Your phone is dirtier than a public toilet. Get yourself PhoneSoap.

Your smartphone is the thing you touch the most – don't let it go crawling with germs.
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Leah Stodart
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iPhones can get seriously nasty, y'all. Have you ever been more disturbed than when you take the case off of your phone and see dust, gunk, and who knows what else packed along the sides? Yeah, we’ve all been there and we’ve all been carrying around 10 times more bacteria than a toilet in a public restroom.

You could try to wash your hands more or attempt to keep your phone in a pocket instead of holding it, but it’s still almost impossible to eliminate everyday germs from crawling on the thing you touch most: your smartphone.

We’re just as grossed out as you are, but thankfully PhoneSoap exists to help tackle this issue. Though it sounds like you would be dunking your phone in a mini bubble bath, PhoneSoap is actually a seemingly oversized phone case with a disinfecting UV light on the inside.

CARD ID: 320996, CARD TYPE: SideBySide

The UV light apparently kills the germs that your phone’s warmth usually keeps alive, while the box simultaneously charges your phone. Oh, and it comes in a wireless version now too for de-sanitizing on the go — because traveling is when your phone picks up the most germs.

We wrote about this product in 2012 when it launched on Kickstarter, and it's now on the market in its 3.0 version with updated technology and tons of color choices. Check out your new hypochondriac obsession here starting at $59.95

Topics iPhone

Leah Stodart
Leah Stodart
Senior Shopping Reporter

Leah Stodart is a Philadelphia-based Senior Shopping Reporter at Mashable where she covers and tests essential home tech like vacuums and TVs, plus eco-friendly hacks. Her ever-evolving experience in these categories comes in clutch when making recommendations on how to spend your money during shopping holidays like Black Friday, which Leah has been covering for Mashable since 2017.

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