{"id":274415,"date":"2026-06-16T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/16\/popsockets-unveils-an-insanely-thin-new-pospocket-magsafge-grip-for-iphone-thats-a-labor-of-love-but-the-story-of-the-original-iphone-grip-might-be-even-more-inspiring\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T09:35:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T13:35:14","slug":"popsockets-unveils-an-insanely-thin-new-pospocket-magsafge-grip-for-iphone-thats-a-labor-of-love-but-the-story-of-the-original-iphone-grip-might-be-even-more-inspiring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/16\/popsockets-unveils-an-insanely-thin-new-pospocket-magsafge-grip-for-iphone-thats-a-labor-of-love-but-the-story-of-the-original-iphone-grip-might-be-even-more-inspiring\/","title":{"rendered":"Popsockets unveils an insanely thin new Pospocket MagSafge grip for iPhone that&#8217;s &#8216;a labor of love,&#8217; but the story of the original iPhone grip might be even more inspiring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/phones\/phone-accessories\/popsockets-unveils-an-insanely-thin-new-pospocket-magsafge-grip-for-iphone-thats-a-labor-of-love-but-the-story-of-the-original-iphone-grip-might-be-even-more-inspiring\">Popsockets unveils an insanely thin new Pospocket MagSafge grip for iPhone that&#8217;s &#8216;a labor of love,&#8217; but the story of the original iPhone grip might be even more inspiring<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/phones\/phone-accessories\/popsockets-unveils-an-insanely-thin-new-pospocket-magsafge-grip-for-iphone-thats-a-labor-of-love-but-the-story-of-the-original-iphone-grip-might-be-even-more-inspiring\">https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/phones\/phone-accessories\/popsockets-unveils-an-insanely-thin-new-pospocket-magsafge-grip-for-iphone-thats-a-labor-of-love-but-the-story-of-the-original-iphone-grip-might-be-even-more-inspiring<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-16 09:30:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.techradar.com\">www.techradar.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul id=\"elk-0325f5d3-5c54-4634-9f22-12248e323a58\">\n<li><strong>PopSockets unveils its thinnest iPhone MagSafe grip yet<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>It&#8217;s 2.6mm thick<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Comes in 12 colors and is available exclusively at the Apple Store \u2014 for now<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"elk-2e608ff8-a970-44c5-a011-fc8bc620635e\">Every gadget has an origin story, but PopSocket&#8217;s Low-Pro iPhone grip might be special. Unveiled today in the Apple store, it&#8217;s an idea as old as the PopSockets brand, but one that waited almost a decade, until the original grip had become a smartphone industry icon, adorning the backs of hundreds of millions of phones.<\/p>\n<p>PopSockets makes a wide range of grip styles, and some, like the Kick-Out &#038; Grip, are pretty low profile, but nothing is quite like the 2.6 mm-thick Low-Pro, which PopSockets &#8216; VP of Marketing Lisa Li calls &#8220;a labor of love.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-2e608ff8-a970-44c5-a011-fc8bc620635e-2\">The idea for the Low Pro traces back to the first few months of PopSockets when Founder and CEO David Barnett was already percolating ideas for an ultra-thin grip. But to understand that notion, you need to know why and how Barnett developed the PopSocket grip in the first place.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"inline-flex items-center gap-1.5 text-sm font-article-heading capitalize leading-5 text-white whitespace-nowrap\"><span class=\"jwp-carousel-title-mobile\"\/><span class=\"jwp-carousel-title-desktop\">Latest Videos From<\/span><span class=\"jwp-carousel-brand inline-flex items-center\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/media\/img\/techradar_logo_v2.svg\" alt=\"\" class=\"max-h-12 w-auto\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"blame-it-on-the-wired-headphones-3\">Blame it on the wired headphones<\/h2>\n<p>Image 1 of 3<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/vKaVkDxtNdH2G7AmKbuWwm.jpg\" alt=\"PopSockets Low-Pro\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/vKaVkDxtNdH2G7AmKbuWwm-320-80.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/vKaVkDxtNdH2G7AmKbuWwm-480-80.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/vKaVkDxtNdH2G7AmKbuWwm-650-80.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/vKaVkDxtNdH2G7AmKbuWwm-970-80.jpg 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/vKaVkDxtNdH2G7AmKbuWwm-1024-80.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/vKaVkDxtNdH2G7AmKbuWwm-1200-80.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" class=\"image-wrapped__image image__image\" loading=\"lazy\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/vKaVkDxtNdH2G7AmKbuWwm.jpg\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/vKaVkDxtNdH2G7AmKbuWwm.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/vKaVkDxtNdH2G7AmKbuWwm.jpg\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" data-slice-image=\"true\"\/><span class=\"caption-credit__credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Lance Ulanoff \/ Future)<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/8AjfkdZoEyJx8uGHwDMLym.jpg\" alt=\"PopSockets Low-Pro\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/8AjfkdZoEyJx8uGHwDMLym-320-80.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/8AjfkdZoEyJx8uGHwDMLym-480-80.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/8AjfkdZoEyJx8uGHwDMLym-650-80.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/8AjfkdZoEyJx8uGHwDMLym-970-80.jpg 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/8AjfkdZoEyJx8uGHwDMLym-1024-80.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/8AjfkdZoEyJx8uGHwDMLym-1200-80.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" class=\"image-wrapped__image image__image\" loading=\"lazy\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/8AjfkdZoEyJx8uGHwDMLym.jpg\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/8AjfkdZoEyJx8uGHwDMLym.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/8AjfkdZoEyJx8uGHwDMLym.jpg\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" data-slice-image=\"true\"\/><span class=\"caption-credit__credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Lance Ulanoff \/ Future)<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/7REP928m84oGkep227Hnym.jpg\" alt=\"PopSockets Low-Pro\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/7REP928m84oGkep227Hnym-320-80.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/7REP928m84oGkep227Hnym-480-80.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/7REP928m84oGkep227Hnym-650-80.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/7REP928m84oGkep227Hnym-970-80.jpg 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/7REP928m84oGkep227Hnym-1024-80.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/7REP928m84oGkep227Hnym-1200-80.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" class=\"image-wrapped__image image__image\" loading=\"lazy\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/7REP928m84oGkep227Hnym.jpg\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/7REP928m84oGkep227Hnym.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/7REP928m84oGkep227Hnym.jpg\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" data-slice-image=\"true\"\/><span class=\"caption-credit__credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Lance Ulanoff \/ Future)<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-63ca5809-b7ef-42b1-befc-f7bbcaf00f23\">A former University of Colorado Philosophy professor, Barnett had headphones he frequently used with his iPhone, which got tangled in his pocket. As a solution, he purchased a pair of large coat buttons and glued them to the back of his iPhone 3G (I saw it, it&#8217;s real). Then he wrapped the headphone cord around them.<\/p>\n<p>Problem solved. That spark of ingenuity ignited a little flame of innovation: Barnett realized he could do more with his phone cable holder and envisioned an attachable and collapsible pair of grips. He even taught himself CAD and created a 3D print of a 2.1mm-thick disk. The print was a bit of a failure in that it didn&#8217;t expand and was basically a stiff disc he now sometimes carried with him.<\/p>\n<p>        <span class=\"\n            flex\n            after:content-[''] after:flex-1 after:ml-4 after:my-[0.7rem] after:border-t after:border-solid after:border-t-[#ccc]\n            before:content-[''] before:flex-1 before:mr-4 before:my-[0.7rem] before:border-t before:border-solid before:border-t-[#ccc]\n            font-article-heading pb-0 text-[length:var(--article-river-title--font-size,1em)] uppercase sm:text-[length:var(--article-river-title--font-size,0.875em)] font-bold\n        \"><br \/>\n            You may like<br \/>\n        <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Even as Barnett started to hand out early grip prototypes to his students&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/phones\/phone-accessories\/popsockets-unveils-an-insanely-thin-new-pospocket-magsafge-grip-for-iphone-thats-a-labor-of-love-but-the-story-of-the-original-iphone-grip-might-be-even-more-inspiring\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Popsockets unveils an insanely thin new Pospocket MagSafge grip for iPhone that&#8217;s &#8216;a labor of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":274416,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/99J5AB5qcQFSnskmo32Qvm-1920-80.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[120],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-274415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-iphone"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274415"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274415"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":274417,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274415\/revisions\/274417"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/274416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}