This controller has been pretty great for my iPhone 15 Pro! I’ve played a few light sessions of Call of Duty Mobile, Minecraft on iPhone, and also Steam Link to stream PC games to my phone.
The controller feels very nice in the hands and conforms to my iPhone very well during playthrough. Though even though this advertises it works with most cases, it does not work with my Quad Lock case for iPhone 15 Pro. It is too thick and I have to take off the case each time to play which is annoying.
I’ve also used the charging port which works well for longer playtimes, even though I don’t play long. But also good so I can charge and put it down and pick it up a short time later with more charge.
I haven’t done any actual tests, but the charge time does feel slower when through the controller than through just going into the iPhone.
It’s not a big deal, but I wish something was mentioned about how the iPhone detects a “battery” in this controller despite there not being a battery. My iPhone (in the widget and Settings) originally reported this controller to have a 100% charge but now always says it has a 5% charge. There was no mention of this anywhere on this page or the manual but there is no battery in the controller and the iPhone is not reporting truthfully for some reason.
One thing I am pleasantly surprised about that does not seem to be advertised or talked about is that this controller CAN be used externally with bigger devices. I can confirm that this DOES work with my iPad Pro 12.9” 5th gen and also works with both my Windows laptop and desktop gaming PC. Though the method used is kind of janky, it does surprisingly work and there seems to be drivers in Windows to recognize this as a controller!
As you may see in my pictures, if you get a USB type C adapter with female ports on both ends and any USB type C cable capable of connecting to your iPad/Windows computer, then the iPad/Windows PC will detect it and use it as a controller without any additional software! I have legitimately used this to play Minecraft on a bigger screen on my iPad Pro as well as play some games in Steam on my Windows PCs and it all works. It is so cool.
I am a bit disappointed to see that the rubber material that sits under the phone is already fading after nearly not very much use of the controller. It’s not a horrible thing I’d use to not recommend this controller, but it is disappointing to see that the cool design etched in doesn’t last too long.
I was also disappointed in the available selection of magnetic faceplates at the time of writing this because I am not seeing any available or even with a “coming soon”. Not that this is a dealbreaker, again, but it’s advertised here and seems like a cool feature that isn’t being utilized at all.
The price is a bit more than I was expecting, but it’s not wholly unreasonable compared to others on the market too, especially when you have others that don't have the same comfort design being much more.
All in all, I’m happy with this and very glad to have it. I’m having a blast with it and recommend it!
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