If your main method of playing games is on your iPhone, chances are you’ve heard about the Backbone One controller. If not, this is the best around, with a clever design that you can pull open to wrap the controls around the sides of your iPhone. It is comfortable to use and supports passthrough charging to keep your device charged. Better yet, it gives your iPhone a long, lost 3.5mm port, in case you want to connect wired headphones while gaming.
I’m reminding you of its existence today for a good reason: you can get the model that connects through the iPhone 14 (and earlier devices) for 30% off the regular price at Amazon. That drops it from $99.98 to $69.99, which represents the best price we’ve ever seen. Backbone makes a newer USB-C model that costs $99.98 (to celebrate, it recently made a yellow version Death stranding mobile). but apart from the connector being different, it’s the same controller.
For PlayStation gamers, what’s really cool about the Backbone One is that it’s the only non-Sony controller that supports Remote Play natively, allowing you to play your PS5 games on your iPhone without any hassle via the Backbone One and the Remote Play app. Sure, you can do that with the black-colored model shown at the top of this post, but PS5 fans should check out the company’s collaboration with Sony, which looks a bit like a DualSense (it has PS-style button labels) and is the same damn good price $69.99.