Backbone One mobile controller review: Next-level iPhone gaming

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If you can afford the price of admission, and you know there are games on mobile that you really want to play, the Backbone One would be a very handy addition to your gaming arsenal. There's very little not to love about it, in fact, as it really helps your iPhone gaming capabilities level up.

If your social media algorithm is anything like this writer's one, you may well have seen a bunch of targeted adverts for the Backbone One mobile controller.

Your first reaction might be something along the lines of, 'Ooh, that looks nice, but is it worth forking out for?' If that's what you've been thinking, you've come to the right place for some answers, and plenty of analysis to boot.

We've been sent a review unit of the Backbone One mobile controller and we've been testing it out on our iPhone 12 Pro for the last few months. We've used it at home, we've taken it on the go, and don't tell our colleagues but we've also used it sneakily in the office. Read on for our full thoughts!

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All things considered, the Backbone One controller is a great way to extend your gaming time by transforming your phone into a multipurpose gaming device, working as it does with several cloud-streaming services as well as native mobile games (as long as the game in question has