It does hold the phone securely even with the double layer case I have on it. However, and I can't necessarily completely fault this to the stand, it does wobble in my console but I do not know if that is the aux port issue or an issue of the stand, so I am not letting it color my review. I do wish there was a little more pose-ability, not sure if that is a word, in the arm and the holder itself because of where my aux port is in relation to my gear shift. I drive an automatic, so it isn't like the thing is a safety risk, I just wish it had some more flexibility to it so that I could turn it and see it properly, have it out of the way of the gear shift and not int he way of my passenger.