Holding apparatus and method for holding a mobile device

Holding apparatus for a mobile device, in particular for a smartphone, in a vehicle interior, the holding apparatus comprising

• a support element comprising a receiving space for receiving the mobile device, the receiving space at least partially filled with a reversibly compressible supporting material,
• a covering skin having a visible side and a rear side, the rear side of the covering skin being arranged on the support element,
• a supporting element arranged in the receiving space on the rear side of the covering skin, for supporting the mobile device in a receiving position,
• a holding element arranged on the rear side of the covering skin, for reversibly holding and unblocking the mobile device,
• characterized in that the holding element can be moved between a holding position and an unblocking position and vice versa, and in that the holding element is designed such that, in the holding position, it engages behind a mobile device arranged in the receiving space.