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Jun 23, 2023

Best adjustable phone stands you can buy in 2023

We earn a commission for products purchased through some links in this article. Find the perfect viewing angle. Our smartphone rarely leaves our side during the day, but when we're at home and need to

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Find the perfect viewing angle.

Our smartphone rarely leaves our side during the day, but when we're at home and need to go hands-off, we pop it on an adjustable stand.

Forget about awkwardly propping up your smartphone during your next video chat with friends, or struggling to see incoming notifications while it's sitting flat on a desk – those days are over. An adjustable stand is a must-have piece of home office tech.

So whether you're catching up on episodes of The Witcher or Good Omens, playing a few games of Call of Duty: Mobile with a controller, filming a video for your TikTok profile or following along with a recipe, a stand lets you find the perfect viewing angle. Need to take it outdoors or store it in a laptop backpack? Most fold down for travel, too.

These are the best adjustable stands you can buy right now:

Maximum phone size: 8 inches | Height adjustment: Yes | Foldable: Yes | Rotating mount: Yes | Colour options: Black, Blue, Green, Purple, Pink, White | Weight: 222g

With an adjustable design that lets you change both the viewing angle and height (it lets you extend the 7cm stand stand by an extra 4.2cm), support for any smartphone of up to eight inches in size and a sturdy metal base, this is a brilliant all-rounder.

Maximum phone size: 7 inches | Height adjustment: Yes | Foldable: No | Rotating mount: Yes | Colour options: Black, White, Grey | Weight: 300g

If you're always video chatting with friends using your phone, you’ll want your handset to be closer to eye level. That's what this model delivers (it extends from 24cm to 36.4cm) while giving you a non-slip base and a full 360 degrees of rotation on the mount.

Maximum phone size: 7 inches | Height adjustment: No | Foldable: Yes | Rotating mount: Yes (Magnetic pull) | Colour options: Grey | Weight: 230g

If you have a recent Apple handset such as the iPhone 12 or iPhone 14, this sturdy phone stand makes use of the built-in Magsafe feature to keep your handset firmly in place. Much like some of our top iPhone chargers, including wireless and portable models, it snaps to the mount with a magnetic pull. Got an Android phone? No problem – it comes with a metal ring that attaches to the back of your phone or its case for a MagSafe-like effect.

Maximum phone size: 8 inches | Height adjustment: No | Foldable: Yes | Rotating mount: No | Colour options: Black | Weight: 105g

An adjusting stand doesn't always mean extra height. This model lets you prop it up into any angle between 30 and 90 degrees when open, but it then folds down into a credit-card shape that's 6mm thick when closed – ideal for your travels.

Maximum phone size: 9 inches | Height adjustment: Yes | Foldable: No | Rotating mount: No | Colour options: Grey | Weight: 209g

When you buy a phone stand for your desk or office – perhaps to set up beside your laptop stand – you need versatility. That's exactly what this model gives you – you can adjust both the viewing angle and the height, so it works just as well for a video call with mates as it does for watching YouTube videos on your lunch break.

Maximum phone size: 7.9 inches | Height adjustment: Yes | Foldable: Yes | Rotating mount: No | Colour options: Grey, Blue | Weight: 200g

We are big fans of the sturdy aluminium alloy build of this adjustable smartphone stand – which looks like an appendage of RoboCop. Unlike the other UGreen model on our list, this doesn't use magnets, but it does use silicone pads to keep your handset secure.

Maximum phone size: 8 inches | Height adjustment: No | Foldable: Yes | Rotating mount: No | Colour options: Black | Weight: 90g

If you're working from your smartphone, you'll want to have it connected to power so it doesn't cut out in the middle of your afternoon meetings or you don't miss any crucial emails. We love that this lightweight Amazon model has a cut-out in the back panel for cable management so you can reduce visible desk clutter.

Maximum phone size: 8 inches | Height adjustment: Yes | Foldable: Yes | Rotating mount: No | Colour options: Black | Weight: 200g

While it's not as slim as the flat-folding model on our list, this Lamicall stand is a great portable option as the built-in kickstand folds down into the holder to reduce the size when you’re travelling. When open, press a button on the middle of the case and it slides up, so you can also adjust the height of the 11.2cm stand by an extra 3.4cm.

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