IPEGA PG-9021 Review - Cheap yet Rich Bluetooth Gaming Gamepad

Are you a gaming freak? Anywhere you want, anytime you want, you always want to play game. Whether in you Android, smartphones, or your computer.

If you very like to play game on your smartphones or device such as Android or iOS, then maybe someday you will say "Grhhh... dammit, you touch screen!!!" when you lose your game :D . Then one thing you must have to maximize your mobile gaming is a gamepad or controller. Is it a console controller such as PS3 dual shock if your device is support for USB OTG, or an easy bluetooth gamepad controller such as MOGA or IPEGA that work on every bluetooth device. And my first ever controller is the bluetooth controller IPEGA PG-9021.

IPEGA PG-9021 bluetooth gamepad controller review

I bought IPEGA PG-9021 because the price is cheap and affordable on my pocket :D :v . I got it only for +- Rp. 200.000 IDR or equal to $20 USD. It is made in China thought. For such as the cheapest bluetooth gamepad controller, i am very satisfied with its design and performance. I have tested it on my Samsung Galaxy V and IPEGA PG-9021 is working very well without need to setting anymore on every game emulators such as PPSSPP, ePSXe, My Boy! etc. It also run very well on every game that MOGA supported Android game I have tested such as GTA San Andreas, Crisis Action, SBK 16, etc.

The Bluetooth 3.0 used in this gamepad is made it can reach range up to 8 meters from the connected device / smartphones. If your Android phone is running Android 3.2 above, then you are done, every Android game and emulators that MOGA supported is can be played directly without need of any setting / config using Gamepad Mode. However if your phone is running Android 3.2 below, you can use Keyboard Mode and it looks like it can only be played on game emulators and need to remap the button first.

The design is cool. It is shaped like the MOGA PRO gamepad, and the size is little bigger than Playstation dualshock controller. The button and the analog is good and pleasant for me. I just not like the directional button, it is just little hard to pressed, but it's not big problem as we will often use analog rather than directional button when we play games. The telescopic stand is supported for device or phone up to 6 inch range.

This gamepad is powered by 500mAH battery, you can charge it for 1 hour to full the battery capacity and it can be used up to 16 hours (depend on what game and how brutal you play :D).

IPEGA PG-9021 gamepad is also compatible on iOS device running iOS 4.3 above on iCADE mode and only support on games that support on iCADE mode, as iOS or iPhone is very restrict the bluetooth connection. I haven't try it yet, cause i don't have an iOS or iPhone :v .

Overview, this gamepad controller is great. It is cheap, yet nice. A must try if you not have a gamepad controller yet for your device such as Android smartphones.

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Author : Daryadi

Just a simple man with simple hobbies like playing games, listening music, and read about new things. Enjoying blogging as hobby since 2014 and later caught interest playing with his first Android smartphone since 2015, he then combined the two hobbies on this blog and it is a great time killer for him.

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