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Backseat GamingReleases 15 Nov 2026UPCOMING
Hold The Phone Demo & review
- RTP
- 96.01%
- Volatility
- Very high
- Max win
- 18,000x
- Grid
- Two 5x5 grids
Two 5x5 grids on one phone: a Wild Block grows and multiplies across both screens in three bonus rounds, and the right grid opens only when the game allows it.
Written by Hampus GravePublished 10 Nov 2026Updated 11 Nov 2026
7/10
Only if you buy into the bonuses. The best idea here is a Wild Block that grows and multiplies on two grids at once, and all of it sits behind Bonus symbols or the Feature Buy menu. Ordinary spins mean small line wins beside a locked screen, and none of ours reached a bonus.
Who it suits
Play this if…
- You buy bonuses to watch one thing grow: Expand and Charge change the block on both grids at once
- Two-screen layouts appeal to you: the second grid pays its own wins once it opens
- A round with a target keeps you interested: three Unlock symbols change the rest of Single Screen
Skip this if…
- You spin at the base bet waiting for a feature: our ordinary spins never got past two Bonus symbols
- Steady returns are why Power Tap tempts you: it paid every spin in our test without reaching its price
- Quick rounds matter to you: ten free spins took 60 to 90 seconds even on Turbo
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Hold The Phone: Full Review
Power Tap paid on all 10 of its $500 rounds in our Hold The Phone session, and the best of them stopped at $271.50, so the one mode that paid every time never covered its price. Backseat Gaming's free demo was already open on its game page when we played, ahead of a release that new-slot listings put in November 2026. Two 5x5 grids run side by side here, and it suits bonus buyers who want Wild Blocks growing on both at once.
Hold The Phone game information
- Provider
- Backseat Gaming
- Release date
- 15 November 2026
- Grid
- Two 5 x 5 grids (reels x rows)
- How it pays
- 15 paylines
- RTP
- 96.01% (casinos may also run 94.01% or 92.01% or 90.01%)
- Volatility
- Very high
- Max win
- 18,000x the bet
- Buys and modes
- 4 buys, 3 paid modes, see the table
- Hit frequency
- 14.00%
How Hold The Phone works
Only the left grid is always live. The right one stays locked, its reels frozen, until a bonus or a base-game event opens it, and each grid then pays its own wins on 15 lines. A line wins with at least three matching symbols on adjacent reels, counted from the leftmost reel.
| Symbol | 5 | 4 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fire | $10.00 | $5.00 | $2.00 |
| Ghost | $6.00 | $3.00 | $1.00 |
| Star, Heart | $3.00 | $1.50 | $0.50 |
| A, K, Q, J, 10 | $1.00 | $0.50 | $0.10 |
The Wild 2x lists one pay, $20.00 for five.
How the features connect:
- Two Bonus symbols on the left grid in the base game unlock the right grid for that spin, and more Bonus symbols on either grid start a bonus.
- The number of Bonus symbols picks the round: three, four or five.
- A Wild Block is always present in a bonus and floats to a new position between spins.
- Expand symbols make it bigger and Charge symbols raise its multiplier, on both grids at once.
- In Single Screen only, three Unlock symbols open the right grid until the bonus ends.
The Wild Block carries the game. Every other symbol exists to feed it.
The base game: the left grid live and the right grid locked. FluxPlays demo test, 10 November 2026.
How the Wild Block works
A Wild Block lands at a random size from 2x2 to 5x5 with a random multiplier, and it can occasionally turn up in the base game too. Three symbols act on it or around it.
| Symbol | Where it lands | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Expand | Bonus games only | Three of them grow the block on both grids by one step, and each step adds 1 to 3 free spins |
| Charge | All modes | Carries 1x, 2x, 3x, 5x or 10x, added to the block's multiplier on both grids |
| Unlock | Left grid of Single Screen only | Three of them open the right grid at once, and it stays open for the round |
By the rules, a block at its starting multiplier that meets a 10x Charge becomes an 11x block on both grids. Size and multiplier are separate climbs, so a round can finish with a small block carrying a large number, or the reverse.
Unlock is the tension in Single Screen. Our bought round reached two of the three symbols it needed, so the right grid stayed shut for all of it.
Single Screen with 6 spins left: a Wild 1x block, Unlock at 0 of 3 and the right grid still shut. FluxPlays demo test, 10 November 2026.
How to trigger free spins in Hold The Phone
The Bonus symbol count sets the starting position, and all three rounds award 10 free spins.
| Bonus | Bonus symbols | How it starts |
|---|---|---|
| Single Screen | 3 | Right grid locked, one 2x2 Wild Block at 1x on the left |
| Double Screen | 4 | Both grids open, a 2x2 Wild Block on each |
| Double Screen Max | 5 | Both grids open, a 3x3 Wild Block on each |
One Bonus symbol can land per reel, and symbols on both grids are combined when a base-game bonus starts. They appear only in the base game, Scatter Spins, Bonus Boost and Mystery Bonus. The top round's edge is simple: a 3x3 block needs two Expand steps to reach full size, and a 2x2 needs three.
Double Screen with 7 spins left: both grids open and a Wild 3x block on each. FluxPlays demo test, 10 November 2026.
Feature Buy: prices and what you get
Three options are modes that keep charging per spin while they are on, and four are one-off bonuses. Wins evaluate at the base bet in all of them.
Buys and paid modes
Prices at a $1 bet, with our test result
Bonus Boost
$2 a spin
Paid mode, per spin · Medium volatility
Each spin is more likely to trigger a bonus
Our test33 spins at a $2 bet: $201 back ($66 in)
Scatter Spins
$50 a spin
Paid mode, per spin · Medium volatility
At least two Bonus symbols on every spin
Our test3 spins at a $50 bet: $106.80 back ($150 in)
Power Tap
$500 a spin
Paid mode, per spin · Medium volatility
Both grids open every spin, each with a Wild Block of 2x2 to 5x5 at 2x to 50x
Our test10 spins at a $500 bet: $1,918.30 back ($5,000 in)
Single Screen
$100
Bonus buy · Medium volatility
10 free spins, right grid locked, 2x2 Wild Block
Our testOne round: $24.20 back ($100 in)
Double Screen
$500
Bonus buy · Medium volatility
10 free spins, both grids open, 2x2 Wild Block on each
Our testOne round: $180.50 back ($500 in)
Double Screen Max
$1,000
Bonus buy · Medium volatility
10 free spins, both grids open, 3x3 Wild Block on each
Our testOne round: $953.50 back ($1,000 in)
Mystery Bonus
$625
Bonus buy · Medium volatility
Lands three to six Bonus symbols and starts that bonus
Our testOne round: $13.40 back ($625 in)
| Option | Price at $1 | Volatility | What you get | Our test |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonus BoostPaid mode, per spin | $2 a spin | Medium | Each spin is more likely to trigger a bonus | 33 spins at a $2 bet: $201 back$66 in |
| Scatter SpinsPaid mode, per spin | $50 a spin | Medium | At least two Bonus symbols on every spin | 3 spins at a $50 bet: $106.80 back$150 in |
| Power TapPaid mode, per spin | $500 a spin | Medium | Both grids open every spin, each with a Wild Block of 2x2 to 5x5 at 2x to 50x | 10 spins at a $500 bet: $1,918.30 back$5,000 in |
| Single ScreenBonus buy | $100 | Medium | 10 free spins, right grid locked, 2x2 Wild Block | One round: $24.20 back$100 in |
| Double ScreenBonus buy | $500 | Medium | 10 free spins, both grids open, 2x2 Wild Block on each | One round: $180.50 back$500 in |
| Double Screen MaxBonus buy | $1,000 | Medium | 10 free spins, both grids open, 3x3 Wild Block on each | One round: $953.50 back$1,000 in |
| Mystery BonusBonus buy | $625 | Medium | Lands three to six Bonus symbols and starts that bonus | One round: $13.40 back$625 in |
Mystery Bonus lands three to six Bonus symbols and starts the matching bonus, though the rules we read name no round for six. Power Tap has no Bonus symbols at all: both grids open on every spin, each with a block carrying 2x to 50x. Every card in the menu reads Medium volatility, and no option lists its own RTP.
The Feature Buy menu at a 1.00 bet, with a Medium volatility label on every card. FluxPlays demo test, 10 November 2026.
Power Tap at 500.00 a spin: a 4x4 Wild 5x block on each grid and a win of 140.00. FluxPlays demo test, 10 November 2026.
RTP, volatility and max win
Backseat Gaming's page lists four RTP versions and the casino picks which one runs, so the bottom version gives back six points less than the top. The in-game rules state no RTP. Very High is the studio's own label for the game. The in-game Info page sets the maximum win at 18,000x the bet while the studio's page prints 10,000, and we follow the game. We found nothing on whether a round ends at that cap.
Our Hold The Phone demo test
FluxPlays demo test
10 November 2026, demo running 96.01% (Backseat Gaming's game page, which lists 96.01%, 94.01%, 92.01% and 90.01%; the in-game rules state none) RTP
Base game spins
100
at $1 per spin
Staked
$100
Paid back
$36.70
36.7% of stake, -$63.30
Winning spins
17 of 100
17% of spins paid something
Biggest win
$11.40 (11.4x)
a Charge symbol spin in the base game; the buys and paid modes paid more
Free spins triggered
0
natural triggers in the session
Played on Backseat Gaming's official demo, reached from its game page, on 10 November 2026 in practice credits shown as dollars, at a 1.00 bet with Turbo on. The 100 base spins and the paid-mode spins ran on the game's own Autoplay. Each paid mode costs its price per spin while wins evaluate at the 1.00 base bet. The game showed a Something went wrong screen after a Scatter Spins autoplay was stopped by hand. No server call failed. The page was reloaded and the balance reset to 100,000.00, so Power Tap ran in a second session and the other parts in the first. Every round matched the game server's replies and the total win screens. The bet ladder was not read. Release date from our new-releases list, not confirmed by the studio.
Charge symbols landed on three base spins, and those three were the three best base wins of the session. No bonus came from ordinary spins: twice two Bonus symbols opened the right grid, and neither time did a third arrive.
Single Screen reached us five ways over the session, through its own buy, Mystery Bonus, Bonus Boost and twice through Scatter Spins, and it paid anywhere from $7.50 to $178.20. Every outright buy came in under its price. Double Screen Max got closest, with Wild 7x on both grids.
Double Screen Max total win screen, the largest result of the test. FluxPlays demo test, 10 November 2026.
That is far too few rounds to say what any route returns. A 5x5 block inside a bonus and the top Charge value did not appear, so those two come only from the game's own text.
Pay for the second screen or skip it
For base spins, no, and for the two-screen bonuses, yes. Double Screen Max is the round we would buy, because both grids start two steps from a full-size block. Power Tap is the hardest option to justify for us: one spin costs as much as a whole Double Screen, and it has no bonus to land.
Kamo Insect Hunter, also from Backseat Gaming, pushes one global multiplier up a ladder. Pick Kamo if you want one number to chase, and this one if you want size and multiplier climbing on two grids.
In the demo, buy Single Screen first: it is the only round with Unlock symbols, so you see what the locked grid is holding back.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you trigger free spins in Hold The Phone?+
Land three Bonus symbols for Single Screen, four for Double Screen or five for Double Screen Max, each worth 10 free spins. Two Bonus symbols on the left grid first unlock the right grid, which gives the rest somewhere else to land. Our ordinary spins got that far twice and went no further.
Can you buy the bonus in Hold The Phone, and what does it cost?+
Yes. Single Screen costs 100x the bet, Double Screen 500x, Double Screen Max 1,000x and Mystery Bonus 625x. Three modes bill per spin while they are on: Bonus Boost at 2x, Scatter Spins at 50x and Power Tap at 500x. Wins evaluate at the base bet in every option.
What is the max win in Hold The Phone, and how is it reached?+
The game's Info page sets it at 18,000 times the bet, although Backseat Gaming's site prints 10,000. The route runs through the Wild Block, whose size and multiplier both climb with Expand and Charge symbols on both grids. Nothing in our session came close to that figure.
What does Power Tap do in Hold The Phone?+
Power Tap opens both grids on every spin and gives each one a Wild Block of 2x2 to 5x5 with a 2x to 50x multiplier. The mode has no Bonus symbols, so it cannot start a bonus. It charges 500x the bet per spin, and each of ours paid less than that.
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