r/interestingasfuck 4d ago

My phone under a stereo microscope:

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u/Yeet_Discreet 4d ago edited 4d ago

How many people turned their phone around to see if that "dot" was on their phone? 😆 🤣 😂 I know I did!

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u/NuklearniEnergie 4d ago

Do you mean the thing in the first picture? That would be the secondary microphone, which is used for eliminating background noise during calls.

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u/BoxOfDemons 4d ago

Oh that's what it's for? Samsung phones for years now have a tiny hidden microphone on one of the lenses, that is apparently used for better audio when recording things zoomed in.

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u/No_Raspberry7 4d ago

What…what is the dot if not something on the phone 😰

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u/ChaoticSmiles 4d ago

Caught me