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Push a button and "slam down" the phone | |
Slamming down an old timey headset could be satisfying, and that won't happen again until we develop just-in-time manufacture by nanomachines. Until then, this alternate hang-up button on your phone emulates the sound thereof, sending to the other party a loud plastickey-metallic "clack", a little more
clanking, and then a "busy" signal.
Slam The Phone - 2014
https://play.google....devin.slamthephone
An early version of this idea [a1, Sep 24 2023]
Another version of the idea - 2019
https://www.reddit....hone_down_in_anger/
[a1, Sep 24 2023]
Suggested in 2012
https://forums.digi...ming-the-phone-down
[a1, Sep 24 2023]
Another 2012 design concept - good graphic design
http://macfunamizu....12/10/21/slam-down/
…fast-slide-to-slam-down-receiver slider? It’d be nice if there was a slamming sound … [a1, Sep 25 2023]
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Instead of a busy signal, could it do a high pitched whine? Like at the end of the movie Failsafe? |
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Even so … a “slam the phone down” app idea has been around for over ten years - links. |
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No matter how hard you slam the phone down all the other party hears is a click. Is this slamming sensation cathartic or something? |
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Your phone should have two buttons for ending the call. One is the normal 'end call' button and the other one also ends the call, and sends the other person a text message containing a 'slamming down the phone' emoji. |
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Guaranteed to cause grief twixt thee and thine, girlfriend or significant other. |
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It's a certainty you'll click the wrong one sooner or later and spark a long heated debate about whether you really meant to or not. |
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Add a sprung cover to the button you have to push aside that automatically springs back over it, and a confirmation request from the phone, both belt and braces are the way to go here. |
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Me: Oh for fuck's sake I have had enough of your shite <presses SLAM button hard>
Phone: You have pressed the SLAM button. Are you sure you meant to do that? Say "OK" to continue.
Me: OKAY
Phone: I'm sorry, I didn't understand what you said. Please repeat the command
Me: I said Okay
person at other end: What are you Okaying about? Anyway it was you that started this argument. Do you remember the time when you...
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Phone: "Do you really want to do that, press "Y" (or your key of choice) for yes" .. with a case sensitive bit of code to avoid the Y then popping up on the screen or being transmitted anywhere when you tap it. |
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But that's a lot less fun than your option so I'm going to have to go with your voice confirmation method as the definitively preferred option [poc]. |
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