HMD is leaning into tech versatility with a brand new pair of earbuds that double as a charging financial institution in your cellphone.
Introduced on Monday at Cell World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, the HMD Amped Buds are comparatively easy earbuds — however contained in the battery case, they’ve a 1,600mAh battery that may wirelessly cost a suitable smartphone.
In addition to different options you’d anticipate from trendy earbuds like energetic noise cancellation and EQ controls, the Amped Buds assist the magnetic Qi2 wi-fi charging customary — which signifies that the earbuds can connect magnetically to your Qi2 suitable Android gadget, or any iPhone that helps MagSafe (so, not the iPhone 16e). Telephones that don’t have the Qi2 or MagSafe magnets can nonetheless cost wirelessly utilizing the earbuds, however they received’t connect to one another magnetically, so you may have to carry them collectively or stack them on a desk. And, there’s a USB port that you need to use to cost units with a wired connection.
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These weren’t the one launches from HMD at MWC 2025. The corporate additionally took the wraps off of some distinctive smartphone fashions, together with the HMD Fusion X1, which is a finances gadget that is constructed particularly for youngsters. The gadget is constructed to offer full management to folks, by deeper integration with the Xplora monitoring platform, which prices €4.99 per 30 days. Xplora consists of GPS monitoring each 20 seconds, low battery alerts, and even distant gadget entry.
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The cellphone has a Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 and expandable storage. Even higher is the truth that it helps the HMD Fusion equipment, by six pins on the again of the cellphone. These embody issues like ring lights, batteries, and gaming controllers.
Maybe cooler than the HMD Fusion X1 is the also-new HMD 2660 Flip, which is constructed for individuals who need a bit of much less connectivity of their lives. The has a show, however it’s not a contact show, and it has an old-school 0.3-megapixel digital camera and FM radio. Principally, its tech is harking back to the sorts of telephones you may need had 20 years in the past (one thing HMD does lots), however the reality is that as of late some individuals desire a little bit of a digital detox now and again.
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