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Nokia implemented stereo sound? Wow, welcome to 1881.
Meanwhile, the vast majority of people making calls are still going to have only one speaker, so it'll still get downmixed to mono. Even if your phone has two, and you're not holding it next to one ear, they're still going to be so close together as to effectively be one point source.
This was true for TVs until it wasn't.
Edit: apparently some young whippersnappers don't know TVs used to be mono before they were stereo, and now some TVs even have spatial sound.
You think we haul 30" phones around in the foreseeable future?
You don't need the tv for the surround sound, the speakers fit inside tiny devices you can put near each ear.
You can stream your video call to a TV right now, and spatial sound could help match the movement of the people on screen if the phone was stationary for a more immersive call.
No need to haul anything around, just some creative thinking.
No, clearly we walk around with full 5.1 surround sound speakers on poles.