Gooseneck Phone Holder: Pick the Edge Before You Clamp

A gooseneck phone holder like ours has a bendable gooseneck between a lower spring clip and an upper phone clip. Our listing says the lower jaws “clamp across a compatible desk or shelf edge” and that “this is not a freestanding weighted base.” Check the surface, the edge thickness and your phone fit first, as our listing says, then set it up.

We sell a gooseneck phone holder, so read this as a shop’s notes on its own listing plus what readers ask online.

What readers ask

• One reader on Reddit wanted a holder “so I can attach it to my bed and not have to hold it while reading.”
• Another wrote: “My plan is to clip it to my wooden headboard and either have it over in front of my face or round the side.”
• A third wrote about the holder they already had: “it’s really difficult to move the arm on it.”

All three start with where the holder attaches. Settle that before anything else.

What our listing says

Our listing for the Pastel Pink Clamp-On Gooseneck Phone Holder describes “a smooth bendable gooseneck, a broad wedge-shaped lower spring clip and an upper rectangular-lever phone clip with opposed contact ends.”

It says the lower jaws “clamp across a compatible desk or shelf edge” and that “this is not a freestanding weighted base.” So it needs an edge to clamp to.

One complete holder with both clips and the gooseneck is included. The phone, desk, cable and adapter are not included. The listing gives a packing weight of 150 g.

People search for this as “gooseneck phone holder”, “gooseneck phone mount”, “flexible phone holder” or “clamp phone holder”. They all mean a phone holder on a bendable arm that clips to something.

Pick the edge first

Our listing says to “check the actual surface, edge thickness and phone fit before use.”

1. The surface. Choose the edge you want to clamp to. Our listing describes a desk or shelf edge.
2. The edge thickness. Check how thick that edge is before you clamp the lower spring clip across it.
3. Phone fit. Check that your phone fits the upper phone clip.

Set it up

1. Clamp the lower clip. Clamp the lower spring clip across the edge you picked.
2. Seat the phone. Place the phone in the upper phone clip, between its opposed contact ends.
3. Bend the gooseneck. Our listing describes a smooth bendable gooseneck. Bend it to set where the phone sits.

Want a holder that hangs from a cabinet edge instead? Our kitchen phone holder guide covers one.

Quick answers

Does this gooseneck phone holder stand on its own?

No. Our listing says it is not a freestanding weighted base. The lower jaws clamp across a compatible desk or shelf edge.

Is a phone included?

No. Our listing says the phone, desk, cable and adapter are not included.

Where to go next

Browse clamp phone holders or bed phone holders, or go straight to the Pastel Pink Clamp-On Gooseneck Phone Holder.