Notes on AI, tools, and tech.
Honor published a battery spec sheet this week that reads like a typo. The Magic9 Super Edition, arriving September 28, carries an 11,000mAh battery in a body 8.1mm thick that weighs 227 grams. The standard Magic9 gets 8,000mAh. The Pro Max gets 8,800mAh. For comparison, the biggest battery Apple or Samsung sells in the United … Read more
Three companies, seventy-two hours In early September 2026, three companies showed a new foldable phone. All inside the same week. Huawei, Xiaomi, and Apple. And each one is aimed at a different buyer. Huawei went first, on September 7, with the Mate XT2. It starts around $2,800. Xiaomi followed the same evening with the 18 … Read more
iOS 27 is out for the iPhone 11 and newer. Apple says apps open up to 30% faster. Here’s what actually changed, and who should wait. iOS 27 landed on Monday, September 14. The build number is 24A437. The download runs about 8GB. It ships for the same device list as iOS 26: anything from … Read more
Apple announced the new Mac Studio with M5 Ultra yesterday, and my feed has been nothing but benchmarks and hot takes since. I was eating cereal when I saw the press release — not even kidding. I almost choked because the memory configs go up to 512GB now, which is insane for a desktop you … Read more
I checked my battery health last week. 91%. Not bad, right? But my phone was dying by 3 PM. Every single day. I wasn’t gaming or editing video. Just scrolling, texting, taking some photos. Something didn’t add up. So I went down the rabbit hole. Read through Apple’s support docs, watched a bunch of videos, … Read more
Apple pushed iOS 27 Beta 7 to developers today. I checked the build number first, because that is usually where the interesting details hide. It is 24A5424a. That trailing “a”? It is Apple’s way of signaling the finish line is close. Let me back up for a second. I have been following the iOS 27 … Read more
Apple is finally refreshing the regular AirPods. Not the Pro models, not the Max. The entry-level earbuds that most people actually buy. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple plans to announce AirPods 5 at its September 9 event, alongside the iPhone 18 Pro and the foldable iPhone that everyone keeps discussing. There are two versions: … Read more
I’ll be honest, I didn’t know this feature existed until about two months ago. And I’ve worn an Apple Watch every day for three years. Here’s what happened. I went to see Dune: Part Two with a friend. Dark theater, big screen, the whole thing. About 20 minutes in, I reached for my popcorn, and … Read more
So Apple is really making AirPods with cameras. I know. It sounds weird. When I first heard the rumor a few months ago, I thought it was one of those Apple is working on a car type leaks, technically true but years away from anything real. But then a video showed up inside macOS Tahoe … Read more
Here’s a thing that kept bothering me. I was at a family gathering last weekend. My nephew was running around doing that thing kids do where they’re having the time of their lives and you’re just trying to capture one decent frame. You know the drill. You tap the shutter, check the photo, and the … Read more