iPhones on TV! Dumb Celebs.

**CruciaL** · 11-23-2007, 10:33 AM

WTF?

http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/22/c...es-upside-down

http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/1...iphone-around/

OR THIS ?

**Sponsor** · 11-23-2007 10:33 AM

**AthanWylde** · 11-23-2007, 10:37 AM

haha! nice find... they don't deserve them iphones!

**noeltan** · 11-23-2007, 10:40 AM

really funny..

**DON2003** · 11-23-2007, 10:41 AM

maybe they just listening to the music from the speaker? hehe

**chocomocha** · 11-23-2007, 10:50 AM

hehe! i guess they aren't familiar which is the right side up

**Ranma** · 11-23-2007, 10:52 AM

Some theories:

I actually think I know why many of these shows are having the phone held upside down... especially in the Bionic Woman episode...

I think it comes from a production/direction stand point, where the director wants the glow from the phone's screen to show on the actor's face.

This won't normally happen because of the proximity sensor in the iPhone, near the phone speaker... this sensor turns the screen/backlight off when it detects an object (i.e. your head) is close by, to help you not accidentally hang up on grandma when your ear touches the screen.

So the easy way to keep the glow... flip the phone over, so the proximity sensor isn't activated.

These actors and directors know it's flipped... they have iPhones, and they know the correct way to hold them. I think they must be doing it with a purpose.

As for Charlie Sheen... IDK... I don't see a glow... but whatever...

I think the production team ask him to hold it like that to cover the Apple logo. I've seen lots of Mac computers with the Apple logo covered. Or maybe he's dumb.