Hikawa iPhone Grip Sold Out on Apple Store – But New Colors Available for Preorder

[MacRumors]

Apple's online store has sold out of the limited-edition Hikawa Phone Grip and Stand accessibility accessory it debuted late last week. However, two new color options in production are set to be released in early December and can be pre-ordered directly from Hikawa's website.

Hikawa is offering the MagSafe-compatible Grip and Stand in Cobalt and Blurple Swirl, following the rapid sellout of its Chartreuse and Crater colors. The accessories cost £55 each (about $72 USD) and international shipping is available – but stock is extremely limited, so move quickly if you're interested.

Designed by LA-based Bailey Hikawa to celebrate the 40th anniversary of accessibility at Apple, the grip uses magnets to securely snap onto any iPhone with MagSafe. Hikawa says it can be removed with ease, and doubles as a stand with two different viewing angles, in both vertical and horizontal orientations.

Inspired by modern sculpture, the Hikawa's design process involved direct input from individuals with disabilities affecting muscle strength, dexterity, and hand control.

The Hikawa website also sells a range of unconventional high-end iPhone cases, as well as a selection of eye-catching toilet seats.

Article Link: Hikawa iPhone Grip Sold Out on Apple Store – But New Colors Available for Preorder

 

[Textime]

As long as people buy this, we're not in a crisis.

 

[Tig_one]

The Apple consumer at its finest.

 

[ifxf]

I bet none of the people who complain about the camera bump will buy this.

 

[chmania]

iPhone grips, pretty cheap.

 

[Nyx1]

That was socking

 

[cjsuk]

As long as people buy this, we're not in a crisis.

Some people are still idiots in a crisis.

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Oh crikey this is one of their other products for £1000

 

[newJeans]

nothing says accessible quite like "limited edition".

 

[dwaltwhit]

People seem to be missing the point: these are designed with people who have manual dexterity issues. Obviously anyone can use them, but the target demographic is people with hand problems.

 

[Guacamole]

🤣🤣🤣

 

[contacos]

Looks like a sex toy in that color variant

 

[cicalinarrot]

It's clever and original design made for a very small number of potential buyers. The development and marketing costs must be taken into account and shared between them.
And I generally prefer when these sort of tools are cheap of course, but it's made for very expensive phones and it's likely gonna last more than one generation, so it's no tragedy.

 

[Kylo83]

It’s horrible

 

[orbital~debris]

As long as people buy this, we're not in a crisis.

As long as people fail to understand there are multiple segments of a country's population, each with different levels of disposable income, we're not learning enough about non-homogeneity.

 

[tomtad]

Some people are still idiots in a crisis.

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Oh crikey this is one of their other products for £1000

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We're edging ever closer to that Apple iToilet

 

[klasma]

People seem to be missing the point: these are designed with people who have manual dexterity issues. Obviously anyone can use them, but the target demographic is people with hand problems.

I wish they still made iPhones for the target demographic of one-handed people.

 

[ibran]

the target demographic is people with hand problems.

That’s all of us, ever since the iPhone 5 and its larger and larger successors. (RIP iPhone mini)

 

[thejadedmonkey]

Anything to prevent selling a phone with a smaller screen, rite Apple?

 

[iMac The Knife]

This is up there with some of the dumbest products I have ever seen in my life.

 

[iMac The Knife]

I wish they still made iPhones for the target demographic of one-handed people.

My buddy only has one hand (I'm serious). He uses an Android, and it's not a small 'mini' sized phone either. I think everyone will be fine.

 

[rotlex]

$72 fo a piece of rubber. And people buy it. This is why I continue to hold onto my Apple stock and buy more when it dips, lol.

 

[emmab2006]

i can 3d print this for £1 worth of TPU

 

[N47H]

People seem to be missing the point: these are designed with people who have manual dexterity issues. Obviously anyone can use them, but the target demographic is people with hand problems.

If this was truly about manual dexterity and accessibility it wouldn’t be a limited run product. It would be widely available without artificial scarcity being used as a barrier to entry. The price point also wouldn’t be exclusionary. People will defend anything.

 

[Enlightened Doggo]

The design is very human

 

[DEMinSoCAL]

$72 fo a piece of rubber. And people buy it. This is why I continue to hold onto my Apple stock and buy more when it dips, lol.

"Piece of rubber"? How does it stick to the iPhone?

There's more than rubber in there.