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'Trunk' Posable Lightning Cable Doubles as iPhone Stand
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They actually sell a + version that costs $50,000 extra that creates an anti-gravity field around it so as to not strain the cord.
How heavy do you think the iPhone is!? It would be fine.
1 a usb is plenty strong enough and the lightning connector is even stronger!
Sorry to burst you bubble but it ain't a concept... it's on sale. I'll buy one and let you know how it goes.
http://ilovehandles.com/products-page/iphone/trunk/
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Well anything is possible... but... well not really.. all the bits are way strong enough. the lighting connector is incredibly strong.
It's a mass on the end of a flexible lever arm. If this is in your car, and you hit a pothole, the forces are going to be substantially higher than just the static weight of the iPhone.
If the bendy trunk isn't rigid enough, then the phone can swing around and hit something. If it maintains its position, then those forces are transferred through. You risk damaging the phone at the connector, damaging the USB port, or dislodging the lighter socket adapter.
No thanks.
I agree. This is part of the design of the lightning connector, to be able to handle a bit more force. The phone weighs so little. Not that I have any interest in this product.
I have a 2013 Audi A8 and has a fully iPhone-integrated center-console adapter where u can control calls and music... Get an Audi!!!
I'd personally be a tad more worried about my car and my life than my phone! There's a reason GPS units are positioned above the dashboard - if you used your phone as a GPS as in the picture it wouldn't be long before you wrapped your car around a tree or worse from taking your eyes off the road. Some very bad marketing there.
So I ordered 3 of these... and just got them 5 minutes ago.
Aside from being a 3 inch non-certified lightning charger, they are fairly worthless as anything else...
-the lightning connector is extremely lose and any jostling or shaking and the phone sways with it (would be worthless in car). biggest disappointment
-if the phone is on any angle and not perfectly vertical, the weight of the phone begins to straighten out your bend.
-i dont think it was advertised as such, but it only bends on one axis, you cant bend it up and to the side (for example, to face the user when connected to the side of a MBP or keyboard....
-it is too short to be visible from the back of my imac.
oh well.
Aside from being a 3 inch non-certified lightning charger, they are fairly worthless as anything else...
-the lightning connector is extremely lose and any jostling or shaking and the phone sways with it (would be worthless in car). biggest disappointment
-if the phone is on any angle and not perfectly vertical, the weight of the phone begins to straighten out your bend.
-i dont think it was advertised as such, but it only bends on one axis, you cant bend it up and to the side (for example, to face the user when connected to the side of a MBP or keyboard....
-it is too short to be visible from the back of my imac.
oh well.
Just received mine yesterday. Hate to say it, but its a heap of rubbish.
Cons:
-Not a certified cable. So on iOS 7, you get the annoying warning dialogue everytime you plug it in.
-The material it is made out of is both too strong and too weak at times. It's incredibly difficult to adjust the angle to wear you want it. If you adjust it while its plugged into either the phone or the USB port, you get a nasty crackling/popping noise from the components in the iPhone and USB port being strained by the movement. This accessory WILL damage your device if not used correctly. It is not a question of if, its a question of when. The material is too weak at times in that 90% of the positions you move Trunk into, it will simply fall over with the weight of the iPhone connected to it. Tragic design flaw. This is supposed to be a "posable" Lightning cable, but has simply one position you can use it in.
Pros
-Feels solid. I could drop this off a skyscraper and I'm sure it would be fine.
-Cool to show people. Its certainly unlike any other charging cable out there.
All in all, I do not think this thing is worth the price. I would return it, but I don't really want to deal with the hassle of shipping it back. Disappointing. I thought this thing would be much more usable than it really is.
Cons:
-Not a certified cable. So on iOS 7, you get the annoying warning dialogue everytime you plug it in.
-The material it is made out of is both too strong and too weak at times. It's incredibly difficult to adjust the angle to wear you want it. If you adjust it while its plugged into either the phone or the USB port, you get a nasty crackling/popping noise from the components in the iPhone and USB port being strained by the movement. This accessory WILL damage your device if not used correctly. It is not a question of if, its a question of when. The material is too weak at times in that 90% of the positions you move Trunk into, it will simply fall over with the weight of the iPhone connected to it. Tragic design flaw. This is supposed to be a "posable" Lightning cable, but has simply one position you can use it in.
Pros
-Feels solid. I could drop this off a skyscraper and I'm sure it would be fine.
-Cool to show people. Its certainly unlike any other charging cable out there.
All in all, I do not think this thing is worth the price. I would return it, but I don't really want to deal with the hassle of shipping it back. Disappointing. I thought this thing would be much more usable than it really is.