A few weeks ago, I was sitting in a coffee shop trying to watch a soccer match on my smartphone, and while the video quality was more than good enough, the actual experience was quite poor. The reason I say this is because I was having to hold the phone with my hand which in turn meant that the display was not exactly stable. When the display shook, it invariably caught a reflection that obscured the picture and causing me to miss vital moments.
There are a few solutions to this problem, with the most obvious one being to use a flip case, but I find them annoying, and cases with built-in kickstands add too much bulk for my liking. Luckily, I think I’ve found the solution, thanks to spotting a little accessory called Phone Buddy, an extremely portable, dual-purpose smartphone stand.
The Phone Buddy is a piece of brightly coloured plastic measuring around 63 x 38 x 10mm, and weighing 7 grams. But, besides being light-weight and easy to carry around, what exactly does it do?
Firstly, the Phone Buddy is a smartphone stand. By inserting its plastic molded pin into your smartphone’s audio jack, you can rest your device at a roughly 45-degree angle. This means you can watch the game (or anything else) on the handset entirely hands-free, which is a much better experience than trying to drink coffee and hold the phone simultaneously. Resulting, in my experience at least, in much less coffee being spilled and more time spent viewing the match.
If you find that when you take your earphones out of your pocket or rucksack, the cables are always knotted up, then the second function of the Phone Buddy will come in handy. The Phone Buddy smartphone stand also acts as an earphone tidy, allowing you to insert your earphone jack into the holder and then to wrap the cable around before slotting your earphone cable through one of the inserts as pictured below. This means you can safely carry your earphones around without having to waste time untangling the cables while also having a portable smartphone stand to watch your content on your handset when and wherever you want.
I’ve used the Phone Buddy for the last couple of weeks with my LG G3 and so far, it’s held up extremely well to being carried around in a coat pocket or thrown into my rucksack. Because I have a few sets of earphones left over from previous handsets, I have assigned one Phone Buddy to my coat pocket and another to my rucksack. I’m even thinking of buying a third Phone Buddy that will serve as my trouser pocket unit.
The Phone Buddy is quite affordable at just £3.99 ($6.19) for a single unit or £9.99 ($15.50) for a pack of four with free shipping. It’s compatible with most smartphones on the market, even the fruit flavoured ones and is available in a variety of bright colours including blue, white, black, pink, yellow and blue.
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