On Thursday, Apple added a brand new iPhone accent to its on-line retailer: the Hikawa Phone Grip and Stand. It is an adaptive, ergonomic accent that was designed utilizing enter from individuals with a spread of disabilities, together with ones affecting dexterity, grip and hand management.Â
The $69.95 Hikawa Cellphone Grip and Stand is MagSafe appropriate, and capabilities as each a stabilizing grip and a vertical or horizontal stand for propping up an iPhone. It is manufactured from silicone and has a triangular form, with curved ridges alongside its outdoors and a gap within the middle. The accent is designed to cater to individuals with a spread of motor expertise, muscle power and grip pressure, in addition to those that use an iPhone with one or no fingers.Â
You’ll be able to select from a greenish-yellow chartreuse or a colour Apple calls “crater,” which is grey with white and black specks. The accent is obtainable for a restricted time on Apple’s on-line retailer within the US. Â
The grip was designed by Bailey Hikawa in Los Angeles. Hikawa has additionally made cases for the iPhone, that are daring and eccentric, with brightly coloured knobs — somewhat like wrapping a smartphone in trendy sculpture. That is the primary MagSafe accent she’s created.
Earlier this yr, Apple added a bunch of new accessibility features to its merchandise, together with Braille Entry for note-taking, Stay Captions on the Apple Watch and Head Monitoring for controlling an iPhone or iPad with head actions.
Unrelated to accessibility, one in all Apple’s newest equipment has been getting loads of consideration: the iPhone Pocket, a $230 crossbody pouch in your handset.
