GameSir has been running with its X2 smartphone controller for a few years now, and the revised X2s squeezes some impressive capability into a budget package. This controller offers up Hall Effect joysticks and triggers alongside mechanical button switches, and it’s ready for phones big and small, as long as they use USB-C. With all that coming at just $46 USD at MSRP (before any of the common discounts you can find), the X2s is a challenger and competent little sibling to the $80 X2 Pro .
The GameSir X2s looks much like the rest of GameSir’s X2 controller family, though it carries a retro, Nintendo-esque color scheme that harkens back to the SNES. At first glance, it might look just like the X2 Pro with a different paint job, but this model has slightly trimmed dimensions and some more considerable, under-the-hood changes. Among the biggest changes is the ABXY buttons, which are diminutive on the GameSir X2s and a bit larger on the Pro model.
The Pro model’s buttons are modular, allowing them to be physically rearranged rather than relying solely on software to switch them around. The X2s has no such physical modularity. The USB ports are also mirrored between the two controllers — while this likely won’t have a big impact for most phone users, it will require a different orientation if you’re a large folding phone user.
The GameSir X2s has a spring-loaded slider that lets it stretch out to wrap around phones ranging from 4.3 to 6.6 inches tall and then clamp dow.
