The best iPhone stands feature MagSafe charging and let you use your iPhone as a custom smart display with iOS 17’s StandBy mode.

In StandBy mode, your horizontally charging iPhone becomes a customizable display for widgets, pictures, or live sports scores. The catch? To charge wirelessly, you’ll need a MagSafe charging stand with a landscape orientation option to use the software feature.

Among the best iPhone stands with MagSafe charging, our top pick is Zagg’s Mophie Powerstation Stand, an adjustable option that offers 15W wireless MagSafe charging and 20W USB-C charging. For a more affordable option, we recommend the versatile folding stand of the Anker 622 Magnetic Battery.

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• The adjustable Mophie Powerstation allows you to charge your iPhone wirelessly at 15W while charging an Apple Watch or AirPods through its 20W USB-C port.

• This iPhone charging stand can shift to a flat platform for charging your AirPods, but it requires the Apple MagSafe charger, which is sold separately.

• Anker’s slim and relatively affordable 622 Magnetic Battery model features a secure MagSafe connection, a foldable stand, and a side USB-C port.

• The adjustable PowerWave 2-in-1 has a wide range of viewing angles and LED status indicators. With its two wireless pads, you can charge your iPhone and AirPods at the same time.

• This straightforward yet powerful Belkin stand can charge your iPhone at up to 15W while also charging your AirPods.

• Anker’s 533 stand can charge your iPhone at up to 7.5W while wirelessly charging your AirPods. It can also charge an Apple Watch (Series 1 to 6) with a wired connection.

• This 3-in-1 charger from Belkin can fast charge the latest Apple Watch models and MagSafe-compatible iPhones while wirelessly charging AirPods.

FAQs

What is StandBy mode on iPhone?

iOS 17’s StandBy mode turns any of the best iPhones into a smart display when charging your phone horizontally with a wired or wireless connection. The feature is available to any iOS 17-compatible iPhone, which includes phones from 2018’s iPhone XS to the iPhone 15 series, and excludes any earlier iPhone. 

In StandBy mode, you can use customizable widgets to craft your iPhone’s display to your liking when your phone is docked and charging. When wireless charging, the StandBy feature requires a MagSafe charging stand with a landscape mode and a MagSafe-enabled iPhone (iPhone 12 series or later) to function.

What should I look for in an iPhone stand?

When picking an iPhone stand, you want to ensure that it is compatible with your devices and — if you wish to use StandBy mode while charging wirelessly — that it offers MagSafe charging in landscape mode, as detailed in the section above. 

Note that not every charging stand has a MagSafe charger integrated into it; in our above listing, the Twelve South Forté Stand requires you to purchase Apple’s MagSafe charger separately.

Lastly, another key consideration: whereas Apple-certified “Made for MagSafe” chargers can supply devices with up to 15W fast charging, MagSafe-compatible chargers can only deliver 7.5W.