. Pros Sleek design.
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Built-in battery keeps your phone charged. Cons Expensive. Not enough controls. Game support is still inconsistent. Bottom Line The Logitech PowerShell Controller + Battery is a good idea for an iPhone case with a disappointing execution. Physical controls can be a boon to gamers, but they have to feel right. If they don't, like the gamepad, or if they're missing controls, like the, it hinders the experience.
The Logitech PowerShell Battery + Controller ($99.99 direct), a combination gamepad and battery case for the, and, unfortunately falls into the latter camp. The PowerShell is sleek, attractive, and relatively comfortable, but with a single (and unfortunately wiggly) direction pad and only six buttons, it just doesn't offer enough controls for serious gaming.
Game Support Like all iOS controllers—at least those that aren't just joysticks and buttons you stick on the screen—the PowerShell has limited game support. The supported iOS 7 games list has some excellent titles like The Walking Dead, Bastion, Limbo, and King of Fighters-I 2012, but beyond the 40-something titles explicitly compatible with the PowerShell, you'll have to deal with spotty and inconsistent controls. This is a problem with all iOS controllers that connect to the device through either the Lightning connector or Bluetooth, but the list of supported games for iCade controllers like the iCade and 8-Bitty is nearly three times longer. The iCade in particular supports many more classic arcade titles, but lacks big, compelling names like Bastion and The Walking Dead. Apple iOS 7 gamepad support will hopefully result in broader and more consistent physical control integration for the PowerShell and other controllers in the future, compared with the haphazard gamepad support of previous iOS versions. This depends on game programmers now; with iOS 7 out the tools are there but the games still have to be written to use controllers through them. Design The PowerShell is longer than the iPhone or iPod Touch it's designed to hold, but not much wider or thicker.
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It measures 7.9 by 2.6 by 0.7 inches (HWD); it's rectangular and slightly curved, with an iPhone-shaped hole in the middle complete with Lightning connector. The PowerShell weighs just 4.2 ounces without an iOS device in it, accounting for both its physical controls and built-in battery. The back holds a G-shaped logo that glows blue when active or red when low on power, along with a large cut-out for the iPhone's camera (and for easily pushing the iOS device out of the PowerShell when you're not using it).
Another cutout on the bottom gives access to volume controls, while a tab to the left of the device slot triggers the iPhone or iPod Touch's power button. Finally, the lower right-hand corner of the PowerShell holds a micro USB port for charging, a power switch, and a lanyard hole.
The PowerShell's controls are sadly minimalist. It has no dual analog controls, and even its analog direction pad feels more like a digital direction pad that something that can be used for precise movements.
The front has four small face buttons arranged in an Xbox-style A/B/X/Y configuration, with a Pause/Start button recessed below them. Two shoulder buttons round out the PowerShell for a disappointing total of one directional control and six buttons (not counting the Pause/Start button). The motion controls on iOS devices are ostensibly supposed to alleviate the need for analog sticks or pads, but my frustrating time with StormRaiders proved that there just aren't enough controls to play most 3D games well. Playing Games The first-person shooter Dead Trigger plays better, but still underscores the need for dual analog controls. You use the direction pad to move in the game, and then swipe over the screen with your thumb to aim. Like all touch screen controls, this means your thumb will be blocking part of the screen most of the time.
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Physical controls for both moving and aiming separate from the screen would have made the PowerShell much more useful. Side-scrolling and fixed-camera games benefit much more from the PowerShell than first- or third-person games.
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LEGO Lord of the Rings played pretty well with the PowerShell, though the wiggly direction pad didn't quite offer the precision of a conventional analog pad or stick or the responsiveness of a digital direction pad. Muffin Knight also benefitted from the PowerStick, and both games felt more satisfying to navigate and attack with the direction pad and face buttons than any on-screen controls would offer.
Battery The built-in 1,500mAh battery can keep your phone charged for about as long as its own built-in battery, which is a nice touch even if the PowerShell is bulkier and has less capacity than non-gaming battery cases. Even with the battery drained and not charging the phone, the PowerShell works as a controller.