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Because back in the olden days you could just hold down the physical power button to force a phone to shut down, same as you can do on computers still. This bypasses the frozen software and forces the phone to shut down so you can reboot it.
You still can ? All phones have a power button.
If my phone is frozen it doesn't respond to the power button because it's software shutdown
Have you held it for 45 seconds?
Pretty sure if you hold power and sounds button there is an hardware feature that shutdown the everything and reboot.
This isn't true. You just have to hold the hardware restart combination for longer.
You can still absolutely do it
iPhone X and later: Click Volume Up, then Down, then hold the Power Button for 10-15 seconds
Android Devices: Hold Volume Down + Power for around 7-15 seconds