The very best iPhone equipment for 2026

Peak Design’s iPhone tripod is a stable, well-designed aluminum body that folds right into a credit score card-sized form. You’re paying a premium for the construct design and high quality, with a tiny hex key even constructed into the tripod legs for tightening them, if wanted.

With a stable micro-ball head, you may regulate the angle of your iPhone whereas it’s in tripod mode. Higher nonetheless, it might probably firmly connect, magnetically, to the telephone in each vertical and horizontal orientations. This makes it a wonderful stand in your telephone even if you’re not attempting to shoot video or images.

You additionally don’t must shell out for a Peak Design case to make sure it really works, though it does really feel extra solidly related when you do. Any MagSafe iPhone locks onto the peripheral, sustaining a stable maintain on this cell tripod whether or not in use or folded away.

There are many extra inexpensive MagSafe telephone stands, equivalent to Moft’s Snap-On Stand and Wallet, which props up your iPhone whereas holding a couple of bank cards, Anker’s MagGo phone grip, and the now-ubiquitous PopSockets. Whereas MagSafe equipment like these are handy, they received’t be as sturdy as one thing securely snapped onto your smartphone or a smartphone case. The entire MagSafe stands, wallets, chargers, and different equipment I’ve tried finally fell off if I utilized sufficient drive. Nevertheless, there’s no sticky residue or the necessity to use a selected case with Peak Design’s tripod. — Mat Smith, UK Bureau Chief