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With regards to how he's holding the phone, it looks as though he wants whatever Harris is saying to be picked up by the speakers. I say this because, not only is the phone's microphone pointed towards Biden's laptop, but it's angled towards it as well. That wouldn't necessarily help, but I wouldn't expect Biden to know it wouldn't help.
As for a "script", I don't see an issue with that. Biden knows this is something that'll be picked up by news services around the world and, accordingly, he wants to make sure that he doesn't miss or skip over anything important. It's like using cue cards or, Hell, even a teleprompter.
There are so many things for which we can be critical of Biden, and rightly so. I just don't think this is one of them...
Um, yes it is something worthy of criticizing/questioning Biden’s mental ability to be POTUS. How on earth do you think he could take questions from the media in any meaningful way and have a grasp of a wide range of issues when he needs notes for a conversation with the person he chose to be his VP? Such detailed notes disregard authenticity of a genuine relationship as Biden has expressed.