No need to put down that screen! Bizarre Kickstarter invention turns your phone into a fork or spoon

  • The new invention allows its users to keep hold of their phone as they eat
  • The device called the 'Sphoon_phork' is created by company Kickstarter
  • A advert for the device shows users attaching the plastic cutlery to their smartphones 

By Bhvishya Patel For Mailonline

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This is the bizarre moment a mobile phone is transformed into both a spoon and a fork.

The new invention, created by company Kickstarter, allows its users to keep hold of their phone while tucking into their favourite dish. 

A clip advertising the ‘Sphoon_phork' shows users attaching the plastic cutlery to their smartphones before eating their food with it.

The new invention called the 'Sphoon_phork' was created by creative company Kickstarter

The new invention called the 'Sphoon_phork' was created by creative company Kickstarter

The device allows its users to keep hold of their phone while tucking into their favourite dish

The device allows its users to keep hold of their phone while tucking into their favourite dish

The plastic cutlery is attached to the end of the smartphones and allows users to keep an eye on their screen

The plastic cutlery is attached to the end of the smartphones and allows users to keep an eye on their screen

The makers of the innovative product claim that using the Sphoon_phork allows users to keep an eye on their screens while they eat.

According to the company, the product also stops customers from using disposable cutlery and therefore helps protect the environment. 

Customers can keep the cutlery on the back of the phone case and carry the handy gadgets with them on their daily travels.

Kickstarted also confirmed that there were more models to come.  

According to the company, the product will stop customers from using disposable cutlery and therefore helps protect the environment

According to the company, the product will stop customers from using disposable cutlery and therefore helps protect the environment

The phone is currently compatible with the iPhone 7, 8, X and XS but Kickstarter confirmed that there were more models to come

The phone is currently compatible with the iPhone 7, 8, X and XS but Kickstarter confirmed that there were more models to come

A message on the company website reads: 'For over 12,000 years, humankind has strived to create the perfect civilization. We invented agriculture. 

'We invented the wheel. We created a system of laws. We sent people to space. Now, a new chapter in our history has begun.' 

The phone is currently compatible with the iPhone 7, 8, X and XS. 

 

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