Navigating with phone in hands: the safest way, or nightmare?

What do you think about holding your phone in your hands while going on streets?

• not safe at all

• If you are aware of obstacles on your way, it should not be so dangerous for you and your phone. I had problems only with too busy people who just do not care about what they hit when running in a croud of other people.

• It's a necessity. It's either that, or paying tons of money for ubers, taxis, etc.

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• I am afraid of that the police comes and kill me because I am blind and can use my phone, so they may think I just fake it! Also, I life in nord corea just to let you know!

• Well as long as you have a free hand it may, be doable. I doubt it's good though.

• idk, i do it sometimes, but not to mutch, sometimes you realy need to do something, and you realy need to do it on that moment, so i dont realy have an opinion, people can do what they want

• I'd do it if it helps navigate, and plus I'm a gen Z kid so need to check messages and answer calls 24-7.

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• I don't have a problem with it

• It all depends on many factors, such as application features, how the user holds the phone and so on.

• it can get easely stolen. I would prefer not to

• I am not sure

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• For me, I think it is very unsafe, mabey in your pokit, but still.

• aslong as your safe And pay attention to your surroundings. I see no quarrels with it.

Have you ever navigated with Osmand, Dotwalker or similar apps alone, with phone in your hands?

Yes

41% 9 votes

No

59% 13 votes

Have you ever heard any stories about blind people, who navigated that way and people stole their things?

Yes

23% 5 votes

No

77% 17 votes

If yes, describe the story if it can be done publicly.

• Lol no, most people just don't do that

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• Yes, it can, because then the police come, because it is not in the internet, but on the streat, and killed the blindi, because he was dumb, and hold his phone in his hands, the theeth was never found.

• Don't feel like it cuz I don't know what to say p. Seriously though I doubt these navigation apps are worth it, I heard nothing that's really trustable, there's always a major thing sucking about these apps, whether they don't detect where you are or guide you completely wrong

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• not much to it. dude was walking and got his phone snached right out of his hands

Do you think it's a serious problem among blind people?

Yes

50% 11 votes

No

18% 4 votes

Something in the middle

32% 7 votes

Have you ever been in a similar situation, when people tried to steal something from you on the streets, as they saw you have a device in hands?

Yes

27% 6 votes

No

68% 15 votes

Even more than once

5% 1 votes

If the answer for the previous question is yes, describe the situation, if it can be made public.

• I was sitting in the train station, using my galaxy flip 3, important later, trying to plan a route. I had the phone folded in half so I could just use it one handed while holding my cane and other things and someone came and pulled on the top bit, basically the half of the screen I wasn't using. It freaked me out and people did help fortunately, but it made me feel so unsafe in that area that I just plan my whole route at home now, keep my phone in a little crossbody bag and use it that way and no way I use an expensive phone out and about now.

• Never happened to me or anyone I know, but it's always worth holding the phone tight and having pepper spray or taser with you, no joke

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• Absolutely, they found my fancy iPhone 14 pro so sexy and thought I have no life, so they stole my drugs in my airpods!

• Broh it could in theory happen to everyone, I don't get this o gaud, blind people thing.

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What do you think about the paranoya of people about this?

People have nothing to afraid of

18% 4 votes

It's needless drama, something like that doesn't happen every day

23% 5 votes

At these times people are afraid more than they should be

5% 1 votes

I understand the paranoya, because we live in such a society

32% 7 votes

I'm with the paranoic people, because you never know who is waiting for the right moment to rob you

0% 0 votes

I'm neutral about the situation

23% 5 votes

Do you have something to add? If yes, fill this edit box.

• Everyone, regardless of their gender, race, ethnicity, disability, sexuality, religion, political views, what they eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner is putting themselves in a risk when going outside, sometimes even when being at home, but that's life.

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• I mean it always depends on where you are. Capitals can be surely a bit, uh... In this kind of case. But ya know you should watch out for these things and be aware of your surroundings. I don't think it's impossible ay? But I won't trust those apps personally anyway.

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