SMALLRIG Mobile Video Cage for iPhone 16 Pro, Phone Cage with Phone Case with T-Mount Lens Backplate, Support for MagSafe, Quick Release Phone Video Rig for Videography Video Recording Vlog

This thing makes my ridiculously expensive iPhone 16 Pro feel like it’s incapsulated in a steel battle suit. Then it can deploy its inner self when you need a smaller profile. The best part, the thick plate around the cameras (why you dropped the extra $$$) stays with the phone. I got this to mount on tripod with the threads or use other accessories for making small vids. I will likely keep the cage on 99% of the time because it’s awesome (has cold shoes, thread, and other quick attach spots for other a small rig stuff)

The cage is fantastic, and for the price of a standard phone case from Verizon, it’s a no brainerWhile I purchased it specifically for film use (I’m a photojournalist by trade, and find myself using my phone more and more) the rubber insert case that goes inside the cage is good as well.No bells and whistles on the rubber case, very simple, all the buttons line up just fine. OCCASIONAL issue with the charging port on some larger cables. I frequently dock my phone for editing, and the dock cable is just too large to fit in the case.The cage itself is great. It works great with the handles, shotgun mic, and external storage I was using previously. No issues at all with the cage.

The media could not be loaded. This new cage from Smallrig is a disaster. What were they thinking?The cage covers the new camera button on the iPhone 16 Pro. That button is quite handy if you see something in the street and need to start shooting straight away so you won't miss whatever is happening.Nevertheless, I could live without that button. What I can not live with is the fact that my very expensive iPhone 16 Pro 512 GB (£1,299 at Apple) is held in the cage by just a small button . There is nothing else! It's just not safe (see video). Moreover, the phone shakes in the cage! Will that scratch it and devalue the phone for sale in future? One thing is for sure: This is the first wobbly cage/case ever.Yes, cage/case. Smallrig had this nice idea of combining a cage with a case what is very handy.Unfortunately, they went very wrong in the locking system and the covering of the place for the camera button. But they didn't forget to put some useless decorative thing with their name.That space could have been used to put something else, a shoe mount, for example, leaving room along the side of the cage for an open space which would allow the use of the camera button on the iPhone 16 Pro.I like Smallrig and have several of their products including the cage for iPhone 14 Pro , which is excellent. I normally use the Beastgrip cage but when I want to go lighter and smaller then I use the Smallrig cage.I upgraded to the 16 Pro and, as always , need to get new cases and cages because Apple makes sure that each new iPhone is slightly bigger or smaller than the previous model . Just enough to force everybody to buy new cases. And they claim to be so concerned about the environment...The 16 Pro almost fits in the Smallrig cage for 14 Pro (please see video) where you slide the phone down the cage . It's tight but the placement of the holes for the lenses doesn't match with the 16 Pro. The cage for the 14 Pro (and probably the one for the 15 Pro as well) is extremely safe. Even if the lock breaks (very unlikely) your phone will not slide up the cage on its own.Conclusion: I will send the cage back for a full refund. What a shame!