Here’s a demo of the AirPods case as iPhone stand:
https://www.twitter.com/elfanek/status/930665323728121856
UPDATE: Interesting idea. Tried it myself. Unstable, don’t recommend it unless you can find some way to stabilize it.
Consider this stand instead, it’s even more compact. Looks very stable. [H/T @bmike]
I tried this with a 5S yesterday and, while it works, its not particularly stable since the AirPods case wants to be closed. I see this as a way to have the case’s hinge collapse, sending your expensive, scratchable, shiny phone falling flat on its surface.
Pass.
Does not even come close to working with my iPhone X and the Olive Green Mujjo leather case.
And don’t bother telling me there are better cases. Don’t want to hear it.
Not true. I wore AirPods on a flight from Dunedin to Auckland a couple months ago, and they were more than up to the task.
Did they do as good a job at blocking out noise as my wired Shure headphones? Of course not. But they definitely weren’t “useless”.