By fitting around your smartphone, it provides physical controls to use instead of fiddly touchscreen alternatives.
The Backbone isn’t the only smartphone-cradle-controller of its kind, either.
There are other great options, like theRazer Kishi V2, which is also on sale for Prime Day.
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This Backbone One is modeled after the DualSense’s button layout and even its colors, making it a great fit for PS Remote Play (and really any game if you like the PS-style layout).