Review on Gamepad Gamesir G4 Pro, black by Micha Kochaski ᠌

Name: Gamepad Gamesir G4 Pro, black
Item: Gamepad Gamesir G4 Pro, black
Rating: 2

May 02, 2023

I did not find the advantages of the product, I do not recommend it.

Continuing on the disadvantages:
One of the most idiotic smartphone mounts I've ever seen. Moreover, from the previous model (G4 / G4s), they did not change it in any way. I don’t see the point in writing, in other reviews, and without me, they already managed to scold the gamepad for the complete rubberized insert, with which it is impossible to fold the mount, which is most inconvenient to insert / remove and which they simply tried to compensate for the fact that without it the smartphone is held very poorly and can “slide " down.
Also, it is practically not adjustable in any way in terms of tilt, only you can choose between two positions (the second of which is not usable due to the fact that the mount stupidly folds with it under the weight of the smartphone).
In addition to this, the gamepad cannot work with Android via USB. Only via Bluetooth, and this results in a delay.
Hence the question: what is the point of using it with a smartphone if the mount for it is so inconvenient and miserable + there is no way to minimize the delay using a USB connection?

As a result: the funny thing is that with all attempts to do "for everything and at once" (support for all operating systems, connection both via BT and 2.4 GHz, the ability to change the layout, etc.), the gamepad is never universal at all.
Instead of idiocy with a smartphone mount, turbo buttons, stickers with a rooster in the kit and other things, it would be better to bring to mind a terrible cross and fix other minor flaws so that there would be at least some sense to pay attention to this gamepad against the background of DualShock or Xbox Controller.
But we have what we have - another mediocrity.

Pros

The shape is largely identical to the Xbox controller. If you held it in your hands and it arranged you with its shape, then there will be no problems with this grip. Pretty fast work of a 2.4ghz receiver, well, its very presence in the kit + the ability to put it directly into the gamepad is a plus. Build quality is ok. The only negative that I found on the body is a slight creak of triggers at maximum travel and a slight crunch when twisting the gamepad. But this is if you purposefully look for shortcomings. The battery life when used through the receiver is satisfactory. On average, it lives for 8 hours, a maximum of 10. It sits down a little faster via Bluetooth.

Cons

They did not cure the problem with small dead zones on the sticks. They are small and in practice I did not find any problems with tracking or breakdowns, but in the testers it is clearly visible how the move of the point "sticks" to the axes during small movements, and on both sticks. The WORST D-pad I've ever owned. If in some game you have to use the cross more than a couple of times per minute, then the gamepad can be safely sent to the trash. False positives in the same Mortal Kombat are PERMANENT. We have to count not the number of FALSE, but vice versa - CORRECT responses, because at best they are half. The most wadded, not intuitive and lax move of the cross in any direction. Even in the Xbox 360 gamepad with a similar shape of arrows, I have never noticed such terrible tracking. The X/Y/A/B buttons are very lazy on return. The pressing itself is more or less tactilely understandable, and in the case they fit normally and do not rattle, but the return is very slurred. It is very difficult to call them quickly. I suspect that this is due to the system with the replacement of their layout. Recall the above problem with the D-pad - and we get one of the worst gamepads for playing fighting games.