This looks great! All I ever put in that cubby is my phone so a nice holder there is a good idea!

What size iPhone do you have in there? And is there room to plug it in while mounted via MagSafe?

 

Thanks! It’s the 12 Mini but I bet larger ones would fit. I made the back plate separate so I can change its depth. Not sure how many people like to have their phone horizontal, but I often do. (Just wish Apple made the Home screen and Music app offer landscape views.)

The charger would fit if I slid backwards the back plate a little. The cable would hang in front a bit awkwardly. I might want a 90-degree adapter for its plug.

Still mulling over revisions but eventually I’ll post the STL file on Thingaverse.

 

Looks awesome!

 

Thanks! The pictures are a bit flattering (by design); that McIntosh app is buggy so I don’t actually like using it, and the phone is slightly awkward to place and use, but hopefully I can improve it. I see that even if I don’t use a MagSafe charger, Amazon sells magnetic or metal rings that might be good for holding the phone perfectly in place.

 

that is really cool ! Sell them I would 100% get one!

 

Looks really good. I was thinking over some ideas my self. Any word on posting the stl yet. I would really like to give your design a try.

 

Thank! You guys are inspiring me to get some more filament (I’m almost out) and refine the design slightly. Then I’ll post the updated STL file; soon.

 

I have totally been looking for something like this. I've tried a few options but they either don't fit right or my phone falls off under hard acceleration. For now I just lay my phone flat but it slides around ☹

 

I would be happy to purchase one as well. This way I can run my Apple Mini iPad for data logging and keep the phone available for nothing but circumstantial use.

 

Thanks for the encouragement! I have a few revisions in mind and hope to update this thread sometime this week.

 

Revision 1; now with a spot for my MagSafe charger, which is great at holding the phone down. (It fits tightly but is able to slide up and down for different width phones.) The slot lets the cord out and gives the whole backboard a little spring action that helps clamp down the charging plate; a happy acciden.

I’m thinking I could print a spacer to fill that slot for non-MagSafe phones.

The next revision might include a way to store the cable in back.

 

 

Quere: How many people actually use their phones only in landscape mode? For iOS, it’s annoying that Apple makes limits of its native apps, like Music, to portrait mode, while others, like Mail, Safari and iMessage, do both.

My next mod will probably be getting a wireless CarPlay adapter, so I never have to plug my phone into the car. I can just drop it into this mount.

 

 

I know its been awhile but I've been gone for a bit. Wondering if you have had any further success with the print?

 

Sorry; just saw this: I wound up keeping my second version. It works fine although I might refine it a bit more if I printed it again. I still use it whenever I drive and my phone snaps onto the magnet nicely.