My $10 Aliexpress iPhone Pocket

[CPark98]

My $10 Aliexpress iPhone Pocket just arrived a few weeks after ordering it. im not the guy who would rock this, but I bought this out of curiosity. The fit and finish is pretty nice. I have no frame of reference for the real deal but this has some stretch to it and easily fits my iPhone Air. I loved the iPod Socks from back in the day and thought this would be a somewhat quirky companion for my iPhone. The $10 price tag is easily more digestible compared to the $220 for the original.

 

[SnowPenguin]

Awesome! I buy a lot of stuff from Aliexpress that way. The quality range from ok to really good

 

[Momof2.1107]

Can you post a link?

 

[Bichon]

I'm not a fan of counterfeit knockoffs of luxury goods, and don't want to support their illicit industry with my $$$. Though the iPhone pocket isn't really my thing, I would be far more likely to buy it if they didn't plaster a fake Issey Miyake logo on it.

That said, I do love the On running shoes you are wearing; hope they're the real deal.

 

[boswald]

I bought a couple from AE too. I hope the quality of those I’ve chosen are good too!

 

[BotchQue]

While I disagree with the ridiculous price of the original, and with foreign-made knockoffs, the product does address something that needs fixing, in my mind. Current clothing doesn't provide a decent way to carry a phone:
- A front pants pocket is fine when you're walking, but is near-impossible to retrieve the phone if you're sitting. And, if you keep keys in one pocket and change in the other, your phone gets all scratched-up.
- A rear pants pocket is also fine when you're walking, but again hard to get to when you're sitting, plus you run the risks of butt-dialing (butt-scrolling?) or bending/breaking your phone if you're particularly callipygian.
- A front shirt pocket runs the risk of your phone tumbling out if you bend over to pick something up.
- Side pockets in cargo pants, or separate belt clips/pouches, work, but The Pretty People laugh at you and call the Fashion Police if you go that route.

Just my 2-cents' worth; First-World Problems, to be sure...

 

[Bichon]

And, if you keep keys in one pocket and change in the other, your phone gets all scratched-up.

Why would you do that? Keep keys and change in one pocket and the phone in the other.

 

[MaskedCarrot]

- Side pockets in cargo pants, or separate belt clips/pouches, work, but The Pretty People laugh at you and call the Fashion Police if you go that route.

Just my 2-cents' worth; First-World Problems, to be sure...

I use a horizonal leather pouch that I buy on Amazon that I wear on my belt to carry my phone in. So ya I am one of those people.

 

[iTouch]

I bought 3 from Aliexpress shortly after the MR thread. They came in a few days ago, so it took a few weeks to arrive. I paid less than $4 for each. The black and blue ones have the typical sock line pattern. The orange one has a design like the OP or waffle like pattern. The lengths are correct. But the blue one's width is slightly smaller than the other 2. It just fits slightly snug. The material/quality is quite good. The stitching is clean. It doesn't come with the fake label, which I'm fine with. Altogether it came out to be $11 or so.