OUR TAKE
“An $80 phone stand sounds absurd right up until it replaces the plastic tripod you stopped carrying.”
The machined aluminum folds almost flat, holds portrait or landscape, and makes hotel-room calls much less bleak. It works with MagSafe phones and cases. Peak Design knows exactly what it made and charges accordingly.
WHAT'S GOOD
Folds to about half a centimeter thick
Works as a tripod or kickstand
Adjustable ball head for portrait and landscape use
Machined aluminum construction
WHAT'S NOT
Very expensive for a phone stand
Best experience requires MagSafe or Peak Design mounting gear
Easy to forget on a hotel nightstand
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