How to say that the phone is held between shoulder and ear?

Solution 1:

Many people use the verb to cradle for this:

as in cradling a phone on their shoulder

With variations of:
phone cradled against her shoulder
cradled the phone to his shoulder
cradled between my ear and shoulder
cradled between neck and shoulder
cradled between his shoulder and ear
cradled between his shoulder and jaw

Solution 2:

I thought it was "in the crook of the neck":

  • http://www.theregister.co.uk/1999/08/17/mobile_phones_are_a_real/
  • http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-85401/What-day-office-does-body.html
  • http://www.spine-health.com/conditions/neck-pain/neck-strain-causes-and-remedies
  • https://www.prevent-rsi.com/rsi/names/carpal-tunnel-syndrome
  • http://www.spine-health.com/video/video-what-causes-a-stiff-neck
  • http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/9710013763/yuppie-alert-mobile-phones-can-cause-pain-neck
  • http://www.myphysio2go.com/2012/04/healthy-computer-habits/