Trusting your phone to Abxylute’s mobile controller requires a big leap of faith

Turning your telephone into a handheld with the M4 could beryllium risky.

As a retro gaming fan, I was thrilled erstwhile Apple opened its App Store to emulators successful 2024, but I've yet to find a controller that makes maine privation to afloat clasp retro gaming connected my phone.

Clamp-on controllers similar the Backbone Pro are a spot excessively bulky, and I don't privation to prop my telephone up determination to usage a standalone gamepad. The Abxylute M4 seemed precisely what I was looking for erstwhile it debuted a fewer months ago. It's a compact wireless gamepad that uses a magnetic equine to connect to my iPhone. It's a clever design, but 1 that's fto down by stiff thumbsticks and a magnetic equine that doesn't ever consciousness similar it's securely supporting my ph …

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