Why do phones and calculators have numbers in different orders?

Why do the numbers on phones read in order from top to bottom, but calculators read from bottom to top? Is there any advantage related to ordering technique or it has implemented blindly ?

Answer #1

Hm?

The numbers on my phone and calculator read from left to right…

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