit in keys, cards, and a shopping bag. After all, I don't need a phone most of the time anyway.

[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I used to have a separate wallet, but i switched to this magnetic billfold thing that attaches to the back of my phone. It has enough room for an ID, credit card, debit card, and ond of those tile locators shaped like a credit card. Unfortunately these are horrible for user privacy, but it helps me find it if I lose it. In a pinch, it can also hold a small fold of cash.

I almost never need the other things my old wallet held: insurance card, cash, other credit cards or gift cards...? What else did I even carry? I still have my old wallet at home and a small box I use to keep other ID cards, gift cards, etc.

The magnetic thing also doubles for a hands-free phone stand if I want to set the phone down on a surface and watch tv while I'm eating lunch or something.

[–] AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.social 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If you lose your phone, you lose everything tho.

[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Not necessarily. I can detach the phone wallet and leave it at home if i want.

Also why would i lose my phone?

If i misplace it at home, i can use find my to ring it. Can't do that with a wallet.

[–] AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If you leave the wallet at home and lose the phone or it fails, then you're still with no documents or cards. Just because it never happened to you doesn't mean it can't happen. I got in a car crash when I was returning home from my job and the phone got destroyed. I was able to be identified and my family located because I was carrying my wallet with ID, national security card and driver's license. It's an extreme case, but it can happen. It could also fall in a bad way and get damaged... I've seen too many phones (fortunately not mine) decide to fail their user in the worst moment to trust them exclusively.

[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This is why you always have to carry physical ID when you're driving.

Yes it has happened to me before. Just less often than losing my wallet when i used to have one that didn't attach to the phone.

[–] AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Yes. But you said that you can leave your wallet at home, hence leaving all your documents on it and carrying just your phone. You can get involved in a car crash without driving by being a passanger or simply someone walking on the street or biking.

[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 week ago

That's not your responsibility though. The hospital will still treat you at the ER

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You can also be hit by a meteorite.

But it’s unlikely, just as it is unlikely for most people to need physical cards.

[–] AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Where do you live that you think you have the same odds of getting hit by a meteorite than of getting hit by a car while crossing the street?

Again, if your phone fails, how do you pay? How do you get identified? Without physical cards?

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I have no need to be identified usually. And phones don’t tend to suddenly fail.

They don't, until they do. Or until you drop them and fall in a bad way and break, or until you forget them somewhere or lose them. I mean, I don't really care, you do you; but you seem really hostile to the idea of carrying a small wallet with your cards while trusting everything to an electronic device that might fail for no apparent reason.

I already got once in a situation where my phone died and having my cards with me made the whole ordeal way easier than if they had to figure out who I were without any kind of id. I really hope you don't ever get in one.

[–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I have a 3d printed card holder I made.

[–] eronth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 1 week ago (3 children)
[–] ITGuyLevi@programming.dev 3 points 1 week ago

My thought exactly. A decade or so ago my back was hurting and I decided to try a different style of wallet. Upgraded to a better one when I realized it works for me.

Even if all I have in it are cards, id, and a single dollar bill, it's still a wallet, just doesn't leave me sitting at an angle. Yeah I had a Costanza wallet going on.

[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 3 points 1 week ago

I use one of those minimalist wallets, and I would describe it as a card holder with an elastic for cash.

[–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Not sure, there seems to be some debate on the subject.

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