So, I did a thing…
I liked the idea of mounting the phone on the Nexdock, but really hate when phones/phone cases have a bump on the back. I like a nice flat surface. So, I had the idea to embed metal circle that came with the Lapdock Kit into the phone back plate.
I ordered two extra back plates from Purism (Purism I really suggest you put these in the store) for this experiment. Good thing too - I immediately broke one when clamping it down (d’oh!) but the second try was the charm.
Basically just drilled a hole through the back plate, mounted the metal circle on another small flat piece of plastic, sanded a bit to fit things in to place, and epoxied it all together.
It’s not perfect but I’m pretty happy with the result. It works well to snap on and off the Nexdock and the back of the phone is almost perfectly flat with it.
I’m looking for some sort of plastic-y cover I can put over the metal to make it look and feel like the back plate. Not sure what to do there. For now a black sharpie got the color to match, and surprisingly hasn’t rubbed off yet.
See below.
I’d love it if phones or phone cases started getting built with the metal ring for magnet mounts going forward, they are pretty useful and this has got me wanting to buy mounts to stick my L5 elsewhere too.