Awesome Smartphone Accessories

Beaverlab’s digital telephoto camera has a 400mm lens and can shoot distant objects at 36x optical/200x digital magnification. Its 48mp sensor can capture craters on the moon and animals in motion. It works with a smartphone app for monitoring and tweaking your shots. It can also capture 4K video and HDR. There’s also a 40mm version for closer subjects.

One of the reasons that smartphones have been so popular for shooting video is their size. This viewfinder kind of defeats that, but it does provide pro-quality focus and framing tools, magnifying your screen, blocking out sunlight, and immersing you in your shoots. A hinged door on the bottom provides quick touchscreen access.

Upgrade your iPhone photography without resorting to digital filters. Developed by Pan’s Scheme, the Snap Filter attaches to the back of Magsafe-compatible iPhones, adding a snap-on frame for pro-quality analog filters. Options include colorful lens flares, stars, a softening black mist, and a set of neutral density filters.

If we learned anything from playing Octodad, it’s that octopus tentacles can grab all sorts of things. This elegant bronze cephalopod from Coppertist Wu stands at the ready to hold onto your phone, tablet, or a pen while keeping watch over your desktop. It measures 3.5″ L x 1.9″ W x 1.9″ H and weighs 7.4 oz.

This tiny accessory turns your phone’s camera into a powerful microscope. It offers magnification from 100x to 800x with a 1-micron resolution. It’s designed for use with flat transparent objects and sample slides and comes with a stand and reflective box with a polarizer that helps ensure subjects are in focus and well lit.

Scanning 3D models of objects used to require dedicated scanning equipment. But if you have an iPhone with FaceID, its cameras, sensors, and processing power can be used to grab scans. The ScanMira reflects the FaceID lenses by 90 degrees, so you can see what you’re scanning on-screen, resulting in higher-quality scans.

This unique gadget stand features a scissor-lift design that can angle your phone or tablet anywhere from flat to a 90º angle. It works with removable docking sheets that attach to the back of devices and folds down to just 0.23 cm (0.09″) thick when not in use. Made from durable stainless steel.

Add a kickstand to almost any bare phone or phone case with Spigen’s U100 universal kickstand. The minimal metal stand is perfect viewing content in landscape mode, and attaches securely with 3M adhesive. Spring tension holds it open, while a magnet holds it closed. Comes in black, silver, or rose gold.

castAway’s forthcoming hinged smartphone cases can be equipped with interchangeable modules, including a second display screen, wallet/charger, a battery pack, speaker, or gamepad. Cases are available for a variety of Apple, Samsung, Google, and OnePlus phones. Due out Q3 2020.

ZeroChroma’s Halo Effect is a kit that lets you mount your smartphone on your upper or lower arm, car, or wall. It also works as a stand. It lets you rotate your phone to a landscape orientation, and has an adjustable grip so it works with different phone sizes and cases.