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With “sent from my iPhone” it’s an excuse for brevity and/or typos. Consider that the iPhone’s keyboard was a downgrade from the Blackberry that was previously standard among business users. The automatically-appended disclaimer saves the sender a bit of stress.

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that's one take.

Personally I think it was motivated by trying to create a marketed feeling of exclusivity , drive a stake between Those With and Those Without, and alienate those without into buying an iProduct and joining The Club.

Maybe a little bit less sinister than that. Just a way to promote the product in every email originating from their devices

Regardless of the reason, I think less of anyone who doesn't turn it off. Made me cringe so badly when I sent an email from a new email client that added something similar and I hadn't checked the signature.

One reason I feel that way is that the only time I'd see it in a work context is if it's a phishing email.

I see it all the time in a work context. At three different jobs.

No one really cares where I’m at. I have my laptop signature set to:

    Thanks,
    Kayodé
    
    $NAME
    $RANK
    $SERIALNUMBER

I leave it there even if using “Thanks” isn’t entirely correct and my name is repeated below it. Everyone else here does something similar.

My phone signature is the iPhone default. Just like everyone else.

The Blackberry had “Sent via Blackberry” before iPhones exsisted.

Or more simply to convey "I sent this email while on the go so without access to my pc/office/documents/files/etc". Gives important context.

Even though I could change it, I never bothered to remove the default signature. It works pretty well as a disclaimer because most people don’t bother to remove it. Therefore, you’re able to signal you’re not replying in an optimal manner without the other person feeling slighted.

“Hey, I’m sending this email from my phone” is pretty much a necessity when dealing with clients and such.

I’m grateful the default Mail sig works as a graceful catch-all rather than fitting in an awkward mea culpa in the body or (worse) slapping in some boilerplate sig that might as well read “this email is unreliable and so am I” to certain types of people.

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