12 OF 12 SPOTS OPEN · FIRST COME, FIRST PRINTED
BUY AN AD
ON SOMEONE'S PHONE.
Three spots on each of four iPhones that sit face-down on tables at meetings, cafés and demo days in Cape Town, San Francisco, Taipei and Vancouver. Pick a spot, pick a city. A billboard is seen from fifty metres. This one is seen from sixty centimetres.
FROM $20 · 12 SPOTS · 4 IPHONES · 3 MONTHS
THE LIVE CANVAS
PICK WHERE YOU'LL
BE SEEN.
Simple deal: we're paying our phone plans by selling the backs of our phones — and, for the brave, the lock screens. One big canvas in two sizes, one takeover up front — each available once per phone, on four phones. Tap a spot, drop your logo, see it live.
NOT A BILLBOARD
FORGET REACH.
THIS IS RANGE.
The average phone is picked up around a hundred times a day — and every pickup points the back of it at whoever's across the table. Now multiply by four phones on three continents. No skipping, no ad blocker, no scroll. Your logo, at conversation distance, all day, in four time zones.
WHERE THEY GO
FOUR CITIES.
THREE CONTINENTS.
A phone is a billboard that gets invited inside. These four sit through client meetings, design reviews, pitch nights and long café mornings — face-down, back up, logo out — one pocket per city.
CAPE TOWNcafés, studios, the waterfront
SAN FRANCISCOwhere your customers already are
TAIPEIhome turf · desks, demo days, the MRT
VANCOUVERdowntown desks and long coffees
Routes follow real life — no specific room, table or date is guaranteed. One phone lives in each city, carried daily.
ALL SPOTS · 12 LEFT
12 WAYS TO SHOW UP.
DO THE MATH
WHAT $50
ACTUALLY BUYS.
Live numbers for spot #1 (The Stage) on one phone. Conservative assumptions: ~40 people see the back of the phone up close on a normal day, ~90 days over your three months.
Estimates, not guarantees. A billboard's thousand impressions are from a motorway. These thousand are from across a table. Every link on this page is ref-tagged, so you can verify the clicks yourself.
FROM CLICK TO POCKET
THREE CLEAR STEPS.
- 01
PICK THE SPOT
Big or small on the back — or take over the lock screen. Pick what fits your budget.
- 02
ADD YOUR LOGO
Upload it, see it on the phone instantly, and confirm your spot.
- 03
IT RIDES ALONG
Printed on four precision-cut matte skins — one per city — and installed on Print Day, September 26, 2026. On the phonesOctober 1 → December 31, 2026. You get close-up photos of your spot.
FAQ
FAIR QUESTIONS.
When does my ad get on the phone?
Every confirmed logo goes to print on its phone's skin, and all four phones hit the streets together on October 1, 2026. Buy after the print run and your ad joins at the next reprint. Need a different start? Ask, and we'll work it out.
How long does my spot stay on?
3 months: October 1 → December 31, 2026. Then the skin comes off — spots don't come back.
What exactly do I get?
Your logo printed on the iPhone in the city you pick for3 months, close-up photos from that city ready to post, a launch shoutout, and a ref-tagged link on this page so you can see the clicks it drives.
Is the lock screen really for sale?
Really. Spot #3 makes your artwork the wallpaper of one of the four phones for the full 3 months — every unlock, every glance at the time, in the city you pick. Twenty dollars per phone. I know.
What if my logo can't be printed?
If a logo is too detailed for its print box, I'll tell you before printing and we'll simplify it together — or you get a full refund.
Can my company expense this?
Yes. Every payment comes with a Stripe receipt for out-of-home advertising — it's marketing spend. Need a formal invoice for your finance team? Reply to your receipt and you'll get one.
What happens if the phone breaks or gets upgraded?
The skin moves to the replacement phone, same spots, same term. Your three months are three months.
Who's behind this?
Jerry Lin — designer, Taipei — plus three friends in Cape Town, San Francisco and Vancouver. The phones are real, the pockets are ours.
12 SPOTS STILL OPEN · THEY DON'T COME BACK