Spigen Mag Fit phone holder car mount
Affordable Apple MagSafe wireless charger compatible mount
If you’re someone who spends a lot of time in your car, having a good car phone mount can be incredibly convenient. These days, you can find a variety of car phone mounts depending on the use case. For instance, some might need a car phone mount (aka a phone car mount) for their dashboard, while others might need a cupholder mount or a car vent mount. Some mounts have a sensor that automatically opens the arms when you place your phone near the mount. Others clamp manually or have a magnetic surface that requires a phone or case with a magnetic element. And some magnetic mounts are fully compatible with Apple MagSafe wireless charging (up to 15 watts), which means they’ve been certified by Apple as a MagSafe accessory.
Note that just because a mount offers wireless charging, that doesn’t mean there are no wires involved — you’ll still need to connect the charger to your vehicle, but you don’t have to plug the charger in to your phone each time to charge it. To get the fastest wired and wireless charging speeds available for iPhones and Android smartphones, you’ll need a power adapter that offers fast charging (most fast chargers have a USB-C connection and can deliver at least 20 watts of power).
CNET experts have tested and reviewed all the products on this list in their own cars. We update this roundup periodically as new car phone mounts are released.
Read more: Best MagSafe Accessories for 2023
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Great value|A lot of features for any phone you can think of.
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If you don’t mind going with a no-name brand like ZeeHoo, its wireless car charger has most of the features you want for phone charging, including autoclamping, a secure suction cup that can be installed on your car’s air vent, windshield or dashboard. It has USB-C and up to 15-watt fast charging for Android phones that support it (iPhones are capped at 7.5-watt charging). This upgraded version has a sleeker design than the original (see below) and it costs about $20 less than the iOttie above. However, this wireless charger doesn’t come with a cigarette lighter adapter — only a USB-C cable.
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Belkin’s Car Vent Mount Pro with MagSafe technically isn’t a charger. It’s just a certified MagSafe vent mount. Belkin also has a wireless charging version of this (it costs $40 without the car charger, $60 with it), but you’d have to connect a cable to it anyway for charging. The advantage of a wireless version would be that unlike with this vent mount, you wouldn’t have to plug a cable into your phone every time you want to charge it. I have a USB-C-to-Lightning cable set up in the car for fast charging, but I don’t love the extra step of having to plug in the cable each time I want to charge the phone.
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I installed this phone holder in my car because I didn’t want to have anything sticking up from my dashboard when I wasn’t using the holder. It’s got a clamshell design and you just open the top lid and set your phone inside. You can also prop your phone up vertically if you want, but I mainly keep my phone sitting horizontally in the holder. The base swivels, which is nice.
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Elegant and easy|Use the charger you already have to securely charge your iPhone.
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Elegant and easy|Use the charger you already have to securely charge your iPhone.
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If you’ve already got Apple’s MagSafe wireless charging puck, this Spigen mounting accessory is a good option for bringing it into your car. As I said, the MagSafe wireless charger isn’t included. Nor is a USB-C cigarette lighter adapter. But at $18, this is a fairly affordable magnetic mounting accessory.
OK, so this isn’t a wireless charger, but a lot of the wireless car chargers on this list don’t include a cigarette-lighter power adapter, so I thought I’d throw this on the list at the end. I originally had an Aukey power adapter on this list, but it’s out of stock and this low-profile Ainope mini fast USB Car Charger offers even faster charging (up 24 watts) and costs less. It has both a USB-C and USB-A port so you can charge two devices at the same time, but to get 15-watt wireless charging you’re going to be better off charging one device.
