Do not play with your phone vs Do not play in your phone

The correct phrase is 'do not play with your phone.' 'Play with your phone' is the commonly used expression to indicate using or interacting with a phone. 'Play in your phone' is not a standard phrase in English.

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Do not play with your phone

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to advise someone not to use or interact with their phone.

Examples:

Do not play with your phone during class.
She always plays with her phone instead of talking to people.
I told him not to play with his phone while driving.
Playing with your phone all day is not good for your eyes.
It's important to not play with your phone before going to bed.

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Then I stepped on your Subway play with my cell phone play.
You can play chess on your phone.
I'm not sitting around while you play phone tag.
Here, play with my phone, okay?
You can sit in my office and play on your phone. OK?
You know you're allowed to play games on your phone the whole flight now, right?
Do not play with me, Charlie.
Do not play with the medical fetus display.
I do not play with that thing.
Do not play with the members of this sacred chambers, my queen.
Do not play with the lever as this opens the blisters and wastes medicine.
Do not play with my heart.
So do not play with fire.
Do not play with my things.
We play for the phone numbers of Rosa's friends.
I found an educational movie I can play on my phone.
We do not play with the big boy equipment in the House of Stark.
Act in accordance with your responsibilities and do not play with the lives of European citizens.
Do not play with the members of this sacred chamber, my queen.
Pat thinks I've borrowed his phone to play Angry Birds.

Do not play in your phone

This phrase is not correct in English.

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You can play chess on your phone.
The part mobile phones play in our society was perhaps not done justice to in the Green Paper.
I'm not sitting around while you play phone tag.
You can sit in my office and play on your phone. OK?
You know you're allowed to play games on your phone the whole flight now, right?
We play for the phone numbers of Rosa's friends.
I found an educational movie I can play on my phone.
Then I stepped on your Subway play with my cell phone play.
Pat thinks I've borrowed his phone to play Angry Birds.
The only game this phone plays is Catch. Catch, Adam.
M-My cell phone plays "ode to joy," But it's on vibrate.
You dial in, you play games across phone lines with real humans.
Benny, can you play back those phone calls?
Information technology and mobile phones play a vital role in today's society, and have become real necessities for the majority of Europe's citizens.
And Mr. White's on the phone from Play-Tone.
And in the meantime, I get to watch Laura play solitaire on her phone.
It's a software PBX that allows up to 50 users to play on a single phone line.
They added bytes that let multiple users play on a single phone line.
Here, play with my phone, okay?
Can you play it on a phone?

Alternatives:

Do not play with your phone
Do not use your phone
Do not interact with your phone
Do not mess around with your phone
Do not fiddle with your phone

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Do not play with your phone vs Do not play in your phone