"Chris Green" wrote in message
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"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:

Ah - thanks for that. Personally. I'd expect to need to enable USB ports
being live at all times, rather than it being the default. Doubt many use
a desktop to charge their phone. ;-)

Why not?

Not as much current available as with the supplied
phone charger usually so charges more slowly.

My mobile lives sat on top of my desktop in the study,

Mine is on the opposite side of the deep armchair I compute
from with my feet up an a big square footstool so its comfortable
all day and half the night. I eat and watch recorded free to air TV
and downloaded stuff in that chair too now. So, because I am right
handed and the PC is on the left side, its more convenient to have
the phone on the right side now that all incoming and outgoing
phone calls except the now rare spam is on the iphone.

it's little use for anything else for me except to receive SMS 2FA
messages

Mad. Much better quality than even a good quality cordless
phone and the contacts and history is all in the one place.

so that's the obvious place for it!