Buying Guide

If you’ve ever juggled a charging cable, a coffee mug, and a phone propped against your monitor, you already know why MagSafe stands for desks have become the most underrated upgrade in a modern workspace. I spent the last 60 days testing 8 of the most popular magnetic stands on my own desk — rotating […]

After six weeks of daily testing across two vehicles, a 2023 Tacoma with washed-out Texas pavement and a leased Civic with glass-smooth dash plastic, our team ranked the best MagSafe car mounts you can buy in . I personally logged more than 80 hours of real driving time, attaching and detaching phones more than 400

I’ve burned through more mobile gaming sessions than I can count, and nothing kills a clutch round of Call of Duty Mobile faster than a phone that suddenly drops frames because it’s overheating. That’s the exact problem the best MagSafe cooling fans for gaming are built to solve. Our team spent the last three months

Smartphone camera grips changed how I shoot on the go. After three months of testing eight top models with my iPhone 17 Pro and a Samsung S26 Ultra, I can say with confidence that the right grip turns shaky phone footage into something that actually looks intentional. Whether you’re vlogging for TikTok, capturing travel memories,

If you have ever tried filming a walk-and-talk vlog with just your phone, you already know the problem. The footage looks great on the screen while you record, then you sit down to edit and notice every footstep, every breath, and every tiny wrist tremor turning your cinematic dream into a shaky mess. That is

Picture-by-Picture (PBP) is a monitor feature that splits the screen into two or more sections, each showing content from a different input source at the same time. After spending six weeks rotating eight monitors with picture by picture through our test bench, our team found that the right PBP display can replace an entire dual-monitor

I’ve been hunting for the best phone tripods for travel ever since I started logging 80,000+ flight miles a year, and the difference a compact, stable mount makes is night and day. After testing eight selfie stick tripod combos across Tokyo hotel rooms, a windy Reykjavik overlook, and a beach in Tulum, I can tell

I have spent the last three months testing tripods on everything from sunrise hikes to cramped kitchen studios, and I can tell you this much: the best phone tripods with remote shutters are the difference between a shaky selfie and a frame you’d actually frame on your wall. I paired 12 models with my iPhone

I’ve spent the last 60 days shooting with 10 different smartphone lens kits across iPhones, Samsung Galaxies, and Google Pixels to find the ones that genuinely upgrade mobile photography. After roughly 2,400 test shots in coffee shops, hiking trails, and backyards, my team and I narrowed down the best smartphone lens kits for photography available

I tested the best smartphone telephoto lenses side-by-side for 45 days, shooting birds at my local wetland, the moon from my rooftop, and portraits at the park. My goal was simple: find out which external lens actually delivers the optical magnification phone makers keep promising but rarely achieve. The honest answer surprised me. Built-in phone