I have noticed phones with a handset (like the one in the image) have a little cover that resembles something like a cold camera shoe under the bottom of the handset's top speaker holder. Is there a use for it? It has a line bump in the middle, but it doesn't go all the way from both sides, it leaves a gap. I have also seem some of them have extra space on the top of the cover, and some don't.

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[–] 23 points 2 years ago (1 child)
  • [–] 25 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Okay what's a "cold camara hot shoe" then?

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The "shoe" is the mount. "Hot" means powered, for things like flashes. "Cold" means unpowered, for things like tripods.

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  • [–] 23 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Right but there isn't anything that resembles that in the image

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Nothing at all like that in the picture, literally the only thing i can think of is the charging contacts on a cordless phone? But then why not post a picture of a cordless phone.

    If it's not "the hook" (as in "phone is off the hook") then idk what the OP is asking...

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    I would hazard a guess that

    1. this is just a picture of a "telephone with a handset", not the specific thing they're talking about, and

    2. their phone has a removable "hook" that was removed and lost sometime in the past and they're seeing the slot where it went

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