Ok, don't laugh, but for the longest I used 2 toilet paper rolls stacked on my bedside table to watch TV at night on my cellphone while in bed, lol. It was the perfect height, and with a folded washcloth proped under the kickstand, life was pretty perfect. One day I was carelessly shopping on Amazon and came upon this handy dany item and thought to myself what the heck was I thinking all these years. I mean how much of a dork am I?! I really like this phone holder. I have a bigger phone, a Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra 5g and the clamp grips and holds it nice and tight. The stand also holds the phones weight except if you try to extend it all the way out and down to far. But that's not really a problem because you can bend the neck to compensate. So it's very well made, the clamp is really nice and tight gripping, and like others have said the neck is very stiff. I've had it for a little while and have bent this thing into probably 10 shapes a day and it's just as sturdy as the day it was delivered. There is one thing I don't like about the construction, and thats a piece that goes between the clamp and the "nut". I added a picture of the piece, and it's that little short curved piece. They really should have made it longer and straight because it gets in the way of the clamp and the way you can move the clamp around. If that piece was longer and straight, it would be SO much more functional. Another thing that would bring this product up to 100% is if you could raise and lower the neck. As is, they have you raise the neck by bending the whole neck upwards then angle the clip part to the degree you want. It would be nice to be able to keep the neck bent at a 45 degree angle and lift the whole neck higher for certain Apps that I use, namely the Da Vinci Eye. Anyway, it's a good sturdy phone holder, and I like it a lot. For the price, heck yeah, buy it.