But if you don't mind the risk, and you're comfortable with taking apart your iPhone, you're likely to be the only person you know with an iPhone with glowing speakers.
It's pretty risky to get the effect, however, as it involves taking apart your iPhone.
For one, it'll absolutely void your warranty. And there's always the chance of breaking something when you're taking apart or reassembling your iPhone, as well as installing the lights. Indeed, Filip accidentally broke a small, non-essential part of the iPhone while filming the procedure.
For iPhones with water resistance like the iPhone 7 and iPhone 8, you'll also need to reinstall a water-resistant seal if you want to keep that feature.
If this is something you're interested in, take great care!
You'll also need the right tools to take apart your iPhone.
Filip is using a toolkit from iFixit, which costs $60. If you don't own a special toolkit with the right tools to open up an iPhone already, the price of the procedure jumps from about $5 to about $65.
There are even kits for older iPhone models, like the iPhone 6 and 6s that have only one speaker grill.
Filip hasn't yet shown how it's done on the iPhone X, however.
The effect is undoubtedly pretty cool, and it will definitely make your iPhone more unique.
Filip describes it as a "visual synchronizer/visualizer for music," as the lights react to the music you're playing from the iPhone. The lights get brighter when you increase the volume, too.
Filip notes that the lights only work when the speakers are powered, which unfortunately means it wouldn't work when you're using headphones or have the iPhone connected to Bluetooth speakers.
"Check this out, guys. I bet you've never seen anything like this on an iPhone."
Filip from the EverythingApplePro YouTube channel starts off his video by saying "Check this out, guys. I bet you've never seen anything like this on an iPhone."
I don't want to burst Filip's bubble, but I have seen something similar involving a glowing Apple logo on the back of iPhones. Filip himself has had videos of how to install a glowing iPhone logo on the back of iPhones, but I first saw it on David Cogen's The Unlockr YouTube channel. Still, I haven't specifically seen a modification that lights up an iPhone's speaker grills.
