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Easy hack to make a phone stand out of paper will come in handy one day Credits: Social Media
By Ellissa Bain

Easy hack to make a phone stand out of paper will come in handy one day

By Ellissa Bain

Have you ever been somewhere and needed a phone stand? Perhaps you wanted to watch a movie on a flight, or do some work in a coffee shop.

Some people have stands on their phone cases, but if you’re not one of them, this clever hack could come in really handy one day.

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Paper phone stand hack

In a viral TikTok video, former Apple employee Tyler Morgan shared a genius trick that involves making a phone stand out of a piece of paper. All you need is a normal rectangle sheet of paper, which you could rip out of a notebook.

A few simple folds will make the perfect stand to prop up an entire iPhone or Android – and it’s surprisingly sturdy!

“Have you ever had a circumstance where you need a phone stand but you don’t have anything but you have some paper? I’m gonna teach you how to make a paper phone stand,” he said.

I know what you’re thinking. How could a single piece of paper ever be strong enough to hold up a heavy device for a long period of time? Well, it can be. The only rule is you must need to have your phone landscape.

“You’d actually be pretty surprised how well it works,” he said while pushing the phone with some force. “It’s pretty durable.”

The hack uses Origami, the Japanese art of paper folding, which transforms a flat sheet of paper into a finished sculpture through folding techniques – and it only takes a few seconds to do.

How to make a paper phone stand

  1. Rip an A4 piece of paper in half
  2. Fold the bottom right-hand corner to the left
  3. Unfold it and do the same with the other side
  4. Flip it over and fold the straight edge under
  5. Fold the front part in half and it will pop up
  6. Bend the bottom section up to hold it in place
  7. Place the phone inside the gap

Watch this video for a tutorial:

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