Apple iPhone Vlog Selfie Monitor Screen for 17 Series & Android,Built-in Speaker,Wireless & White 2025 Review

This isn't a phone, it's a $49 selfie monitor for vloggers. If you have a recent iPhone and film yourself, it's a handy tool. For any other purpose, it's completely useless.

Let's cut through the marketing. This isn't a phone. It's a $49 accessory that's somehow being sold as a 'phone' on Amazon, and our database ranks it dead last for features and near the bottom for performance. The one thing you need to know? This is a magnetic monitor screen for your actual phone, designed to give you a live view of your phone's back camera. It's for vloggers who want to see themselves while filming. If you're looking for a smartphone, walk away now.

Performance is, unsurprisingly, a weak spot. Our scoring puts it in the bottom 20% for raw performance. It's not running apps or games. Its job is to mirror your phone's screen with low latency, and based on the specs and reviews, it seems to do that one job decently for the price. The real surprise is how poorly it scores as a 'phone' across the board, but that's because it's being mis-categorized.

At $49, it's a niche tool that offers solid value for a very specific user: an iPhone 15/16/17 owner who vlogs and needs a reliable external monitor. The price spread in our data goes up to a ridiculous $4890, which is just algorithmic noise from other, real phones. Stick to the $49 price point. If your use case matches, it's probably worth it. For literally anything else, it's a complete waste of money.

Don't compare this to the Motorola Moto G Power or Samsung A16 listed as 'competitors'—those are actual budget smartphones. The real competition is other phone-mounted monitor screens like the Ulanzi or SmallRig models. This one wins on price and the dedicated wired mode for new iPhones, but loses on universal compatibility, especially if you don't have a recent iPhone. For Android users, especially Samsung owners, this is a non-starter.

If you're looking for a cheap smartphone, this isn't it. Go get a Motorola Moto G Power or a Samsung Galaxy A16 instead. Also skip this if you have a Samsung or Google Pixel phone, as the magnetic attachment reportedly fails.

We can only recommend this to a very specific person: a vlogger with an iPhone 15, 16, or 17 who films themselves solo and is tired of guessing their frame. For them, the wired, zero-latency mode is a killer feature. For everyone else—especially anyone thinking this is a cheap phone—this is a hard pass. It's a one-trick pony, but for its target audience, that one trick is performed well enough.