7 Smartphone Accessories Home Owners Need for Summer

In the summer, you’re always go go go. The days are longer, so you make the most of your days with friends, outside, and traveling to new places. Being prepared with these seven home owner must-have smartphone accessories will help you stay busy and happy this summer.

Home Owner Must-Have Smartphone Accessories

Speaker

Whether you’re outside grilling burgers or inside entertaining your friends, make sure you have a way to hear your music. Most smartphone compatible speakers today project impressive sound and all it requires is an outlet. Gone are the days where you needed to have multiple speaker boxes in your home to create surround sound. If you spend a lot of your summer days on a boat, waterproof speakers are essential to listening to music on the water without worrying about ruining your nice speaker.

Waterproof Cases/Glass Screen Protectors

You never know when your friend is going to push you into the pool without notice. To prevent losing thousands of photos/contacts/messages on your smartphone, make sure to have a waterproof phone case to protect your phone when surprises in life happens. Glass screen protectors are also saviors when it comes to dropping your phone. Even if you’ve never dropped your phone before, it only takes one time to completely shatter your screen. Using a glass screen protector protects the glass on your phone, so if the phone is dropped, the screen protector shatters, but not the actual glass on your phone.

Cordless earphones

When it’s nice out, people tend to gravitate outside. The park goes from vacant to busy in a matter of sunny hours. So whether you like to run, play tennis, take yoga in the park classes, or partake in any other outside physical activity, make sure to get a pair of cordless earphones so you can listen to your music without fiddling with the earphone cord. Cordless earphones are also great for hikes, and conference calls, both keeping the music/calls from disturbing your neighbors.

Portable chargers

Not all cars have phone chargers, and not all destinations have electricity. Make sure you prepare for success by buying a portable charger to take on large road trips or camping trips. Snapping photos uses a ton of phone battery, so if taking photos and social media is your thing, you will run out of battery before the day is over. Some tips to stretching your phone battery include closing all apps when you’re done using them, keeping your phone on a relatively dim screen, and turning your phone to battery saver mode which will keep your phone from draining.

GoPro and accessories

If water sports, hiking trips or roller coasters are in your future, consider purchasing a GoPro camera. This small camera, about the size of a bar of soap, allows you to capture your wide angle views under water. The lens also stretches quite wide, so you’re able to get a lot of your picture into the frame. The GoPro connects with your Smartphone and allows you to edit photos and videos on the go. GoPro’s also come with a variety of accessories. Some of the most popular are the selfie stick and the waterproof case (needed to take under water).

Wearables

Fitbits, Garmins, and Apple watches are all popular wearables that allow you to check text messages, emails, and give you a step count along with a health report. If working out is a priority this summer, tracking your steps and calories can help you reach your fitness goals. Some wearables even allow you to take phone calls once the wearable is connected to the wireless account.

Extra chargers

Keep an extra charger in your car, at work, in your purse, by your bed, and anywhere else you tend to use your phone. To prevent being the person who has to say “oh I didn’t get that, my phone died,” proactively prepare yourself with chargers in every room of your home. You’ll also impress your overnight guests with how prepared you are if you offer them a charger while they stay the night.

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