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Bookcase: Astropad's Surprisingly Cozy Reading Accessory for the iPhone

• John

For the past couple of weeks, I’ve been using Astropad’s Bookcase, a simple iPhone accessory designed to make reading on your smartphone feel more natural. I wasn’t sure what to think of the Bookcase when I first read about it; after all, it’s about as simple as an iPhone accessory could be. However, what the Bookcase lacks in high-tech features, it more than makes up for in its design, which does what it promises, creating a better way to read on an iPhone. There are a couple of places where I think the device could be improved, too, so let’s dig into the details.

The Bookcase is a simple plastic shell that fits around your iPhone (or any other Qi2-compatible smartphone for that matter). It holds your phone in place using a MagSafe-compatible magnet and features rails along the left and right side for holding the Bookcase itself. It’s a little like a case without a top or bottom, but the iPhone is far easier to remove than from a case, which is by design.