HOT FIVE #2
FUEL IF YOU THINK IT’S OVERHMD Amped Buds
Spangled up in blue
The Amped Buds are available in black, pink or this deep metallic cyan, with a distinctive spring-loaded hinge design. They’re rated IP54, while the case is IPX4.
Unless the case for your wireless earbuds has Tardis-like qualities, it’s probably not much use for charging anything else… but just imagine the potential phone-rescuing scenarios if it could. Rather than breaking the laws of physics for its Amped Buds, HMD has instead decided to give their case reverse wireless charging skills and a massive 1600mAh battery. That translates to a whopping 95hrs of listening time if you use it exclusively for the headphones, but plonk an iPhone 16 on it and you can use that juice to top the battery up by as much as 20% (or 24% via USB-C). Even if the case isn’t full, you should still gain enough extra minutes to get home or book an Uber before your phone conks out.