How do YOU Game on YOUR Phone? Controller SHOWDOWN! 

It's a lot to juggle. Appreciate you tuning in 😊 Happy Holidays!

@@SomeGadgetGuy Absolute pleasure. Thank you. Happy holidays to you too.

The gamepad type solutions are much more ergonomic, better buttons, bigger sticks, but they're heavy and a weird shape. You can't take them anywhere without stowing them in a generous backpack. With that said, they actually are NOT that comfortable. Being top heavy, and most being flimsy, means after 10 minutes the experience gets old real fast. A (much) better gaming experience is to prop the phone on a desk, and have the controller down, in your hands. But that also has major compromises. It means you NEED a flat surface, you need a kickstand/case or something to prop your phone up, and lastly it means you get a smaller screen because you're sitting further away from the phone. A much better solution is to use a tablet, with a folio case, and XSX controller. You already give up the point about portability, but you make no compromises for the rest of the experience. The PS5 controller is the best out there objectively speaking, but due to less software support, it is smarter to just stick with the Bluetooth XSX instead. Now coming to the telescoping gaming point. Yes, these are thinner, and they are relatively versatile. However, they make compromises to the buttons and joysticks. And to make it worse, usually you have the right joystick below the Action Buttons, which means your thumb/palm will accidentally touch it or even trigger it accidentally when you're just hitting an Action Button. Even worse is if you have a modern 3D game, these rarely use the D-Pad, and don't use the Action Buttons much either. They use both sticks and quad shoulder buttons first. So you've already made a compromise for no reason. Overall, the ergonomics just suck, but they're lightweight, and evenly secured. And the last point to make, is that despite those compromises it is for nothing. You STILL now have to carry this in a backpack. Maybe a smaller backpack or purse, but still a bag of some sorts. These don't fit in your pockets. The smallest solution the Kishi, which is really janky, even that doesn't fit into regular pockets. So it's gameover.

Best approach is to be scientific, objective, and creative. A) You should get an Android Phone to have the most flexibility, and have it pocketable. And have a pocket gaming system by having a good controller, and there is only one that exists: The Razer JungleCat. This was made for a limited number of phones, but the cases provided do fit on other phones. You may have to make a few cuts for buttons or cameras, but yes it works well. B) You should get an Apple Tablet, to have the best experience and combine it with a controller that will fit in a backpack. Either the recently released GameSir G18 Galileo telescopic controller, and the rumoured 2024 iPad Mini 7 (has slightly larger 8.7in display, and much faster M1 chipset). Or get the somewhat oversized iPad Air 5, or the iPad Pro 4, both with an M1 chipset and an 11 inch display.... then have a folio case and a proper controller like XSX or PS5. C) Go dedicated. For a pocketable device for your gaming needs, get something like the sleek Anbernic RG 353m, or perhaps the Retroid Pocket 2S, or at the maximum size the Retroid Pocket 3+. You can setup a second account, and visit shady websites, not having to think about compromising your Banking Apps, Password Wallets, and your Work related Files. Whilst on the portable side of the equation, you can go with the cheap AYN Odin2, the affordable Valve SteamDeck OLED, the best value for money ASUS ROG Ally, or at the most expensive/laptop replacement there is the GPD Win-Max-3.

Comfort and portability are both too subjective to make any meaningful comparison

@@oxfordbambooshootify Not really. They have some bits of subjectivity, but there are absolutely poorly designed gamepads and ones that are designed much better. For instance, the big ergonomic difference between a PS3 controller and a PS5 controller. As for portability, not sure how that is subjective. We can actually weigh the differences in grams, or measure things like thickness, length, and width. And we can also test how one object fits inside another object. For instance, the PS5 controller is objectively LESS portable than the PS3 controller....BUT.... both controllers take up a sizeable room in a backpack AND both of the controllers can NOT fit into your standard mens jeans pocket. Another example to give you, is the difference between the Anbernic RG 353m and the Anbernic 505 devices. Both do similar tasks and made by the same company. In terms of ergonomics, the RG505 wins but it isn't such a big upgrade. When it comes to portability the RG353m wins. However, an important distinction to make is that in that last point, the RG353m actually fits comfortably into a pocket, whereas the RG505 does NOT, and needs to be carried like a tablet in a backpack. So there is a pretty substantial difference to the user's real-world experience. So it is correct to compare the Valve SteamDeck against the AYN Odin2, but NOT against the Retroid Pocket 3+. And it is correct to compare the GameSir T1s against the PS5 or GameSir G18, but NOT against the Razer JungleCat or Nintendo JoyCons.

​@@oxfordbambooshootifyAgree

Yeah. My steam deck gets a LOT of action still...

Different strokes for different folks right 😊

I like that it's cross compatible.

That's the right way to do it!

Yeah. There's a profile for COD mobile, but it needs tweaking. The right stick is WAY too sensitive stock.

Lots of newer games are supporting controllers better, and the console and PC ports have been working great. I'll never understand why reviewers use Genshin to review performance, when the devs don't fully support Android or deliver controller support.

Dedicated dongle is the way to be👍

Every phone puts power and volume in different spots.

ALL of them need more depth for phones with big cameras LOL.

Dang winlater is getting real good...

Yeah I didn't do anything fancy there. It just kinda played that way 🤷‍♂️

Ugh I know! The kishi and backbone are easier to travel with, but they're a BIG NOPE on my main camera phones.

Actually, it's most newer games that are supporting controllers. We can point to major titles like Genshin that don't, and we know it's better optimized for iOS, so I'll never understand why reviewers use that game to test performance on android phones.

I got the X3 alongside phones with the Samsung produced 8Gen1. We REALLY needed the cooling LOL.

Yeah I understand that feel. I definitely get that way about audio tech. It's easy to get SUPER specific about use.

None of them fitting my Xiaomi well tho...

An odd phone to choose to begin with. But you are going with your personal preference, so there's that. Awesome vid all the same. Keep em coming!!