How to make an iPhone 6 /6+ cover fit an iPhone 7 /7+

If you, or someone you know, is planning on upgrading their iPhone 6 or 6 plus to an iPhone 7 or 7 plus, you’ll most likely notice that even though it seems to be juuuuust the right size overall, the cover won’t fit well around the camera. Sadface.

 

But don’t go off purchasing another shiny piece of plastic just yet! You might just be able to save a whole smartphone cover from the landfills.

Here’s how:

• First, put on the cover on the phone, and just draw the outline of how big the camera slot on the cover should be with a pencil.

• Then take the cover off (very important detail for the well-being of the phone) and grab some sharp cutting tool – in case of a simple, thin plastic case a good sharp knife will do.

• Cut alongside the pencil drawing.

Once you’re done, remove the piece you’ve been trying to cut away. Done!

And the result: perfect. Also didn’t cost anything, just 3 minutes of your time – which is way less than having to walk to a store to get a new one 😉

 

So with this simple trick, we drastically decreased the amount of plastic waste of the transaction of getting a new smartphone cover.

 

From this much                                                    to this much:

 

• Now you can pat yourself on the back.