iPhone armbands are accessories that allow you to hold your
iPhone
in person while working out, jogging, running or biking. The best place to hold your iPhone is on your arm while doing any of those activities.
Advantages of iPhone Armbands:
The iPhone arm band holds your
iPhone
on person if you don't have a pocket, bag or purse. You simply hold it in an armband around your arm. They are mainly designed for athletes.
Armbands
simply work by inserting the
iPhone
in a pocket that wraps around your arm and with a velcro tape, you can tighten it or loosen it depending on your arm size.
Most
iPhone arm bands
are weather resistant, water resistance and sweat resistance as most people will use them while working out. You don't want the
armband
or the
iPhone
to get wet. You should also look for an armband that is washable.
One of the annoying issues you might see with some iPhone armband is that they don't have a clip for the headphone wire.
After you connect a
headphone
to the iPhone audio out port while it is in the armband, the wire will be hanging free while working out which could be distracting. You should look for
iPhone armbands
with clip to wrap the headphone wire and to hold the
headphone
itself. This will work as a storage area when you don't want to listen to iPhone music.
Once the iPhone armband is around your arm, you can adjust its size with a velcro tape or compression sleeves that stretches to fit different arm sizes.
Other clever
armbands
combine multi features in one. For example, you can have a hard
iPhone case
that has a clip which allows it to attach and detach easily from the
armband
.
Therefore, if you want to use the iPhone screen for any reason, you don't have to pull the iPhone from the armband pocket. You can simply detach it and then re-attach it when you are done. Another feature the ability to attach a a belt clip to the hard iPhone case. You can then remove the iPhone from the
armband
and connect it to your belt using the belt clip. So you will have two places to carry the
iPhone
.
Also, some
iPhone arm bands
come with a little key pocket to allow for holding a gym key or a house key along the
iPhone
itself.
Comfort is the most important factor in an armband. As you will be wearing it while working out, it is necessary for it to be breathable to cool the arm and preferably washable. It must also be durable, so you don't want the armband to break or fall apart while running or jogging and then break and loose your
iPhone
or iPhone 4s.
Many armbands come with a
screen protector
which protects the iPhone from water and dust. You should make sure that the screen protector or cover allow you to see through and allows full access to the touch screen and iPhone 4retina display. Of course you should have easy access to the volume and more important the iPhone audio jack.
Advantages of iPhone Armbands:
Most
It is of course best to use an iPhone arm band with an 
