How to make a costless tripod stand for your mobile phone

To the ordinary person, a mobile phone is just a device for calls and messages. Such people might only boast of having a charger and an earpiece.

These days, as technology has improved in great ways, the ordinary mobile phone has evolved to do more than just SMS and calls.

While some use them basically as music players, others use them for gaming and a whole lot more.

There are phones with powerful cameras which could take great photos and videos. In one advertisement, Nokia claimed that its Lumia 1020 which boasted a 41megapixels camera could be used to shoot a movie.

Photo lovers especially, use phones with quality cameras to take pictures or selfies which they upload on social media.

I could take a picture of you and you could me but taking a picture with both of us in it could mean investing in photo accessories such as selfie sticks.

Those who take selfies and group photos usually go through the hassle of stretching their arms in order to get a wide view as to contain everyone.

For those who record videos with their mobile phones, an accessory has been made for this purpose for a hassle free recording- The tripod stand.

Although tripod stands have been available for ages, these types were only for professional studios using the traditional cameras either for picture taking or video recording.

This type for mobile phones were only but recently made as mobile phone camera quality got better.

You could spend a lot of money getting one but i could show you in three steps how to make one using nothing but your phone charger.

If you have the type of charger with a retractable ground pin like the one in the picture above, then join me as we make a simple tripod stand for your mobile phone.

STEP 1