The Xiaomi 17 Max arrived this week, completing the series. It lacks the secondary screen of the Pro Max, but adds a 200MP main camera and a larger 8,000mAh Si-C battery. It uses the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 with up to 16 gigs of memory, a triple rear camera system – 200MP wide, 50MP 3x zoom, 50MP 17mm ultrawide, and a 32MP selfie upfront.
Xiaomi 17 Max comes in black, white, and blue colors. Pricing in China for the 12/256GB trim starts at CNY 4,799 ($705/€609 converted) and goes up to CNY 5,799 ($853/€735 converted) for the 16/512GB trim.
The rumored Samsung Galaxy S27 Pro will reportedly be a 6.47-inch device. It would place in between the Galaxy S27 (reportedly smaller), and the bigger Galaxy S27+.
Samsung also released the stable One UI 8.5 for the Galaxy A36, A56, Z Fold5, and Z Flip5.
Sony unveiled its special-edition 1000X The ColleXion wireless over-ear headphones with active noise cancellation to commemorate 10 years of the series. The more premium cans arrive to slot just in front of the ongoing WH-1000XM6, not to replace them.
They have a new design, more premium materials, and supposedly better, more audiophile-friendly tuning. Price is $649/€629/£549 – $200/€180/£150 more than the XM6 at launch.
The Infinix Hot 70 was listed in Bangladesh, with a Helio G100 Ultimate SoC, 8GB of RAM, 128GB of storage, a microSD slot, and a 6.78-inch 120Hz HD+ LCD. The phone will pack a large 6,000mAh battery with 45W charging. Expect the Infinix Hot 70 to launch on May 25.
The RedMagic 11S Pro series arrived with the 11S Pro and 11S Pro+ in China. They feature a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 with a boosted prime core, running at 4.74GHz. There’s also up to 16GB of RAM, an 8,000mAh battery with 80W charging (on the Pro), and 7,500mAh (on the Pro+) with 120W charging. The 11S Pro+ has a 24,000 RPM fan and pulsating liquid cooling, while the 11S Pro only gets the fan.
Both 11S Pro series phones are available in Silver Wing and Dark Night colors. RedMagic 11S Pro is offered in a single 12/256GB trim, priced at CNY 5,499 ($807/€694 converted). RedMagic 11S Pro+ starts at CNY 6,199 ($910/€782 converted) in its 12/256GB trim and goes up to CNY 7,999 ($1,174/€1,008 converted) for the 16GB RAM and 1TB storage version.
Check out our deeply flawed and biased review of the Huawei Watch Fit 5 Pro (judging by some of the comments 😂). Also, some media have received the Trump Mobile T1 Phone, and, judging by some of the preliminary specs, this may be a rebadged HTC U24 Pro.
