Do you off road a lot? If so, that would explain it. I just drive city and highway and hardly ever have problems and I use a 6s Plus in a case.
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CES 2021: Scosche Debuts New Car Mounts Compatible With Apple's MagSafe Charger
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Not sure if you're speaking from experience or just assuming about something you've never tried as is unfortunately common. Have you used magsafe in a vehicle?
I've been using magnetic mount in my truck for four years now. It sure doesn't have a cushy suspension and bumps in the road haven't yet knocked my phone off the mount. I dunno if Magsafe is weaker or stronger, so it'd be great if you'd describe your actual experience with it. Thanks.
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I've used this magnetic car mount for a year or two now. It's wonderful. Never even had my phone come close to falling off. But doesn't charge, of course.
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I don’t anywhere near as much as I want to, but even general city driving in a Wrangler would cause the phone to fall off of the magnetic charger.
I live in Pittsburgh, if that helps explain that statement, lol.
Okay, maybe we are talking about different products? The one I use is here, it is different from their magnetic charger.
I mean yeah, sure
Except Scosche has been making phone magnetic-mount solutions for cars for maybe a decade or so now. Even with the thin slice of metal glued to the back of my iPhone and just 4 small magnets, it's never once failed me. Now that apple does half of the hard work; providing a magnetic mounting standard? I'm sure it would hold just fine..
I've been using this Schosche charger/mount in my car along with a Speck Presidio Mount case on my XS Max for around 2 years now. I've been very happy with it. The only time my phone has fallen off was when it got bumped by someone or something else (like grabbing my computer bag from the passenger seat to get out of the car). Driving down the road it is rock solid.
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When I finally upgrade my phone again I will not hesitate to look at any Schosche MagSafe mounts they have out at that time. Hopefully by then they will be able to build everything in rather than relying on an Apple MagSaft charger like these. I'm sure these will work well, I'm just not a fan of the white wire sticking out like it does.
Presidio Mount + MagicMount Pro Charge for iPhone X
Presidio® MOUNT is built for magnetic phone mounts. Two embedded and concealed steel plates in the case easily connect to magnetic mounts and won’t damage your device. Two layers of protection against drops up to 10 feet. Speck’s Presidio® MOUNT is a one-piece case with a polycarbonate outer...
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When I finally upgrade my phone again I will not hesitate to look at any Schosche MagSafe mounts they have out at that time. Hopefully by then they will be able to build everything in rather than relying on an Apple MagSaft charger like these. I'm sure these will work well, I'm just not a fan of the white wire sticking out like it does.
Sorry, I mixed things up a bit on my end.
Ive used Scoche, Evutec, Pitaka, Spigen, Anker, and who knows who else... none of them stuck well enough for me to consider them safe to drive with.