Left Hand Telephone Receiver refers to a telephone-handset symbol that was discussed in Unicode symbol and emoji-related contexts, especially around the period when many pictographic compatibility characters were being reviewed for possible emoji-style use. It is best understood as a Unicode symbol concept rather than an officially approved modern emoji: while telephone-related emoji such as the telephone receiver became widely supported, this specific left-facing or left-hand receiver idea did not become a standard RGI emoji used on major emoji keyboards. The concept would have represented calling, answering, phone contact, customer service, voicemail, or an old-fashioned landline conversation, with a more directional or interface-like meaning than the generic phone emoji. People may have wanted it because early mobile interfaces, web icons, and dingbat fonts used multiple handset orientations to show incoming calls, outgoing calls, hang-up actions, or call buttons.
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This emoji was one of the "suggested emojis" the Unicode group unveiled in June 2014 [article], however, it has been, and still is, up to the companies who support emoji in their operating systems to provide not only images but also an algorithm to replace the emoji code into the emoji image.
