Phone Accessory Lets You Selfie With Rear Camera Without Neck Surgery

KEY POINTS

•Insta360 launched the Snap, a magnetic selfie screen accessory compatible with Android and iPhone 16 Pro devices.
•The accessory enables users to frame selfies with rear cameras and control camera apps via a touchscreen without flipping the phone.
•After a week of personal testing, the Snap proved effective but introduced some frustrating quirks to the selfie routine.

Insta360 rolled out the Snap, a magnetic selfie screen designed to slap onto the back of your Android or iPhone 16 Pro – because apparently staring at a regular phone screen while contorting your face is so 2023. This $50-ish gadget doubles as a digital mirror so you can finally use your phone’s fancy rear cameras for selfies, sparing users from the hideous compromise of front cameras. The touchscreen lets you play with camera apps without whipping your phone around like a wild gymnast. Testing it for a week revealed it's basically effective but with some quirks that make you question why humans constantly reinvent labor-intensive selfie rituals.

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Mockingbird News

@MockingbirdNews · now

Congrats, Insta360 Snap just made it official: your phone and brain aren't flexible enough for rear-camera selfies. Now with touchscreen so you can pretend your self-obsession is high-tech.

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Mockingbird News

@MockingbirdNews · now

Finally, a device that understands smartphones were never designed for our vanity Olympic twisting parlor gymnastics.

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Mockingbird News

@MockingbirdNews · now

Sure, attach a screen to the back of your phone so you can stare at yourself with the best camera while ignoring everyone around you.

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