iPhone 17's 'Crossbody Strap' Accessory to Feature Magnetic Design

[yabeweb]

A 39.99 accessory (most likely) just to make you get Apple care....

 

[Nada Ting]

I thought technology was supposed to decrease clutter.

 

[klasma]

i dont see how this would connect to the phone/phone case. The phone cases we've seen just have the airpods pro 2 lanyard thingy in the corners, but the holes in the end of this lanyard dont match with them at all. Are they meant to slip inside the case or something? in which case what are the holes for?

Presumably the new cases will have matching magnets on the side, and/or maybe pins going into those holes.

 

[JustinKent]

Women's trousers have got such useless tiny pockets and phones have gotten so big that they need to be worn like a bag/satchel now?

It would be nice if the loop attachment point could be built into the phone instead of a case though.

Yeah, I use the Arc case to add drop protection while preserving the naked feel of the phone, and the ability to attach a strap directly would be 👌🏼

 

[racerhomie]

And yet that doesn't mean iphones still don't get stolen. Not as often, but it still happens. This strap is just good for dangling the bait.

It's also useless as a strap if it's supposed to connect to the phone via magnets. No way those are strong enough to resist anything more than a gentle tug. It will be far too easy to lose your phone just catching it on something as you move.

If you live in a bad neighborhood, don't buy it then. Let the accessory get released first before putting out criticism

 

[racerhomie]

Someone should tell all the e-bike snatch & grab thieves roaming cities like London. Doesn't seem like the message has gotten through!

Crime will always happen. But London and the UK needs to curb illegal immigration desperately

 

[sherwinzadeh]

Here's my deeper take on this:

Apple's investing into this accessory for the future of wearable computing involving some form of smart glasses paired to the iPhone. Men usually don't have a problem with the phone in their pocket but I think for women, it's going to be a bigger challenge to always be carrying your iPhone in order to make this distributed computing experience to work.

 

[Astuces iOS]

iPod touch is back?

 

[Plerf]

I don't understand--I attach my phone to a magnetic strap for security?

Can someone just yoink it right off? Because, you know, magnets?

 

[MathersMahmood]

Nice way to get robbed in London....

 

[Arsenikdote]

Nobody is going to want to steel that

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Yeah but they might steal it

 

[vartanarsen]

who remembers this guy!

 

[Yr Blues]

Nobody is going to want to steel that

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It's titanium, though.

 

[applefan8254]

What's nice is that when it's not being actively used, instead of just hanging loose, it can essentially become one with the phone by magnetically snapping to the edges of the phone or the case. This way it's out of the way. Until it's needed.

 

[Apple2501]

It’s a strap, time to put a whoopin’ on some poor thief. “I came for the phone, I left with a welt”.

 

[darngooddesign]

hm. Not as ridiculous as people who carry their phone in their back pocket (you sit on your phone, really?) or front pocket (robot penis)

I have carried my iPhones in my back pockets for well over ten years and it has never cause any problems; you don't actually sit on your phone.

 

[Benjamin61181]

So Apple found a way to make 100 dollar plus cases a reality. Congrats Timmy.

 

[jole]

Any lanyard carried around the next should have a breaking point to prevent strangulation in case the of it getting tangled up in an elevator or similar situation. Where is the breaking point?

 

[19callum93]

This will be perfect for all the “Karen Moms”

 

[thiscatisfat]

It's titanium, though.

The rumors say they will be aluminum, even the Pro models. And even when they used titanium on last models, there’s not much of it actually there 😄 I think JRE made a video about it.

 

[thiscatisfat]

Yeah but they might steal it

…sorry. English isn’t my first language.

 

[Arislan]

Can someone actually explain what this thing is? A necklace? A belt? A lanyard? And how does it supposedly work? The iPhone sucks to it magnetically anywhere on the length? The little end things loop through the supposed case strap hole? I just can't envision this thing in my head in a functional fashion without picturing an iPhone falling to the ground easily.

 

[Tozovac]

I think adults who actually use a strapped phone around their neck is trapped in childhood.
They look like they missed the bus to summer camp or something.

Or it's the 2025 version of Flava Flav.

 

[Populus]

https://www.google.com/search?udm=2&q=crossbody+phone+strap

Oh, god. Smartphones are getting so huge that, because they no longer fit in the pocket, they have to be worn like a purse.

 

[klasma]

It's titanium, though.

Aluminum, actually.