Notes on AI, tools, and tech.
Last December, a strange phone went on sale in China. It could open your apps, find the right buttons, tap them for you. Here was an AI assistant that could actually control your phone. Only 30,000 units existed. They sold out in 48 hours, and resellers soon asked around $1,110 for a phone that retailed … Read more
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
Xiaomi just held the most revealing phone launch of the year, and the interesting part wasn’t the phone. It was the apology. Lei Jun, the company’s founder, stood on stage and pre-explained the price before anyone could complain. Memory has gotten very expensive, he said, so the new Xiaomi 18 Fold starts at $1,540, and … 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
What “in-house” actually means here The Huawei Mate 90 series launched in China this September. The line everyone repeats is that it is the most self-contained flagship on the market. That sounds like marketing until you look at what is actually inside. The processor is Huawei’s own Kirin 9050. The operating system is HarmonyOS 7, … Read more