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Gamers pre­fer to have access to their favorite games any­time, any­where, which is why mobile games have become so pop­u­lar. It is enough just to arm your­self with the right smart­phone, and games will always be at hand. Well, in order to make the whole process even more com­fort­able, you can choose a con­ve­nient gamepad for your­self.

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What exactly will a smartphone gamepad give me?

The gamepad is designed on the prin­ci­ple of con­sole con­trollers, with a sim­i­lar but­ton lay­out and a spe­cial hold­er for a smart­phone. It allows you to eas­i­ly nav­i­gate in games and con­trol a char­ac­ter or object. In fact, you do not just get the oppor­tu­ni­ty to play on your smart­phone, but turn it into a gam­ing con­sole. Plus, if you have the abil­i­ty to dis­play the image from your smart­phone on a big screen, you will actu­al­ly get an addi­tion­al gam­ing device and will be able to per­form actions in the game twice as accu­rate­ly and faster than every­one else.

This is not all that a gamepad can allow you, because some mod­els are com­pat­i­ble with both smart­phones and com­put­er oper­at­ing sys­tems. There­fore, if you use emu­la­tors or just want to change the way you con­trol PC games, then a gamepad will come in handy.

Smartphone gamepad models

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Art­plays AC55

This wire­less device syncs with your smart­phone via Blue­tooth. The gamepad itself has a design famil­iar to gamers, com­fort­able han­dles and XYBA but­tons locat­ed on the case. On top is a hold­er with a mount for smart­phones, thanks to the abil­i­ty to adjust, it is able to hold var­i­ous devices. The gamepad sup­ports vibra­tion mode and is com­pat­i­ble with PC‑X and Direct-Input inputs. The trans­mis­sion radius is 10 meters and the built-in bat­tery is rat­ed at 550 mAh. At the same time, dur­ing sta­t­ic peri­ods, the gamepad auto­mat­i­cal­ly enters the pow­er sav­ing mode, which allows it to work even longer. The gamepad charges quick­ly via microUSB cable and fea­tures a sol­id build. It is per­fect­ly com­pat­i­ble with Android, PC and Mac OS oper­at­ing sys­tems, allow­ing the user to get the most out of their favorite games.

Rit­mix GP-050BTH

The gamepad from Rit­mix also does not require a wired con­nec­tion. It works with iOS (start­ing from 9.3.2) and Android (start­ing from Android 3.0) oper­at­ing sys­tems. In addi­tion, like Art­plays, it is quite pos­si­ble to sync with a Win­dows PC. The lat­ter is pos­si­ble with a cable con­nec­tion, but at the same time allows you not to wor­ry about bat­tery con­sump­tion. The cable has a length of 1.2 meters and a USB out­put.

With one charge, the gamepad can work up to 10 hours, and it will charge in just 3 hours. Thanks to rea­son­able pow­er con­sump­tion, a 350 mAh bat­tery is enough for such indi­ca­tors.

In total, the Rit­mix gamepad has 20 but­tons, includ­ing 2 built-in joy­sticks. There is a spe­cial hold­er in the cen­ter for the smart­phone. The famil­iar shape of the gamepad allows you to use it with any device, you just need to remem­ber the loca­tion of the but­tons. The device itself weighs only 250 g, mak­ing it easy to car­ry and use when need­ed.

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Rit­mix GP-056BTH

This gamepad is sig­nif­i­cant­ly dif­fer­ent from oth­ers, because it is designed specif­i­cal­ly for shoot­ing games. Made in the form of a gun, Rit­mix GP-056BTH has a smart­phone mount and but­tons on the main pan­el. It allows you to achieve max­i­mum real­ism when play­ing, and is com­pat­i­ble with Android and iOS. The mount sup­ports smart­phones with a width of 6 to 9 cen­time­ters. So both small and large smart­phones are tough for him. This gamepad runs on AAA bat­ter­ies and syncs with your smart­phone via Blue­tooth 4.0, pro­vid­ing a high-speed con­nec­tion. In order to add real­ism to the game process, you can down­load a spe­cial AR Gun appli­ca­tion from the App Store or Google Play, which cre­ates the effect of aug­ment­ed real­i­ty. It will make you feel like you are in the thick of things.

The case is made of ABS plas­tic, and the ergonom­ic shape allows the gamepad to fit com­fort­ably in your hand. Rit­mix GP-056BTH weighs only 161 g, which means that your hands will not get tired dur­ing the game. Become the best shoot­er with Rit­mix.

If you pre­fer more clas­sic gamepads, with­out a smart­phone hold­er, then we have great options for such devices. Among them, Mad Catz CTR­Li stands out, equipped with a mul­ti­me­dia pan­el and three oper­at­ing modes. The gamepad can work with smart­phones and even PCs. In one of the modes, the gamepad imi­tates the con­troller from the Xbox 360 con­sole, which allows it to suc­cess­ful­ly syn­chro­nize with any games.

Smart­phone con­trollers are a con­ve­nient and ver­sa­tile way to always play your favorite games and achieve high results.