DISCLAIMER: I am not an electrical engineer. Also, I got lazy, and I'm busy with studies.
I'll admit yet again that I'm guilty of butt-dialing. I guess I'm either in a big hurry, or just plain lazy to lock my phone.
So I'm making it a habit to lock my phone.
But, one morning, my mom and I heard our phones ringing, showing Dad calling. When we picked up, we heard nothing but static.
What made this extra annoying is that Dad did it multiple times to Mom, while, in my case, he did it while I was fast asleep.
Dad likes to leave his phone's backlight on to supposedly prolong the life of the power button thingy.
This is a big problem for me because, even if a phone is stored in a pocket, electricity from human skin can still cause a capacitive touchscreen (the thing that smartphones and tablets use) to react, since I think clothing is too thin to insulate electricity effectively, and these touchscreens are made to react to very light touches.
So, if you don't want to press your power button, please set your phone's backlight time to a very short time to minimize the risk of butt-dialing, or do what my mom did and buy a phone case that locks the phone when covered.
Side note: Remember in Regular Show when Mordecai sang "Having a Good Time" with his phone literally underneath his butt, and it accidentally got sent as a voicemail to his crush Margaret?
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