A newly-granted patent shows how Apple has at least designed a stand that is specifically for charging an [iPhone](https://appleinsider.com/inside/iphone "iPhone") during filming, and connecting to a gimbal.  

There was no sign of such a [MagSafe](https://appleinsider.com/inside/magsafe "MagSafe") charging camera stand [when Apple filmed](https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/10/31/how-apples-iphone-15-pro-max-captured-the-scary-fast-apple-event) its Scary Fast event on iPhones in 2023. But as early as 2021, its designs were sufficiently advanced that Apple applied for a patent for it.  
  
Now that patent, "Adapter For Charging and Stabilizing Cameras," [has been granted](https://image-ppubs.uspto.gov/dirsearch-public/print/downloadPdf/11867352). In it, Apple claims that some iPhone "cameras have such a high quality that they are replacing traditional single-lens reflex (SLR) and other cameras in many applications."  