ipega-PG-9167 phone Wireless game controller for iPhone14/13/12/11/X,XR/ipad for Galaxy S23/S22/S21/S10+/ Note20/10,LG,one Plus,Android Smartphone Tablet (Android 6.0+ IOS13.0+MFI)

This controller is quite honestly, almost perfect. It works with retroarch, PPSSPP, snes9x. And really any modern mobile video game.I will say that the learning curve for assigning the controls is HUGE. I spent quite a lot of time trying to get this right by following the instructions. To the point that eventually what worked for me was using the options in the app to delete ALL presets for the controller. Then I used the create new preset option and customer the buttons for each individual game app I use (retro arch, ppsspp, etc.)Once I got this done its been smooth sailing ever since. As far as the physical button layout I feel it would have been more comfortable for me if the right stick was swapped with the x,y,a,b buttons. This would make it easier long term for holding the controller and using the retro games that dont require the right stick.Blu tooth has quick response and having the phone crawled in between the controller is great. I have a another controller that holds the phone above it and it is not comfortable at all. This one here is way better.All in all, awesome controller and no regrets buying it.

I got this today, hooked it up to my Android phone... and nothing correct was happening. I'd press buttons and it would jump all over the place and act strange. I've used a bunch of controllers for Android and iOS and I know how they should behalf, and this wasn't it. Well since this has multiple connecting modes, I figured I must have selected the wrong profile. I went back, re-read the instructions, and nope, what I did was correct. But again, no problem, I probably messed up. So I went through the instructions again and same thing, it's acting very very weird, not doing what it should be doing. At this point I thought maybe, just perhaps, it needs to fully charge - it's not likely, but it is technically possible a low battery could cause some odd behavior. So I let it charge, go to use it again, same thing. Now I break out my iPhone and try that using the iOS profile - and - it's acting weird, the buttons aren't doing what they should do. In iOS there really isn't a way to screw things up as it's a closed OS, things work a certain way and this wasn't working. i launch GTA to test it out and the analog pads are fine - but the the A button on the face buttons is the only working, and it's doing what the X button normally does and all the other buttons do nothing. Meanwhile on the shoulder buttons R2 does nothing, R1 is acting like the button under the left analog stick, L2 is acting as the A button and L1 does nothing. I double checked everything, then triple checked, then read online and watched how to pair it just in case I'm somehow a dope and missed something obvious. But nope, I did everything correctly.The dumb thing is broke - they literally wired it up wrong and clearly did not test the device before throwing it in a box. It took a week to get here and now I have to deal with the hassle of a return because these dopes didn't do their job.On the positive side I will say it's fairly comfortable to hold compared to other units I've used with a phone - and it's much better than the clips for an XB1 or PS4 controller, as those are too top heavy. The egonomics however aren't all that great as they put both analog sticks at the top, instead of how MS and Sony do it, but it's not as bad as I was thinking it would be. Also it doesn't hold your phone super tight, but as a bonus, you don't need to take your phone out of the case to use it (unless you have a thick case). The build quality is blah - in addition to it not working, it feels pretty cheap and doesn't seem like it will last in the long term, but for the price it's OK.

Overall this is the only "Switch"-Style (telescoping with controls on either side of the phone) phone/tablet controller that has an ingenious solution to provide headphone port access with a little L-Shaped headphone port adapter. It's a clever solution to a problem that more popular, higher quality controllers such as the Razer Kishi have completely ignored.(PS - Razer and other mainstream manufacturers, when are you going to understand that bluetooth latency makes it IMPOSSIBLE to use anything but wired headphones while gaming on your mobile phone? We're not watching Netflix or Youtube with these controllers - you simply cannot compensate for gaming latency no matter the BT headphone set used)Build quality was expectedly a little "meh" but overall feels tight and solid. It actually feels pretty great in my hands, maybe even a little better than the Nintendo Switch. However, the big fail here is in the quality of the analog sticks. These things are full of dead zones and will render any more modern 3D game extremely difficult to control - you basically have to wrestle the things to make them register a diagonal push in any direction. For "retro" (read: 2D) games this is probably close to a non-issue!I'm not going to return these because I respect the really smart design choices and I'm a bit of a mobile controller collector. But I can't say I'd recommend these to anyone hoping for a solid experience with modern games on xCloud, Stadia, Moonlight or any other streaming app. Shame!Keep it up, though Ipega - and let me know when you want to put some effort into the actual stick/button hardware!

Pros: USB-C port, fits devices up to iPad classic size, works fine with Android (read instructions don't be lazy), has good d-pad feel, looks really coolCons: feels cheap and hollow, a/b/x/y buttons sometimes don't register on first press, hand cramping comfort at its finest, r2/l2 triggers nearly impossible to use with middle fingers (wind up using index fingers due to leverage and cramping), cheap joystick clickers, the whole spring mechanism while drawn apart feels flimsy but holds device in place just fine, doesn't auto map buttons correctly on certain gaming emulators that have the auto detect controller layout feature (ie NES emulator in Android), it will work, but your will have to create a custom layout and map it yourself (not difficult but definitely a con)If you're looking for quality wireless controller for Android, get Gamesir, 8bitdo, or Nvidia controllers. They don't feel cheap and have significantly less cons