Overview
- Designed as a clamp-on pad, the X5 Alteron fits iPhone, iPad, Android, and Nintendo Switch and Switch 2, with Bluetooth for PC use.
- Front modules can be swapped to mimic different layouts, including GameCube- and N64-style options, a six-button fight pad, and a trackpad.
- Hardware features include capacitive thumbsticks with adjustable heights, Hall-effect analog triggers with a short-throw option, rumble motors, back buttons, and hot-swappable ABXY.
- CES units were early non-working prototypes, with reports of stiff module removal and indications that not all modules will be available at launch.
- Pricing, release timing, final module lineup, and battery details are unannounced, with one report noting an unconfirmed 8–12 hour battery estimate.