The iPhone Bugle Horn And 7 Other Totally Awful iPhone Accessories (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)

While there are some awesome iPhone accessories that make our daily lives easier, some are just the worst, to borrow a saying from Tina Fey.

The most recent completely unnecessary iPhone accessory to hit the market is the iPhone bugle horn. The accessory attaches to the bottom of the iPhone and projects music through the bugle-horn-shaped plastic speaker.

As seen in the video above, the horn does little to pump up the volume, in comparison with the sound emitted from the iPhone's built-in speakers. Instead, the accessory, which comes in black or white, appears to be built more for aesthetic purposes than bass-blasting speaker quality.

The bugle horn is merely the latest in a long line of wacky accessory ideas ready-made for the newest version of the iPhone. Last month, we reviewed a "playa case" that can discreetly hide condoms. Another favorite for iPhone owners who need to crack a beer on the go: the iPhone bottle opener (alternately, you could just use an iPad charger).

Believe it or not, the bugle speaker is not even the first horn accessory for the iPhone -- remember the horn stand?

Check out the gallery below to see seven other totally unnecessary iPhone accessories.

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• Umbilical iPhone Cord

  (<a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/mathieus/20-weird-iphone-accessories-8q4" target="_hplink">via BuzzFeed</a>)

• Phone Fingers

  (<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/18/phone-fingers-fight-smudges-protect-against-stds/" target="_hplink">via Engadget</a>)

• iPhone TV Hat

  (<a href="http://www.mobilespect.com/top-useless-iphone-accessories-ever-made.html" target="_hplink">via MobileSpect</a>)

• iPhone Hand Case

  (<a href="http://www.likecool.com/Hand_Case--Apple--Gear.html" target="_hplink">Via Likecool</a>)

• iPhone Telephoto Lens

  (<a href="http://photojojo.com/store/awesomeness/iphone-telephoto-lens/" target="_hplink">via Photojojo</a>)

• Pinball Magic

  (<a href="http://kotaku.com/5625341/and-the-award-for-worse-iphone-accessory-goes-to" target="_hplink">via Kotaku</a>)

• iPhone Gun

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Comments

[ItsEmu]

01:47 AM on 05/08/2012

When I came here, I thought "Oh, can't be that bad." Now I'm thinking holy *****. Umbilical iPhone cord is extreme.

[Daniel Velasquez]

12:04 AM on 05/08/2012

Other than the hand, umbilical cord, and fingers, the rest were kinda cool or actually good. Some of them are fun (gun, pinball) others are useful (horn, TV hat, lens).

[Rob Chapman]

09:09 PM on 05/07/2012

The "Worst iPhone Accessories & 7 other worthless iArticles form the iHuffington iPost.

[TheOnlySaneOne]

08:39 PM on 05/07/2012

I want an iPhone attachment that gives me $100 bills. Right out of my phone.

[joynerz]

08:27 PM on 05/07/2012

How about that new phone holder advertised on TV? Says it will hold something as heavy as a
laptop to the side of your head. I can only imagine how much pressure the other side of the
head gets when that thing has something clamped to the other side.

[handsomish]

08:03 PM on 05/07/2012

To the writer of this article, horns do not produce bass, they are typically used for the high end of the frequency spectrum, and used for tweeters. As a simple example, how many bugles have you heard produce bass.

[Utopian Sky]

07:18 PM on 05/07/2012

Not all of those are bad.
The telephoto lens is a great idea, and the pinball game stand.

[Greg Larro]

10:17 PM on 05/07/2012

You're right. The telephoto is actually pretty good if you're using an iPhone 4S with its 8 megapixel camera. I have one. Does exactly what it's supposed to. For the price (I bought it for around $10) it's not bad at all. It's great when I don't have my Nikon and I need to shoot something with a telephoto. Nothing I would do a full photoshoot with though.

[ekees]

05:51 PM on 05/07/2012

The Horn stand is great! Simple

[freekmeout]

05:45 PM on 05/07/2012

i want an iphone rotary dial attachment!

[GeneralDisarray]

06:41 PM on 05/07/2012

luv it

[albertgraphics]

05:15 PM on 05/07/2012

I want an iBeater attachment

[jokerdanny]

04:35 PM on 05/07/2012

i want an i-phone attachment that is a metal detector which will call and tell me how change i have in my pocket

[Robinson007]

06:21 PM on 05/07/2012

LOL! Well, Apple has provided Find My Phone, so what about, Find My Change?!! :-)