All mobile phones deserve a "mute button"

     Meetings that last two or three hours without breaks are the nightmare of all workers. I believe that few people can persist in listening to the leader’s hundred-page PPT without being distracted.

　　Finally, when the leader talked about the fifth important matter in the fourth point of the third part, you couldn't hold back any longer, reached for the phone beside you, opened the e-commerce app and started picking the Dandong strawberries you had been craving for.

　　However, just when you accidentally click on a product that is on sale, a nightmare worse than a long meeting happens:

　　'Farm direct live streaming flash sale price is only ninety-nine...'

　　The live-streaming host's passionate voice echoed at top volume above the conference room. After you hurriedly turned off your phone, you realized that a conference room with more than a hundred people can be so quiet and the leader's eye language can be so vivid.

　　After get off work, you take the subway home. The miserable experience makes you want to use headphones to isolate yourself from the world. After playing songs for a while, you suddenly feel that the sound of the headphones is particularly clear today. After taking out your mobile phone, you find that the headphones have been disconnected for a long time. You have been listening to the sweet idol songs from 20 years ago at the maximum volume.

　　It turns out that the looks from passersby are not an appreciation of your outfit, but an affirmation of your taste in the playlist. At this time, you blush and want to dig a hole in the subway and shout into the hole:

All phones deserve a mute button!

　　Compared with other parts of a mobile phone, the mute button is like a small transparent part in the phone.

　　Normally, the mute button is set in a corner that is difficult for fingers to reach, and this is the best treatment for the mute button, because many people’s phones do not have room for a mute button at all.

　　Among the few physical buttons on a mobile phone, the mute button is always the least used. Some users may even use their phones until retirement, without knowing that they can set the phone to silent mode with just one click by flipping this small switch on the side.

　　According to the mobile phone evolution theory of "use it or lose it", the mute button should withdraw from the battle for the border as soon as possible, giving users a smoother, seamless border.

　　So, is it necessary for the mute button to exist?

　　Casey Netistat, a famous Youtube blogger, once launched a poll on Twitter: If your phone must choose between a 3.5mm headphone jack and a mute switch, which one would you choose?

　　After more than 40,000 people voted, the voting results were beyond people's expectations. The votes for both sides accounted for exactly 50%, which means that many people would rather give up the convenience of wired headphones than lose a "useless" switch.

　　From this perspective, the mute button may be more important than most people think.

　　The mute button can be said to be the most special button on a mobile phone. Unlike other physical buttons that have multiple functions, the only function of the mute button is to turn off the phone's notification sound in the fastest way and isolate it from the interference of ringtones.

　　The origin of the mute button is difficult to trace today, but what is certain is that the history of the mute button is almost as long as that of mobile phones.

Meetings that last two or three hours without breaks are the nightmare of all workers. I believe that few people can persist in listening to the leader’s hundred-page PPT without being distracted.

　　Finally, when the leader talked about the fifth important matter in the fourth point of the third part, you couldn't hold back any longer, reached for the phone beside you, opened the e-commerce app and started picking the Dandong strawberries you had been craving for.

　　However, just when you accidentally click on a product that is on sale, a nightmare worse than a long meeting happens:

　　'Farm direct live streaming flash sale price is only ninety-nine...'

　　The live-streaming host's passionate voice echoed at top volume above the conference room. After you hurriedly turned off your phone, you realized that a conference room with more than a hundred people can be so quiet and the leader's eye language can be so vivid.

　　After get off work, you take the subway home. The miserable experience makes you want to use headphones to isolate yourself from the world. After playing songs for a while, you suddenly feel that the sound of the headphones is particularly clear today. After taking out your mobile phone, you find that the headphones have been disconnected for a long time. You have been listening to the sweet idol songs from 20 years ago at the maximum volume.

　　It turns out that the looks from passersby are not an appreciation of your outfit, but an affirmation of your taste in the playlist. At this time, you blush and want to dig a hole in the subway and shout into the hole:

All phones deserve a mute button!

　　Compared with other parts of a mobile phone, the mute button is like a small transparent part in the phone.

　　Normally, the mute button is set in a corner that is difficult for fingers to reach, and this is the best treatment for the mute button, because many people’s phones do not have room for a mute button at all.

　　Among the few physical buttons on a mobile phone, the mute button is always the least used. Some users may even use their phones until retirement, without knowing that they can set the phone to silent mode with just one click by flipping this small switch on the side.

　　According to the mobile phone evolution theory of "use it or lose it", the mute button should withdraw from the battle for the border as soon as possible, giving users a smoother, seamless border.

　　So, is it necessary for the mute button to exist?

　　Casey Netistat, a famous Youtube blogger, once launched a poll on Twitter: If your phone must choose between a 3.5mm headphone jack and a mute switch, which one would you choose?

　　After more than 40,000 people voted, the voting results were beyond people's expectations. The votes for both sides accounted for exactly 50%, which means that many people would rather give up the convenience of wired headphones than lose a "useless" switch.

　　From this perspective, the mute button may be more important than most people think.

　　The mute button can be said to be the most special button on a mobile phone. Unlike other physical buttons that have multiple functions, the only function of the mute button is to turn off the phone's notification sound in the fastest way and isolate it from the interference of ringtones.

　　The origin of the mute button is difficult to trace today, but what is certain is that the history of the mute button is almost as long as that of mobile phones.