PopSockets Phone Grip with MagSafe Magnetic Base vs iOttie Easy One Touch 5 Dashboard & Windshield Car Mount
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PopSockets Phone Grip with MagSafe Magnetic Base vs iOttie Easy One Touch 5 Dashboard & Windshield Car Mount
PopSockets
PopSockets Phone Grip with MagSafe Magnetic Base
₹2,499
Nearly every complaint about magnetic grips falling off traces to the same cause, and it is not the grip: it needs an iPhone 12 or later, or a case with a real MagSafe magnet ring, and a case merely described as magnetic does not qualify.
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iOttie
iOttie Easy One Touch 5 Dashboard & Windshield Car Mount
₹2,499
Suction mounts weaken as temperature rises, and an Indian dashboard in May reaches temperatures where both the cup and the gel pad lose grip -- which is why a windscreen mount holds better here than a dashboard one, the opposite of the usual advice.
Full details →Who the PopSockets Phone Grip with MagSafe Magnetic Base is for
Buy it if: iPhone 12 or later users, or anyone with a genuine MagSafe case, who wants a removable grip.
Avoid it if: Anyone with a plain case, and anyone wanting a car mount -- the hold is not sufficient over rough roads.
Who the iOttie Easy One Touch 5 Dashboard & Windshield Car Mount is for
Buy it if: Anyone mounting to a windscreen, which holds far better than a hot dashboard.
Avoid it if: Anyone relying on dashboard adhesion in summer -- it will drop the phone.
Specifications, side by side
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| Specification | PopSockets Phone Grip with MagSafe Magnetic Base | iOttie Easy One Touch 5 Dashboard & Windshield Car Mount |
|---|---|---|
| Price | ₹2,499 | ₹2,499 |
| Weight | 28 g | 230 g |
| Warranty | 1 Year Official Brand Warranty | 1 Year Official Brand Warranty |
| Arm | not published | Telescopic, 12 to 20 cm |
| Attachment | MagSafe magnet array -- removable, unlike adhesive PopSockets | not published |
| Collapse | Two-stage, flat to about 6 mm | not published |
| Common failure | Buyers fit it to a non-MagSafe case and find it falls off; the case, not the grip, is the problem | not published |
| Heat behaviour | not published | Suction and gel adhesion both weaken as the dashboard heats. On a car parked in Indian sun, a windscreen mount holds better than a dashboard one |
| Holding force | Sufficient for grip and a light stand; not for a car vent mount over rough roads | not published |
| Legal note | not published | Windscreen mounting must not obstruct the driver's view -- position low and to the side |
| Mounting | not published | Suction cup with a telescopic arm, plus an adhesive dashboard pad |
| One-touch | not published | Side arms close on a trigger, so it works one handed |
| Phone width | not published | 5.5 to 9 cm, so it takes any phone with or without a case |
| Requirement | An iPhone 12 or later, or a case with genuine MagSafe magnets. It will not hold on a plain case | not published |
| Stand | Landscape only | not published |
| Wireless charging | Must be removed before charging on a pad | not published |
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