Razer Kishi controller review: Unlock your phone's gaming potential

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In short, the Razer Kishi will unlock the gaming potential of your phone, doing exactly as it says on the tin – it clicks onto your handset in seconds, immediately working with countless controller-supporting mobile games. Other than the missing audio jack, it's hard to fault it.

Gaming is more popular than ever, and there are even more ways to play games in modern times, with mobile phone gaming really soaring over the last few years with no signs of slowing down.

But some games can be a tad on the fiddly side, and that is even more irksome on a mobile, which is where the likes of the Razer Kishi come in. This is one of the most famous examples of a traditional controller being mapped onto the form factor of a phone.

We've been sent a review unit of the Razer Kishi mobile controller (specifically the V2 edition for iPhone) and we've been testing it out on our iPhone 12 Pro of late to really put it through its paces. But how is it? Does it meet our mobile gaming needs? Read on for our full thoughts!

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This Razer Kishi controller is slightly different from the V2 iPhone version which we tested, as it's designed for Android devices. If you have an Android phone, this is a great chance to get this top rate gaming controller for under £70 in the Amazon Spring Sale.

Buy the Razer Kishi Controller for Android for £79.99 £66 (save £13.99 or 17%) at Amazon

If you'd like to get to the point nice and quickly, suffice it to say that the Razer Kishi delivers exactly what we'd want it to. Mobile games that support controllers will work like a dream with it, as will cloud services (depending on your internet signal's strength), and the setup process quite literally takes mere seconds.

There's no audio jack, so you'll need