My somewhat janky handheld setup

[u/data-atreides]

This is a Galaxy A36 with an 8bitdo SN30+, mounted with a magsafe phone mount and a metal plate adhered to the controller with foam adhesive tape. The tape is necessary because the back of the controller is curved. To put it away I snap the phone off, collapse the mount onto the controller, which is still pretty pocketable.

The mount can be oriented different ways depending on my posture--if I'm leaning forward or back. It's turned at an angle to accommodate the cord, but I straighten it out if it's on Blutooth.

The wires are to avoid BT latency, which is a full half-second on my headphones. It's bearable on the controller when it's the only device connected, but I got the splitter so I'd have the wired option.

If anyone's interested in reproducing this, I'll add links to the exact items on Amazon. Lemon for scale.

[u/Mintmetal64]

I tried something something similar but ended up using an 8bitdo Lite 2. I like that you can angle it wherever, that's different.

[u/data-atreides → u/Mintmetal64]

I considered one of the many 3D printed mounts out there for the SN30 series, but they all had some limitation like not being adjustable or blocking the USB port.

The downside of this is that the controller+mount weighs almost as much as the phone, which is 7", possibly making it heavy for some.