I have had bozos legitimately try to tell me it’s the holding it up to your ear that’s illegal, so if you hold it sideways and talk at it you “can’t” get pulled over for it.

I also witnessed, from the other end of the telephone, one of my clients getting pulled over and trying to tell the cop he couldn’t be ticketed because the phone was on speaker – but still in his hand.

It’s so you can hear the speaker phone better. The speakers are on the bottom of the phone.