Because you should be concentrating on the road. Thanks to its long neck and sturdy construction, this holder will position your phone high enough so it’s easy to see while keeping it out of your field of vision. Using a cup holder isn’t the most obvious place to keep your phone mount, but it works surprisingly well. This mount isn’t great to look at when you aren’t using it It's pricey, but it will work where most other phone mounts won't.īelow are the best phone holders we’ve tested - and we’ve tested a lot! There will be something to suit everyone here, but if not, be sure to check back later - new holders are being tested all the time. In that case there's the PopSockets PopMount 2, which has been built to securely hold your phone by the pop-out stand. Of course anyone rocking a Popsocket mount will need something a little more specialized. Not only does it work with pretty much every phone out there, it also comes with built-in cable management to help keep your dash board tidy. Of course if you need something simple, then the Belkin Car Vent Mount is a great option to choose. If you'd rather your mount had a firm grip on your phone, and charges it up in the process, then the SandMarc Active Car Mount, which offers MagSafe-compatible charging that would be perfect for anyone who has an iPhone 12 or iPhone 13. You’ll lose a cup holder though, so that’s something to consider. This holder sits in a spare cup holder and has a long neck to try and put your phone close enough that you won’t be looking too far down to see it. But don’t worry, they’ve already been culled from our list.Īnother solid option is the TOPGO Cup Holder Phone Mount. That being said, some holders are just objectively bad. That range of requirements and preferences is what can make recommending the ‘best’ holder so difficult, because what’s best for you might not be best for me. Those are the oddities, the mounts that clip into things, slip into cup holders, or something else equally as strange. Holders tend to fall into three categories: mounts that attach to air vents, mounts that stick to surfaces like dashboards and the windshield, and 'the others'.