The best phone mounts 2026: hold your device securely on the move

Even in the age of the in-car touchscreen, when your vehicle’s own interface can accomplish everything you could possibly want to do – a smartphone mount is still such a useful thing.

Whether you’re using it as a supplemental navigator on an app you can’t get in your car, controlling your music on it or simply making sure it’s close at hand and safe rather than crammed into a cupholder, the best smartphone mounts make using your phone in the car safer and more secure.

They’re especially handy if you have an older car that might not have niceties such as Apple CarPlay or Android Auto – because then, your phone can totally replace the central touchscreen.

A secure phone mount also keeps you on the right side of the law. It’s strictly forbidden to hold and use a phone while driving, but if it’s held fast in a phone mount then you can. Of course, it’s best not to – any typing in of addresses or replying to texts should wait until you’re stopped – but this way, you can swipe away a notification or hit ‘answer’ on a call without risking six points and a hefty fine.

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The best phone mounts are easy to use, discreet when you’re not using them, and simple to mount or demount. We’ve rounded up some of the most useful, including both clamp-style and magnetic types.

Quadlock car kit

Price: around £100
Buy from: www.quadlockcase.co.uk
Best for: security

Quadlock is the name in heavy-duty phone mounting. It requires a bespoke case that fits on your phone, and then you can securely clip that into one of the very sturdy mounting options – choose from suction cup, cupholder, air vent or others.

If you spend loads of time behind the wheel, or perhaps you do a lot of off-roading or track driving and want to make sure your phone isn’t going anywhere – this is the phone mount for you, though it’s definitely overwrought for most use cases. It’s also ideal for bikers or cyclists, who may have a Quadlock mount on their handlebars already.

Lamicall MagSafe phone mount

Price: £29.99
Buy from: www.lamicallshop.com
Best for: minimalism

This vent mount has thousands of five-star reviews on Amazon. It doesn’t do anything remotely fancy but it doesn’t need to – it clips neatly into an air vent and holds your MagSafe-compatible device safely.

As with any vent-mounted phone holder, this one won’t be suitable for all types of car (or indeed, all types of vent) and it does tend to block the airflow. Its single ball joint doesn’t allow for much positionability either – but it does look nice and discreet when the phone’s not there.

Halfords Core One Touch phone holder

Price: £9.99
Buy from: www.halfords.co.uk
Best for: saving money

At less than a tenner this sturdy suction cup mount is great value. ‘One Touch’ refers to the neat mechanism – when you put your phone in, it depresses a switch which activates the side arms, holding your device securely.

There is also an air vent version of this mount if you don’t want something suctioned to your dash or windscreen.

Mous Wireless Charging Suction Mount

Price: £69.99
Buy from: uk.mous.co
Best for: charging on the go

This stylish mount is compatible with the latest Qi2 wireless charging, meaning that once you’ve got it installed and plugged in, your compatible phone will both mount magnetically and charge at up to 15W. There’s even a cooling fan, something you don’t even find on some luxury cars with wireless charging pads.

Suction, adhesive and vent mountings are all available, and it’s discreet enough to leave in place all the time – provided you’re on top of your cable management.

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